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How much to pay for tire mounting?

Toasty said:
I used a wheel balancer from Harbor Freight, it takes 5-10 mins to balance at most and is pretty easy.

- Deflate tube, take out valve stem
- Break bead by propping rim on something, and stepping on the tire (or pushing)
- Spray with soapy water
- Push the opposite side of the tire in toward the center, use the irons to grab the lip of the tire and lever out of the rim
- Do this all the way around
- Use the irons to remove the other side
- Use old tire as a prop
- Use irons to get one side of new tire on rim
- Stuff tube inside new tire/rim, line up the valve stem
- Partially inflate tube (IMPORTANT)
- Spray with soapy water again
- Lever the other side of the tire on
- Inflate tube to operating pressure

Balancing is cake. Just check the tire for a mark (some have a paint dot where it's heaviest). If it has a mark then put that opposite the valve stem. Put the wheel/tire on the balancer and gently spin. Note where it stops (bottom is heaviest). Tape a weight to the top of the wheel (dont use the adhesive right away) and gently spin. Basically add more weights until it doesn't have a place it likes to stop at. Mark where they were, clean the rim and use the sticky adhesive on the weights.

I did this in about 30 mins while drinking beer.
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Painted dot is the light spot on the tire. It goes next to the heavy part of the rim. Often this is where the valve stem is but not always. If you want to know for sure spin the rim on the balancer without the tire. Heavy side stops at the bottom. But spin a few times ( 3 or 4 ) to make sure it stops at the same spot. If it's random then you don't have a heavy spot and can use the valve stem.

Mounting tires just takes practice. There's a lot of youtube vids that will show you how. It's a good feeling to be able to do it your self.
 
UK... ?10 ($15) per tyre balanced, or included in the price of tyres from a tyre center
 
Sweden ... $40/wheel for mounting and balancing at the big places. If one brings them a wheel sans attached motorcycle.

Which is silly expensive. So next time I'm shifting said tire in my livingroom... ;)
 
0 dollars, basscliff's site. yes, you will probably swear and quite possibly eff it up the first time. the second time will be easy-peasy. and, yes, beer can help. also, spring for the actual tire lube, put it in a spray bottle. it makes a difference.

greg
 
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