alzyck
New member
I decided when I got my R12RT I wanted to do all the maintenance and repairs on it except warranty stuff and recalls.
I got a large nail in my rear tire the other day. I successfully plugged the tire using a rope/rubber glue repair and got home fine. I'm in the process of replacing the rear tire myself, but I'm stuck and am looking to see if anyone has a trick that might help me get unstuck.
The tire/wheel is off the bike and on a pad on the floor. I'm using the three tire iron/two rim protector approach to remove the tire. I broke the bead no problem. I used 3 "one by" blocks inside the bottom side of the rim to hold the tire in the center, lubed up the tire and the first bead popped off easily. I was surprised how easy the first bead came off.
I'm stuck getting the second bead off. I can get two irons under the bead and I lift up the bead, but I can't seem to get the leverage to pop the second bead off.
I've checked out the youtube videos on changing tires and did a Google search. On all those videos, the second bead seems to almost leap off the wheel. That's not happening for me.
Any tricks out there for getting that second bead off?
(QUICK NOTE: If you're going to post how your cousin Bob will dismount/mount them on his automated tire machine for $25, thanks. That cool. I can get it done locally for that too, but that doesn't help me learn to do it myself. )
I got a large nail in my rear tire the other day. I successfully plugged the tire using a rope/rubber glue repair and got home fine. I'm in the process of replacing the rear tire myself, but I'm stuck and am looking to see if anyone has a trick that might help me get unstuck.
The tire/wheel is off the bike and on a pad on the floor. I'm using the three tire iron/two rim protector approach to remove the tire. I broke the bead no problem. I used 3 "one by" blocks inside the bottom side of the rim to hold the tire in the center, lubed up the tire and the first bead popped off easily. I was surprised how easy the first bead came off.
I'm stuck getting the second bead off. I can get two irons under the bead and I lift up the bead, but I can't seem to get the leverage to pop the second bead off.
I've checked out the youtube videos on changing tires and did a Google search. On all those videos, the second bead seems to almost leap off the wheel. That's not happening for me.
Any tricks out there for getting that second bead off?
(QUICK NOTE: If you're going to post how your cousin Bob will dismount/mount them on his automated tire machine for $25, thanks. That cool. I can get it done locally for that too, but that doesn't help me learn to do it myself. )