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Old 03-04-2010, 07:46 AM
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how hard is it to change your own ft tires? my 70 has brand new lug rear tires but i wanna put some tri rib tires on the ft. what tools do i need? how hard is it? thanks.
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Old 03-04-2010, 08:13 AM
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It's easy. All you need are a couple of tire irons.
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Old 03-04-2010, 08:34 AM
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The smaller the tires, the harder they are to change.

I always use three large screw drivers, be careful not to pinch the tube anywhere, cause you'll pinch a hole right in it.
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Old 03-04-2010, 09:09 AM
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I'm tempted to make a video tutorial for changing tires with tire irons when I'm home for spring break in a week and a half, since it seems to be such a lost art...
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Matt-

That sounds like a very good idea with the tutorial. I've been paying to have mine done but at $10 a pop (which includes a tube) it can get expensive. I'm considering one of those Harbor Freight changers and they just went up to $45. If I'm right they will be on sale again next month for $39.95; at least that's what I'm hoping for. The reason I have them done is I tried a couple that had fix-a-flat in them and that's some nasty stuff. It gets all over everything. I have also experienced the ole screwdriver through the tube bit as well. You never know until you're back working and the tire you just fixed is low on air once again. Ugh!
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Old 03-04-2010, 09:41 AM
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For my dirtbike tires I use 2 tire irons and little tire clips the keep the tire to go back into the rim. For front tires it should be pretty easy
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Old 03-04-2010, 10:31 AM
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I change my own tires, maybe it is a lost art Matt.

I use my 20 ton press to break the bead, takes the work out of it, the rest is...easy.

I'll tell you though I've had a couple that were difficult as the 20 year old rubber becomes hard some are rusted to the rim.

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