Mounting & balancing tires yourself: Difference between revisions
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==Reattaching the wheel== | ==Reattaching the wheel== | ||
After you've balanced the wheel, you're done mounting and balancing. Time to put the wheels back on the bike and go for a ride. | |||
[[Removing/replacing the rear wheel|Reinstall the wheel]] (exact reverse of above). Be sure to use a new cotter pin. Be sure to reattach the brake and use the [[Torque Values|proper torque]] on everything. If the rear wheel gives you trouble, try this: | |||
Sit on the ground behind the bike. Hold the wheel up with your left hand, or your feet, and feed the axle in with your right. When it starts to hang up (and it almost always does), tap (not whack! just tap) the head of the bolt with a hammer while moving the wheel up and down a little with your left hand. | Sit on the ground behind the bike. Hold the wheel up with your left hand, or your feet, and feed the axle in with your right. When it starts to hang up (and it almost always does), tap (not whack! just tap) the head of the bolt with a hammer while moving the wheel up and down a little with your left hand. | ||