rim change...shop or do it myself?

is rim change complex? any special tools neded? what are steps.

[jambo]

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Go to a shop. It's a b*tch to separate the rime from the tire.

Well there really is'nt much more to it. I literally just want to change the rim. Not the tire, but the rim. My rim is bent and I just got the new one. Oh, I'm sorry it's the FRONT rim. I bet that helps.

Anyway, I got this initial delusion that I could just take of the , wheel, calipers and rotors. Then have a tire shop do the tire swap. Then I would reinstall the rotors and caliper and go hit the twisties. Then I realized this is NOT a tire change! I have to remove everything that is attatched to the rim. So there are bearings and who knows what else that needs to be considered. Maybe I can strip down the wheel as much as I feel comfortable and then take it to shop for anything I left and most importantly the tire swap.

Summary:

Remove caliper
Remove Rotor
Remove something else?
And another thing maybe?
Take just rim/tire to shop for tire swap
Return with tire on new rim and reinstall all the removed parts

What am I missing and is it more difficult than the other steps?

Originally Posted by jambo

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[SoulKiss]

As K seems to be in hiding.....

You said RIM !!!

TEEHEE

[jambo]

Originally Posted by F16Falcon

Well there really is'nt much more to it. I literally just want to change the rim. Not the tire, but the rim. My rim is bent and I just got the new one. Oh, I'm sorry it's the FRONT rim. I bet that helps.

Anyway, I got this initial delusion that I could just take of the , wheel, calipers and rotors. Then have a tire shop do the tire swap. Then I would reinstall the rotors and caliper and go hit the twisties. Then I realized this is NOT a tire change! I have to remove everything that is attatched to the rim. So there are bearings and who knows what else that needs to be considered. Maybe I can strip down the wheel as much as I feel comfortable and then take it to shop for anything I left and most importantly the tire swap.

Summary:

Remove caliper
Remove Rotor
Remove something else?
And another thing maybe?
Take just rim/tire to shop for tire swap
Return with tire on new rim and reinstall all the removed parts

What am I missing and is it more difficult than the other steps?

I'm guessing you're in the US, We have Wheels and Brake discs rather than rims & rotors. I was just checking that this is actually what you wanted to do, cheers for the extra information.

1) Have you got a new front wheel? If so it should already have bearings in it if it's 2nd hand, if it's new you may need to buy new bearings to go in. Knocking the old bearings out of your current wheel is likely to damage them, it's unlikely they'd be ok to put in your new wheel.
2) Steps I'd follow are:
a) Remove calipers
b) Support front of bike off the floor
c) Remove front wheel axle and wheel (being careful of speedo drive)
d) Remove discs from current wheel (be careful not to put weight on them as they bend easily) Note which is left & right otherwise your pads will have to bed in again to some extent
e) Take old and new wheel to tyre shop, get them to move the tyre across.
f) Put discs on new wheel (noting which was left and right and replacing the same side)
g) re-install wheel
h) re-install calipers

There are several companies in the UK that will straighten a bent rim so you can reuse the old wheel, worth seeing if there's anyone local to you that could do that.


Jambo

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

As K seems to be in hiding.....

You said RIM !!!

TEEHEE

Nah - just busy this morning...

... aaaaanyway - you SHOUTED 'rim'...

... tee hee hee.

Definition of what I mean:

Rim=Thing that the tire is mounted to. Thing made out of aluminum and that get's bent from rough roads. Thing that tire slides around on if not properly inflated. If you completely took apart your wheel, the metal thing you'd be left with that has spokes is the rim.

Wheel=Combined product of a tire and rim and on a bike, brake discs or rotors. All three make up the wheel.

Rotor=Brake discs that the pads grab for braking

Looks like my only issue will be the bearings. Sounds like I need new ones and the difficulty of removing them is questionable. Maybe shop does bearing/tire swap.
What I have=2 rims. 1 bent and one new. Need to install new rim.

Originally Posted by jambo

I'm guessing you're in the US, We have Wheels and Brake discs rather than rims & rotors.

1) Have you got a new front wheel? If so it should already have bearings in it if it's 2nd hand, if it's new you may need to buy new bearings to go in. Knocking the old bearings out of your current wheel is likely to damage them, it's unlikely they'd be ok to put in your new wheel.

I don't trust repaired tires or rims. Wheel are the most critical components and I only have 2 of them. Rather bite the bullet and buy new wheel than new legs.

Wheel



Rim - It is the section the tyre connects to, also above where the Dymag sticker is.


Now, assuming you have an SV650 and you do not trust repaired rims you will need to buy a new wheel (this does not include a tyre, see above examples). I would get a new wheel and bearings, everything else can be changed over. Just the Brake disc (rotors), brake disc bolts, and tyre is all that needs to be transfered. The calipers are part of the fork and the spacers and speedo are part of the front wheel spindle/axle.

Originally Posted by F16Falcon

If you completely took apart your wheel, the metal thing you'd be left with that has spokes is the rim.

Try an English dictionary.

You think any shops keep the bearings on hand or would I have to order? The answer I would guess depends on how standard the part is. If it fits all 600cc class Suzukis or even better all bikes with certain wheel types, then I'd be ok. Hope this is the case because this is a weekend job. Don't do it this weekend, then thats another week.

Originally Posted by Dangerous Dave

Now, assuming you have an SV650 and you do not trust repaired rims you will need to buy a new wheel (this does not include a tyre, see above examples). I would get a new wheel and bearings, everything else can be changed over.