Tire Mounting Cost

[scott123007]

Anybody in southern Indiana can get their Tenere done free here. I am not a shop . Just a guy that will help out a brother.

What about if I bring it from Florida?

 

[Fennellg]

I had the same concern about the spokes. I go under the spokes using bump out that attaches the spoke.

 

[Fennellg]

I made a metal insert kinda like a Ubolt that goes threw the rotor and straddles the tire machines arm. The only problem is up forces when working on the tire so I stuck with ratchet straps. Actually one strap does the trick.

 

[Scoop47501]

What about if I bring it from Florida?

You bring it I'll go to work on in.

 

[Kruzzin5]

I pay $50CAD (~$40USD) to mount a pair of tires off the bike. I think it's about $200 on the bike.

I've been quoted as much as $180CAD off the bike, have to shop around.

There's a guy in Oakville doing it for $20 a wheel! That price is for wheel off the motorcycle.

 

[holligl]

The bars I got were nothing special, just steel rod stock. Nothing you couldn’t source from a hardware store.

The rod does not need to thread into the base, it’s just secured by the big thumbscrew/knob at the top, it just has to be long enough to reach into the base.

LOL, I have that exact orange wheel cart! Just used it to haul the tire changer out to the shed. I did get the HF base after all, and mount it on a 4x4 piece of plywood. The bead breaker alone was worth it. I did get the nylon duckhead today, but have to figure out the mounting to a bar. I returned the recent shinkos, and put the old Mitas E07's back on. Need to order a new set. Somehow I lost the top brace bar (I think it must have gotten recycled with the box), but I had another metal bar that works fine with the threaded bar.

 

[holligl]

The guy in the video is using the tool wrong for mounting a tire. The tire he's mounting has a very flexible side wall and he could probably mount it faster with two tire irons.

So the correct direction is counter clockwise with the tool bar, dismount and mount? (The Bill of the duckhead being the trailing edge)

 

[OldRider]

So the correct direction is counter clockwise with the tool bar, dismount and mount? (The Bill of the duckhead being the trailing edge)

Yes. On a tire machine the duckhead is stationary and the tire machine turns the wheel clockwise, which means the duckhead is moving counter clockwise around the wheel. The wheel turns in the same direction for mounting and dismounting the tire.

 

[WJBertrand]

LOL, I have that exact orange wheel cart!

Ha! I’ve had that thing forever. My grandma bought it for me back when we got our first house in 1980. She said, “for the man who’s got everything, something to haul it around with!”


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