How I remove the rear tire.

[safecracker]

Removed rear tire tonight. I needed to check my bearings, all good. Tomorrow I will take it to the dealer to have it balanced. I have a vibration that starts around 56 mph to 60 mph. I know what belt vibration is and this is not that. I am hoping I lost a couple of stuck on weights. Shaft is in good shape. So I will know more in a couple of days. Bruce

[Mikey]

Thats using your head!!!

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

Bruce it's been my ( and others here ) experience that BALANCING the REAR tire has little effect on vibes. ... I only balanced ONE rear tire...... Many rear tires later I have not balanced any of those ............. PS thanks again for the Trunk " template " ... I loooooooooooooooooooooove this thing ..... After making the first one I decided it would be a LOT easier to just make it Straight and add the thumb piece buy gluing it on separately ..... I gave my first one to another member here who visited me ..... Mike

[safecracker]

Mike you are right. My rear tire was 5 ounces out of balance. All we could figure out was I lost a couple of stick on weights. Got tire back on and I will give a test ride in the next couple of days. Bruce

[UtahPete]

I keep checking this thread to see how a safe cracker would remove the drive wheel on a Spyder. I keep expecting something explosive...

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

I keep checking this thread to see how a safe cracker would remove the drive wheel on a Spyder. I keep expecting something explosive...

Interesting .... I have seen in the past , that you have been concerned about " OFF TOPIC " remarks ...... just a thought .... Mike

[Isopedella]

Himm. 2 jacks - I like it very much. As a newbie thats in the book for rear wheel work for sure.

Re the vibration. I completely agree with the remove and eliminate things like damaged tyre, worn bearings and wheel assembly balance. Haha A shaped charge would remove it but it would be a bitch to re-install I reckon. Look forward to the ride assessment on the vibration.

[safecracker]

The tire weights helped alot. I still have a little vibration around 56 to 58. But I did increase my belt tension from 115 lbs to 145 lbs. Now I have a Pre 2013 model so we run alittle less belt tension than 2014 and up. Bruce.

[davev1pa]

I have my belt tension at 180+ per Kritkat II on both the 12 and 14 RTs..neither rear General Altimax RT43 are balanced