4 hours and not fixed
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From: Knoxville, Tn
Wheel Weights
This past spring, I replaced my rear tire. I took the wheel/tire assembly off the bike and took it to the place where I bought the tire. At first they said "no problem" we will mount the tire. Later it was no we don't work on chrome wheels at all. So after going to the Harley shop and finding they wanted an hour of labor to mount a tire, I wound up at another local shop that suggested I let them put the wheel weights on the inside of the rim...I thought it was a good idea and said "go for it." Flash forward to about three weeks later and I am rolling the bike out of the garage to wash it. There is a new very strange sound that I can't identify...rattle..tinkle...All of a sudden the light bulb comes on and, yep, it's the wheel weights and they have come loose. I took it back to the place that did the work and had them take all the pieces out. I now run it without any weights and haven't had any problems or vibrations from it.
Lesson learned.
Lesson learned.
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I'm not sure what your time is worth to you or if you are handy, but I would consider doing those fluid changes yourself in the future. I would also invest in a bike lift (cheap from Harbor freight) and next time remove that back wheel and take it in to an indy shop for balancing.
by comparison, I just paid $277 for a 10k service w/o oil change which I did myself (I wanted a baseline from a dealership - from now on I will do it myself), and they quoted me $300 for a rear tire replacement.
I'll end up buying from Dennis Kirk and doing it myself. It's not too tough and Dyna beads make balancing easy.
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Great Jack
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Not looking to get into a battle of the lifts but I will say that for such limited usage, I'll pay $99 for a Harbor freight lift before $400 on a high quality lift.
http://www.harborfreight.com/1500-lb...lift-2792.html
The above is what I use and it has never failed me. Normally, I'm a buy quality type guy. But for the little I use it, the HF hydraulic stuff works.
http://www.harborfreight.com/1500-lb...lift-2792.html
The above is what I use and it has never failed me. Normally, I'm a buy quality type guy. But for the little I use it, the HF hydraulic stuff works.
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400.00 Cash out the door.NO tax,shipping etc. I think its a small price to pay to trust my 20k HD on. I had the craftsman jack, my buddy still use a H/F jack & both work well. I use mine alot & just wanted it to be more stable 2' in the air.
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I have the dyna beads as well, I had them put in when my engine was being built at another Indy (changed rims while it was down, powder coated thunder star HD wheels) the Indy that did my engine checked the wheels prior to installing them and said they were perfect, next time I will try them with out the beads, if they are balanced and not giving me an issue I see no reason to put anything in them, if not it is easy enough to add them!
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Not looking to get into a battle of the lifts but I will say that for such limited usage, I'll pay $99 for a Harbor freight lift before $400 on a high quality lift.
http://www.harborfreight.com/1500-lb...lift-2792.html
The above is what I use and it has never failed me. Normally, I'm a buy quality type guy. But for the little I use it, the HF hydraulic stuff works.
http://www.harborfreight.com/1500-lb...lift-2792.html
The above is what I use and it has never failed me. Normally, I'm a buy quality type guy. But for the little I use it, the HF hydraulic stuff works.
