No-mar tire changer

Last one I changed for metal head was on the floor too, 150 rear for the cbr. That was a PIA. Looking forward to ease of use. And I got it for less than half as new with errthang included.

You guys do car/ truck tires too on them?

Balancing bike wheels I can do, what's the difference with wider car wheels? Can you do that at home with a static stand?

 

Shaneekwa would never give them back.

 

yes... have done as large as a 31" truck tires. I did not balance those. On my 15" trailer tires I used the cones/static method. Worked well enough. Discount tire does "free" rotations/balance, near me, so I put on my helpless look if I dont feel like dealing with it. :up:

 

Does anyone know if a 9 gallon airtank at 100psi wouldbe adequate for seating the bead on a 6.25" wide ZX11 wheel with a 190/55 on it?

 

If done properly. Yes. I normally use a 5 gal tank with 60-80 psi in it

 

Lookup the brake cleaner / match trick on YouTube

 

Thats pretty awesome!

 

So you just use your 'normal' look?

 

One of the things that I always do when setting the bead on a tire is to have the valve core removed from the valve stem. I also have two different air chucks. The one that I use for setting the beads is an air chuck with the internals removed. The air chucks have the quick connect fittings on them and when I'm ready to set the beads, I put the air chuck with no internals on the air hose and quickly slip it over the valve stem and hold it there until the beads seat. Of course, as soon as you pull it off the valve stem, you disconnect it from the air hose. Of course all the air that you just put in the tire to set the bead escapes too. I then put the valve core back in and inflate the tire in the normal manner.

The whole reason for doing it this way is that you get a lot more air flow to quickly set the beads. YMMV

 

I've got the Cycle Hill sold by No Mar and I've changed a hundred tires with it and it's still going strong. I have the hitch mount for my truck, it's awesome.

 

I've got a quick coupler I can use with the guts out but hardly ever have to do that on bike tires. Have to most of the time on atv tires though, they can be a bitch to start to seat.

 

A little lube on the inside of the tire helps when seating the bead.

 

I have the classic with the hitch mount, I use it primarily for flipping tires, I do believe I'm going to sell it and buy a pneumatic one though.

 

Mine already have a bit of lube on the tire bead from when I mounted the tire to the wheel. The "gutless" air chuck/core removed method works about 99% of the time. The exception is usually a very stiff sidewall tire. In those instances, I usually take the tire/wheel back out of the clamps on the NoMar and put the tire on the floor and push down on the tire. Rotate/push until you have made one revolution and hit it again with the burst of air.

 

Bumping an old thread, and quoting this post because I did this once (after a beverage or two) where I forgot to put the valve stem back in and those beads set faster than you'd believe

If you're used to using spoons, how much easier is a no-mar? I'm a lazy SOB so would gladly spend the money upfront for something that will make changing tires as easy as possible, but if it's not significantly easier and less work than using spoons I'll just wrestle with them for the <10 tires I change per year.

 

Worth every penny if you have the room for it....no comparison to using spoons.

I got lucky and found mine used for a great price, and he had all the accessories to go with it ie. wire wheel clamps, several tire clamps, their lube, etc.... Not sure I would have paid full price for one tho since I'm not actively doing trackdays any longer.

I've actually considered offering to do this for some pocket money, what stops me from doing it is LIABILITY.....any concerns about some knucklehead getting into a wreck and trying to blame you???

 

I bought a used No-Mar about 8 years ago. Easily made my money back on tire changes. Considering selling mine now as I don't get to the track enough to justify it any more.

 

I'd probably say that the difference is comparable to digging a 50' long ditch with a shovel vs. renting a ditch witch. Seriously, once the tire/wheel is off the bike, it takes like 3-4 minutes to remove the old tire and have the new one on, bead set, and ready to balance......and that's me drinking some coffee and hitting on my vape!

 

What's a used one go for?

 

I honestly could not tell you what I paid for it. I just remember buying it off of Jennings Gp classifieds and Andy White (RIP) brought it to a CCS round at PBIR for me.