Great video I'm a tire man and do car tires all day long and I'm a rider. I need to start preparing my self with more bike tools .. I love working on my bikes.. Thank you..
By far the best video about the subject I could find, thanks. I did not really care about the position of the drive shaft after disassembly because I was about to change the oil in case it leaks. However, no matter in which position I kept the drive shaft it did not leak any oil. And yes, there was oil, I checked after everything was back in place. Makes me wonder if you have/had some gasket broken.
Even after mine leaked a few times it didn't leak enough to make a difference. When I would check it still showed full. But if I guy were to change the tire over a period of a few days it might leak more (I would assume). Either way, just showing my experience with it.
Cool I like your video and thank you I was kind of wondering how to do that cuz I just actually bought an 1100 v Star so far it's been a pretty good bike
Got ya.' Yeah, it took me 16-years of riding before I started to do this stuff myself. I figured 6-tire changes buys you the "Tire Changer." It's profit after that. I also wait until shops have deals like "Buy 2 tires and get the 3rd free." In the future just keep a look out and you'll save hundreds brother :-)
Great vid. Very thorough. Quick question: what are you using for "tire lube"? What is that first thing in the sprayer bottle you spray on the tire when removing it? Then what is the stuff you rub on the lip of the tire before mounting it on the rim? I used dish soap once and it got inside the tire and then made the tire impossible to balance (because the soap would run in the inside of the tire and the light point would keep "moving". Thanks in advance!
I use "No Mar Tire Lube." It's a thick vegetable based type of paste that comes in a tub. You take that same paste and mix it with water for the spray bottle. When mounting the new tire you DON'T want to use the spray bottle or get water in the tire. Only use the paste in the tub for mounting tires, it has very little moisture in it.
truly interesting. I am going to modify any readily available motorbike rear wheel for agricultural application. Please if you have a video that can be downloaded from RU-vid which can guide me in identifying the details of the drive components on the rear wheel drive.
Well quick question not much of a motocycle mechanic but I am learning how do I know of if it suppose to have tubes or not because I had blow out and googled tires and ordered but ones I got say tubeless so kind of confused
If you have spokes (like the V-Star)) you need tubes. You know this because your rim will also have hole for a valve stem, meaning it takes a tube with a valve stem on it. Bikes that are tubeless will have the valve stem mounted to the rim permanently.
Oh you're supposed to use Moly grease? I never used to grease anything at all until the bike had 50k on it. I guess anything sticky is better than nothing at all. I'm still using bearing grease and the bike is at 120k right now. I have heard that I should grease the "spline." I have NEVER done that in the bike's history of 20 years. But maybe on this next tire change.........The V-Star is an amazing bike.
Maybe it's seized. There's only a 3" section that pokes into the gears. If you are able to get it out, make sure you grease that thing up thick. Maybe stick some grease in the hole too.
For me it's about a 6 hour adventure. I take a lot of breaks and lunch as well. The hardest part is trying to mount the wheel and axel back on the frame. It has to line up perfectly (while keeping the brake bracket lined up with the frame).
Yeah, some other guy mentioned that a while back. I've never done it. If you do yours then shoot me a link to a video. I'm just afraid if I take it apart it won't go back together. I have no idea what I will find in there.
Why mount the 2nd bead before the tube? !? By the way, that crow bar from underneath can puncture the tube. Great video btw. I wish more people were as in depth in videos as yours. PLEASE make a note about PINCHING tubes!!
I have an oil change on the V-star and Raider posted already. The Raider one is comical. None of my bikes use coolant. But thanks for the interest and kind words. I think the next one is going to be changing the front of a Raider tire. Do you have a V-Star?
You forget one very important thing dude. You did not grease lube the coupler splines on the other side of the drive shaft. They say to at grease them at least when you change a tire. And if you let it go dry, it will strip the splines and a new one cost about $1200. You simply take out the 4 bolts and split it open. Slide out the coupler that goes between the drive shaft and the coupler end. You need to great all four splines and clean them first to get the old dry great and dirt etc. It is so simple and will save your splines and alot of $$$$$$$$. Look at videos how to great the rear spline. Thank me later.
Well that sucks why do tires have tubes. I just bought 2 tires from the Yamaha store and they are gonna put it on for me. Should I have bought tubes as well?
Depends on your wheel rim. If you have spokes then you need tubes. If you have sealed mag style rims then you usually just need tires. Look to see if your valve stem is just rubber coming out of the rim for sealed tires. If it has a nut next to the rim then it's a tube.
@@Byrds1967 I just read the tire and it says tubeless so let’s hope I don’t have tubes. I’m getting new tires put on tomorrow. Pray that these guys can put my tires on and bleed my brakes in one day. Everyone else is giving me the runaround and trying to keep my bike for five days. I told him this is a one day job fixing it one day.
@@rayslife4k My tire says "tubeless" as well, but that's because that tire can be used on all kinds of bikes that might require tubeless tires. I'm sure the shop will figure it out for you.
