Re: [ST] Changing wheels

[David Hom <dhom88@xxxxxxxxx>]

Congrats on getting the job done.  I remember the
first time I removed/installed my wheels.  I took it
easy for a bit.  As I started to get braver through
the turns, my heart nearly stopped the first time I
hit some unevenness leaning into a turn...  ;-)

- --- peter.chittum@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hey all, thanks everyone for the suggestions you
> gave for taking off and
> putting on the wheels.  For some of you it is
> probably a very mundane task,
> but for me it is the most advanced
> repair/maintenance work I've ever done.
> The suggestions were quite valuable:
> 
> Things I learned:
> *	146 Nm is a lot of torque.
> *	146 Nm of torque was waaaaay to much for my 3/8"
> socket driver.
> Don't ask... I was getting creative (pronounced
> "stupid") with a solution to
> needing more leverage on the rear axle nut...oh
> well, had to get a new 3/8"
> socket driver.
> *	The right side pannier rack should be removed
> before attempting to
> remove the rear wheel (now my rear wheel has a
> slight scratch...damn! damn!
> damn!).
> 
> So now I'm outfitted with some new Dunlop D220's. 
> I've only just scrubbed
> them in, so I don't have any useful feedback yet. 
> Just to say that the
> tread pattern really picks up the lines etched into
> graded highways a lot.
> Much more than any other tire I've ridden.  It makes
> for a very wobbly
> highway experience, and initially, I was worried I
> had forgotten a spacer or
> missed torquing down a bolt or two.  Fortunately
> that was not the case.
> We'll see how annoying it is over the next few
> thousand miles.  
> 
> Cheers all.
> 
> Peter Chittum - '01 BRG Sprint ST (baby's got a new
> pair of shoes!)   :-)
> 
> 
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