Re: 2010 FXDF Tire Changing - day 2
Been learning a lot so far.
- tire mounting - finally got the tire on, didn't have as much trouble as yesterday, so a night rest helped. funny story though, first shot, I got it on pretty easy, then when i went to take tire off wheel stand, i saw the bottom of tire wasn't in rim. lol. so took a couple minutes but the next shot trying to keep the bottom rim in took a couple tries, but wasn't too bad all in all.
- tire on - now that tire is on, i can say one thing, bringing it to the dealer, they are not going to clean my wheel like I just did. that includes removing all the residue from the weight tape. I had to clean off some residue from the weights from the first set of tires.
- tire changing misc - I did read that you should mount the lightest part of the tire by the valve stem, but I couldn't tell where that was. before I set the bead (will run off to get brake pads), maybe some thoughts on that, as long as I balance the tire, should that matter? Also, I read that if you can't centerline your weights (e.g. spoked wheels), you should balance the weights on both sides of the wheel. last tire, the dealer did not do this. weights only on 1 side.