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Arch379
Posted on Monday, October 31, 2005 - 08:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

just had tires mounted, appears now i have a bent rear rotor. anybody had this happen too or just my luck.
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Buellin_ri
Posted on Monday, October 31, 2005 - 10:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You now know the true value of a good mechanic.

(Message edited by buellin_Ri on October 31, 2005)
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Blake
Posted on Monday, October 31, 2005 - 11:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Make 'em replace it. I'm sure it's happened to others. I do my own tire mounting and have avoided the misfortune of a bent rotor. Good luck. : )
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Hanses25
Posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2005 - 11:07 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Blake you have a tire machine? Or just do it the o'l fashion way???? Just curious that if its the latter how much elbow grease does it take??
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Fullpower
Posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2005 - 01:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

very easy to swap 17 inch rubber. with some warm soapy water, they almost fall off the rims. i use a six inch C-clamp to break bead, and a couple small "enduro" tire irons. really they come off so easy it is scary.
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Glitch
Posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2005 - 02:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

What do you do about balancing?
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Oneway
Posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2005 - 03:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

last tire i had changed the rear brake seemed to be in a bind took back off cleaned and polished pins and such still not quite right
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Fullpower
Posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2005 - 03:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

lined up the paint mark with the valve stem, all the metzeler and pirelli cycle tires have been pretty well balanced as is. had to balance some dunlops in the past, but quit using them.
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Kootenay
Posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2005 - 07:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Search it out somewhere...at one point this summer, I posted pics of my own mounting procedure, as shown here: http://www.clarity.net/~adam/tire-changing-doc.html

Worked like a charm--but it does require a full complement of expletives.
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Blake
Posted on Tuesday, November 01, 2005 - 07:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Hanses,
I do now, but it's one of those Harbor Freight manual dealios. Once I figured out how to use the thing it works extremely well. : )
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Charlieboy6649
Posted on Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 02:09 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Glitch, Metzler makes a great static garage balancer and I love mine. I, like Blake, also use the harbor freight dealie to get me off the shop floor!
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New12r
Posted on Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 06:19 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I just noticed my rear rotor was bent, cant say who did it though. Sucks.
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Kdan
Posted on Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 06:24 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Brakes are for girls.
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Whodom
Posted on Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 06:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I've done my last 3 tire changes with tire irons. Used a couple of 2x4's and a convenient heavy shop table as a bead breaker. It's not that hard once you get the technique down. MCN had a good article on a home-made static balancer stand a couple of years ago. Takes about $10 worth of PVC pipe fittings and a few miscellaneous pieces of hardware.
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Glitch
Posted on Wednesday, November 02, 2005 - 09:15 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Thanks for the info.
I'm sick and tired of paying so much to get so little.
The last time I talked to Cycle Gear about a mount and balance, it was going to be in the $60 neighborhood (my tires not bought there), it used to be between $0 and $12. To top it off, it was 5:00 and they close at 6:00, for some reason their tire machines quit work an hour early. That place has really gone down hill as far as service goes.
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