does anyone here mount and balance their own tires?

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Re: does anyone here mount and balance their own tires?

Postby BillT » Sat May 09, 2009 7:55 pm

I change and balance my tires.

Like others here have said, tube tires on steel rims are pretty easy to mount and dismount. Since I change tires on my Triumph pretty regularly, I made up a tire mounting stand and bought a Marc Parnes tire balancer. The balancer works well on the Norton rims, too.

Here's a pic of the stand, back when I was beginning disassembly of the rear wheel for re-lacing:
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Here's a pic of the balancer on the same wheel while truing it:
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The tire stand is just a junk car rim screwed to a 5 gallon bucket, with a split garden hose on the rim edge. Really works well for the modern 17 inch bike rims, but handles the 19 inch ok.

If you do a web search, you can find pretty detailed step-by-step instructions for mounting and balancing tires, with pics.
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