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What is the labor time for a ....
a rear tire replacement.....2 hour quote seems high to me...then 1 more hour to check alignment....
and is 8k on original rear tire on a RT riding two up (525 lbs) seems right?
Comments Please!!!
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Originally Posted by Genradman
a rear tire replacement.....2 hour quote seems high to me...then 1 more hour to check alignment....
and is 8k on original rear tire on a RT riding two up (525 lbs) seems right?
Comments Please!!!
I had a rear tire replaced in 2015 ( General Altimax RT43) at the time the dealer ship charged me $79.00 labor rate. Now it is $89.00 labor rate. The can am dealership is in Vermont.
Do you have Kenda's on the rear tire?
I have roughly 16,000 mile on the rear tire, The Kenda tire was changed @ 5,824 miles. Mileage on spyder is 23,000.
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Alignment by itself should be no more than a 1/2 hour job.....and that includes enough time for the mechanic to scratch, sniff, & spit. Rear tire replacement should be about one hour INCLUDING alignment check. If your dealer is charging you 2 hours for the tire plus an additional hour for alignment he must need extra money for his kids college tuition and wants it from you.....
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Tire and align takes about 1 hour. My shop did it in a bit less and was 125.00 for all. The OEM tire lasts only about 6K. thats why most have dumped the OEM tires and gone to better. My rear tire was replaced at 7K an now have 24K on my Altima and still looks like new.
129 for the OEM tire from the dealer and have to replace it 2X a year!, NO WAY!!!
Many links here on tires and what people bought and like. Use it, will save you BIG $$$ in the long and short end.
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The 2014 RT flat rate manual lists 2.0 hr which must include tire replacement and adjustment of rear wheel. The dealer I use for rear tire charges 1 hr.
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Most dealers go by the flat rate book. That is where the two hour quote came from.
Mileage will vary. I get about 15K on my Kenda rear tires. This number holds on all five spyders owned. The 2014 came with a softer rubber compound, that one got me 8,900.
I am very conservative in my riding. Many on here have got considerably less mileage.
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We do a lot of these. 2 hours is not unrealistic, remove, replace tire, balance, install, check alignment. If everything goes right! SpyderAnn lets me help, especially with the tire off/on the rim. Once it is balanced, it goes back on. Most shops don’t have 2 techs working together, like we do. 25 years, we seem to work well together. Doing a tire tomorrow, in fact. I’ll time it!
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Originally Posted by Genradman
a rear tire replacement.....2 hour quote seems high to me...then 1 more hour to check alignment..and is 8k on original rear tire on a RT riding two up (525 lbs) seems right? Comments Please!!!
2 hours is the standard, but that should include aligning the belt on the rear sprocket. If the belt was set right to begin with and the mechanic knows what he's doing then it shouldn't need 'aligning' again after reinstalling the wheel.
Last edited by UtahPete; 06-22-2018 at 09:49 AM.
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I just turned 9K on my 16 RTL this morning, we ride 2 up about 70% of the time and my rear time isn't even down to the wear bars yet. I must be lucky. Chris
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Originally Posted by C. Lee
I just turned 9K on my 16 RTL this morning, we ride 2 up about 70% of the time and my rear time isn't even down to the wear bars yet. I must be lucky. Chris
I have a late 2014 rt ltd and mostly ride 2 up,7500 miles and my rear tire isn't even wore 50%.I feel lucky too having one of the newer rubber compound rear tires.
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