This is why I'll always give them the just wheel. With my lift and adapter it took me 1/2 hour to remove the front tire (fender et all, "by the book") and 1 hour to put back on. I had the wife pull the axle as I held the tire. I found that if I dropped the bike down to where the tire just touched the ground this removed the weight of the wheel and the axle slipped right out. I kept the bike at this height until I came back and slipped the axle right back in. I had no “help” when I put it back on.
One thing to look out for is having an Allen wrench large enough for the end of the axle.I followed Ken's advice and tightened the pinch bolts after I had tightened the axle bolt.
The shop on the other hand cost me an extra 2 hours! :cus:
I was there at 9:15am as agreed, took them 1 hour to change out tire, charged me $15 extra because I brought my own tire (Honda Direct line- $169) $38.88 total for the change out and balance. I checked the rime when I put it in the truck at the dealer, looked good. When I got home and I was washing off the tire sealer and the glue left over from the old weights, low and behold bubbles!!! Right at the rime. :banghead:
Back to the dealer (40mins)
Remount tire (30mins)
Back to house (40mins)
Rewash wheel (10mins)
The service manager kept telling me about how NET tires are old (mine are 10-03, year and a half old-give me a break :roll: ) and not stored correctly, that they don’t “set up right”. I was just waiting for them to come out and tell me that they couldn’t fix it and it’s the tires fault.
After a free grilled Hot Dog the Assistant service manager (I like him, nice guy) came out with my wheel and told me that a piece of rubber from the covers they use on the tools (so not to scratch) had gotten stuck between the rim and tire, oops sorry about that. I never saw the manager again.
The best part was no Dings, Nicks or Scratches and I got to clean and wax all the hard to get to spots on the front end.
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