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Cliff
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« on: June 03, 2010, 06:48:05 AM »
Changing front and rear tires today.  I've Never done on Valk before.  Dealer did last change but I wold rather get my hands dirty and KNOW EVERYTHING gets checked properly.  Bought a freestanding manual tire changer and printed out the procedure from the shoptalk pages.  Have the 3 "O" rings and Both Guard Dog Molly paste / Molly Grease.  Hope I don't have any un-forseen issues, if I do I'll be beggin for input here on the forum.  Starting in about an hour.
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« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2010, 08:13:06 AM »
Good luck. Remember, "steady eddie" and all will go smooth.  Wink
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Gryphon Rider
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« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2010, 08:14:33 AM »
Take some pictures so we can all learn from your mistakes successes!  cooldude
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TearlessTom
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Spanish Fort, AL.
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2010, 10:50:02 AM »
Well its been 3 hours since the 1st post so I guess he is either cussin or ridin. Grin
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Cliff
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« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2010, 07:30:22 PM »
Quote from: TearlessTom on June 03, 2010, 10:50:02 AM
Well its been 3 hours since the 1st post so I guess he is either cussin or ridin. Grin

Finished the Rear (done first) at 7:30pm, sure picked a bad day to do this >> sweated a river.  The most humid day of the year so far, 80% humiduty and I was outside under a temp carport thing, on the plus side the bead lube I found at NAPA (blue stuff in 1 gallon jug) took longer to dry out due to the humidity. Did it the same way (more or less as Dag shows in his video of rear tire removal) with a few minor bumps in the process,,, the axle nut got he first 3 threads stripped probably when tapping it to start the axle moving, used dremmel to remove the bad threads (ordering a replacement in the AM.)  One trip to the hardware store to replace the MIA 27mm socket.  The good news is no more squirm/shimmy after replacing the rear dunflop with the cobra!!   Never made it to the front>>> bugs were starting to eat too much of me.  Front tomorrow, I'm sure it will go much faster!
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TearlessTom
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« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2010, 10:06:37 PM »
When doing the front remember the tightening sequence. It does make a difference. I believe it is #1  tight the left fork,
#2tighten the axle bolt. Leave the right fork loose.
#3put the wheel on the ground, front brake on and bounce it up and down a few times to seat the forks properly then jack it back up and,
#4 tighten the right fork.

If you do it out of sequence your brake rotor may be rubbing against the bolt that holds the caliper on. Usually the left side.

Don't ask me how I know... tickedoff

 
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