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<sigh>...well, I *thought* I had the front tire done yesterday, after working in the 90F - 80%+ heat for two days. Just as I thought I had it wrapped up, I spun the tire but it seemed like it was being held back by something and would only spin ~180 degrees. I'm sitting there on the ground, back killing me no matter what my meds were supposed to do to alleviate the pain, looking it over and over, when I finally saw a completely different problem...I had put the tire on the rim backwards, not in the direction it was supposed to turn. My digital caliper stopped working, but I should have known better buying such a cheap chinee PoS, so I had to order a new one, much better and Made in America.
I *did* find out though that one of the damn spacers I was using, was a spare I had and didn't need to be in there at all. I also found out that the o-ring had a burr on it that was making it almost impossible to go in the axle.
Talk about frustrated and dejected. I'm so angry that I'm going to try the solid rim again, since I have to take the tire off the spoke rim anyway. Sometimes I feel like I could screw up a wet dream. Much of it though is from the pain I'm in 24/7, but the catch 22 is, I can't afford to have it done and there's no indies around here and the closest dealership I'm sure won't work on such an old bike ('97 FLSTC). Oh well, life in the woods. I don't know why this front tire and wheel combo is giving me so much hassle, it's pretty much the same setup as was on my '98 Dyna, and that was a breeze to work on.
Today is going to be even hotter and same high humidity, lol. Bring it on!!
Been there.....4 steps forward, 2 steps back.......EVERY! DAMN! TIME!
Good luck!
Unfortunately this isn't two steps back...it's the whole 4 steps all over again. This poor tire is going to be so wore out from mounting and unmounting it to rims, it won't hold air anymore, lol.
Get a milk crate to sit on.
Test fit the solid rim without the tire on it.
So you're not fighting it the whole time, get the spacing correct on the rotor side first, don't even put a spacer on the other side yet.
Once the rotor is positioned in the brake caliper correct, measure what you need for the other side.
Good luck.
edit; and if you have that fake drum brake looking dog bowl, remove the snap ring and just use the spacer part if needed, it's useless and just in the way, I personally don't like the look of it.
Damn good idea!! I'll be using it! Thanks for the idea!
Originally Posted by Schex
edit; and if you have that fake drum brake looking dog bowl, remove the snap ring and just use the spacer part if needed, it's useless and just in the way, I personally don't like the look of it.
Yeah, I was thinking about that, and besides, that hubcap doesn't go on the Fatboy rim anyway, and I agree, the hubcap does absolutely nothing.
At least you only have yourself to contend with.
I have GOD constantly Fukking with me.
Unless it's poltergeists knocking my **** over and making it disappear.
And it's everything, not just #10 sockets.
To make life simpler, I came up with this little device to secure rims up off the ground to save my back.. I set a 5/8" Hilti in the floor of my garage and with a piece of 5/8 threaded Rod approximately 42" long secured the rod into the Hilti with a large 5/8" nut so the rod won't pull up out of the ground.. I then slip the 4" x 32" schedule 80 pipe over the threaded rod and then sandwich the rim with 2 pieces of wood to protect the rim and secure it with a large washer and another 5/8 nut.. It really makes life a lot simpler.. luckily for me it didn't cost me anything because they're all scrap parts of my trade as a Steam Fiitter A...
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Oh the pain, the pain...
My digital caliper stopped working, but I should have known better buying such a cheap chinee PoS, so I had to order a new one, much better and Made in America.
