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Originally Posted by jayz  hello matey..
need to know how you get on with the tyre changer as it could be quite handy to have one! |
Ive been using it to take off all the tyres from last week and it can be good and also a little shitty.
OK you put No.1 in the middle of No.3 and press down on the tyre to unstick it. Now the problems ive had with some tyres is that it can slip off as you push down, so you have to do it slowly or a number of times. The really shitty thing is that No.3 the sides they will bend a little cause its made of cheap shit metal, so you have to keep it as straight as you can. The good part is getting the tyre off the wheel. You put the wheel in No.2 and then stick the end of No. 1 on the tyre and then just turn it to get the wheel off, which makes it a lot easier then using two spoons and man power. Only problem is that the bottom of the tyre changing thingy, there are wholes for it to be screwed down to the floor cause as you pull No.1 to get the tyre off, the hole thing moves with it. I just used my foot and someone else to help too
Hope you got all that
, i can get some pics for you if you dont.
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Originally Posted by Dele-Himself Ah mate,
Im pretty envious that you've got spanner skills to do this, id love to have the confidence to change all my arms and not worry about fricking things up |
Its really not that hard mate, the only thing that you have to watch out is when your putting back the new arms to get them is some sort of line with the old ones. It does help having a garage right next to you to take and do the alignment properly.
Also if you take one arm off and then line up the new one with the old one the best you can and fit it on and do the rest with the others, should be there somewhere (ish).