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I got a guy that needs a tire change, wanted to know how hard it is to remove the rims from the bike. Any special tools needed?
How hard is this?
Thank you,
Mark
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| Owners' manual? Service manual? Best advice....have someone else do it....someone who knows how...and WATCH. Then the next time...you know how.
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I've been lazy and have taken the wing in to have tires changed. All I can tell you is the back don't look easy.
Torqueman
Battle Creek, MI
V-Strom 06
Goldwing 03
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| I dont have a wing and have yet to get sucked into helping a wingnut budd do tire changes. So this is hear-say overheard from my budds. The hard part is learning to do it the first time. My budd has some sort of jack/lift like used on harley's, quads and garden tractors. He has various homemade blocks of wood for the lift depending on what he is picking up. He says that he gets the bike held by the lift but not free of the floor. Somehow he gets a bag off the bike so that he can remove the shock mount bolt. Then he jacks up the bike leaving the swing arm to swing down and the wheel to remain on the floor. When the axel clears the mufflers enough, he pulls the axel and gets the wheel out of the bike. He says that this method saves a lot of bike disassmbly. He says that this is not particularly a PITA. This rider is pretty old ( got to be at least 60 if not older) and not particularly in good shape. But he is smart and spiritually tough and not to be triffled with. And I like him because he is of good humor most of the time.
nobody rides half as well as they know how.
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Read the Manual... It provides a host of pages w/pics, that essentially say the following...
The GL1800 has a centerstand - use it. There's a plastic rear panel between the saddlebags that can be removed to more easily access the rear wheel (five 5mm rounded flat bolts - the fifth is behind the tag bracket). The rear wheel easily comes off the singlesided swingarm with the removal of the five lugnuts (80#TQ - you'll need help; someone to apply both brakes while you apply enough torque to free each lugnut, and then do it again when you re-assemble).
The front is a little more involved because it must be raised and supported below the front of the engine/frame while you remove the fender (2 pieces) and brake covers, then the calipers (don't disconnect any brake lines - support the calipers rather than letting them dangle). Note the "line-up" mark on the circumference of the left end of the axle - that is what it should look like when you re-assemble. Remove the axle nut, then the lower leg pinch bolts; support the wheel/tire and slide axle out (take note of which spacers go where, and their order for re-assembly). Now, both wheels are free - change tires (or take them to a shop to have it done). Re-assembly is the reverse of the above; it's also a good time to R/R/regrease the front wheel bearings if applicable.
The GL1800 is not that difficult to do a tire change on... centerstands and singlesided swingarms make a big difference.
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| IRONMIKE: "....the front is a little more involved...." WOW! that's the first time I've ever heard of a front (replacement) wheel/tire being "more involved" than a rear wheel/tire. Sounds like progress to me.........
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I thank you all for the info, but a few failed to understand. I do not own a Gold Wing 1800, but a potential customer does. I went ahead and told him I'll do the tire change if he just brings me the rims/tires...sounds too involved for me at the moment.
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