Author Topic: Front and rear wheel removal procedure... (Read 23822 times)

Dade22 · « **on:** August 17, 2011, 08:08:47 PM »

Anyone have the procedure in pdf or doc form for removing front and back wheels? Dealer wants 120.00 to remove and install new tires. I hear its easy so I thought I may just do it myself.

(other than having the tires mounted and ballanced)...dont have the equipment.

Thanks

Dade22

spotcw · « **Reply #1 on:** August 17, 2011, 08:15:51 PM »

PM sent. send me your email address and I'll send you the pages in .pdf

Jeremy Mitchell · « **Reply #2 on:** August 17, 2011, 08:18:51 PM »

$120 seems high, especially if you bought the tires from them. You can literally have the rear wheel off in 5 minutes and the front can be off in less than 10.

Dade22 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 17, 2011, 08:20:32 PM »

PM replied!

Thanks

I thought it was easier than they said.

Dade22

So Cal Joe · « **Reply #4 on:** August 17, 2011, 10:19:28 PM »

$60 each seems about normal for R&R on the bike.

Conrad · « **Reply #5 on:** August 18, 2011, 05:19:40 AM »

Concours 14 Rear Tire Replacement

Concours 14 Front Tire Replacement

Boonedawg · « **Reply #6 on:** August 18, 2011, 05:43:42 AM »

Conrad, thanks for the video!!!! I'm confident I can do that now!

Boonedawg · « **Reply #7 on:** August 18, 2011, 05:45:58 AM »

Quote from: So Cal Joe on August 17, 2011, 10:19:28 PM

$60 each seems about normal for R&R on the bike.

I know the guy had the tools ready to go in the video, but a shop charging $120 for R&R! Come on....less than 20 minutes off and replacement another 20 with a 5 minute buffer! $120 for 45 minutes plus mounting and balancing charges. Seems a tad STEEP!

Conrad · « **Reply #8 on:** August 18, 2011, 08:25:32 AM »

Quote from: Boonedawg on August 18, 2011, 05:43:42 AM

Conrad, thanks for the video!!!! I'm confident I can do that now!

I don't think that it could be any easier than that eh? Unless you watched someone else do it for you while sipping an adult beverage.

Cold Streak · « **Reply #9 on:** August 18, 2011, 09:50:38 AM »

I just did my 08 Concours, for the 3rd time. 4th set of tires. Easiest of any bike I've owned. The only part I don't like is leaving the bike propped up with both wheels missing. I use the centerstand and a block under the oil pan. Then I hook up some straps from the rafters to the handle bars. That is mostly to keep it from tipping in case it gets nudged.

Put on Michelin PR3 tires. First ride this morning going to work. There aren't many things that feel better than new tires on a bike!

Dade22 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 19, 2011, 03:09:02 AM »

Wow. Thanks for the videos. Crazy stupid easy! Only tools I don't have is a torque wrench and a bike jack. I have a solution to the jack but it looks like I'll be picking up a torque wrench.

Did you use a stainless steal cotter pin?

Thanks again.

Dade22

spotcw · « **Reply #11 on:** August 19, 2011, 09:48:05 AM »

My dealer charges $75.00 per tire if you bring the bike in and $25.00 per tire if you bring the wheels off the bike. If you buy the new shoes from them the mount/balance is free with wheel off the bike (thats what I do).

okxd45 · « **Reply #12 on:** August 19, 2011, 11:50:06 AM »

The dealer in Lawton, OK charged $133 for a PR2 front and $30 more to R2 mount and balance. The one thing I will miss about OK when I move!

Sea Level · « **Reply #13 on:** August 19, 2011, 06:06:30 PM »

Is the guy using the canes in the second video there to remind us to make sure we do it right?

B.D.F. · « **Reply #14 on:** August 19, 2011, 06:28:19 PM »

Just remember to mark one of them "F" and the other one "R" so they don't get mixed up at the dealer.

Sorry, I could not resist.

Brian

Quote from: Dade22 on August 17, 2011, 08:08:47 PM

Anyone have the procedure in pdf or doc form for removing front and back wheels? Dealer wants 120.00 to remove and install new tires. I hear its easy so I thought I may just do it myself.

(other than having the tires mounted and ballanced)...dont have the equipment.

Thanks

Dade22

Andrew M · « **Reply #15 on:** September 05, 2011, 10:01:08 AM »

Removing the caliper mounting bolts is harder than I had anticipated. Looking at them, it looks like they require allen wrenches. I definitely don't want to strip the bolts. Anyone have any suggestions?

MikeERideWNC · « **Reply #16 on:** September 05, 2011, 11:15:25 AM »

Those are my videos... I charge 10.00 on or off the bike for tire changes.

Get Allen sockets - Craftsman.
The bolts are fairly strong. I can't imagine you rounding them out unless you use the wrong size.
They are tha same size as the axle pinch bolts.

MikeERideWNC · « **Reply #17 on:** September 05, 2011, 11:24:56 AM »

Quote from: Sea Level on August 19, 2011, 06:06:30 PM

Is the guy using the canes in the second video there to remind us to make sure we do it right?

www.Serpsworld.com Click the link Soil Samples for an eye opener. Even the best riders crash.

Glynn is a very close friend of mine. I doubt there is anyone on the C-14 forum who is more into bikes than him.
He just hit a deer July 3rd in mid GA heading home and totalled his Bandit 1200 with 100,000 miles.

He earned those canes in 1997 when a car riding the double yellow and he hit some dirt in the turn on US28 just north of Franklin, NC.
He broke his back. It was one of the worst crashes I have witnessed.
He was at my house for Christmas three months later and back on a bike in six months.
He can not walk without the canes but he can ride a bike like a madman.
Most riders in the Tampa Bay area either know him or have seen him at the Hess in Brooksville.

billeickmann · « **Reply #18 on:** August 28, 2012, 02:48:05 PM »

Anyone know what brand tire changer Conrad uses in his video. It makes it real easy.

Conrad · « **Reply #19 on:** August 28, 2012, 03:21:11 PM »

Quote from: billeickmann on August 28, 2012, 02:48:05 PM

Anyone know what brand tire changer Conrad uses in his video. It makes it real easy.

Those aren't my vids, I just posted the link. That's MikeERideWNC changing those tires out, see post #16 above.

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