Tire change turn around shipping 1 day

10 April 2017, 23:55 UTC

@No said in Tire change turn around shipping 1 day:

One of the many reasons my warranty was voided was because they knew I changed my own tire... be careful!

Your tire wore out before a year was up?

11 April 2017, 00:06 UTC

@T-CAT

It'll probably have to be approved by support first.

11 April 2017, 01:32 UTC

@sonny123 said in Tire change turn around shipping 1 day:

@T-CAT

It'll probably have to be approved by support first.

That's what I'm thinking too and maybe some written documentation stating that's okay just to be on the safe side of things.

11 April 2017, 01:56 UTC

@thegreck said in Tire change turn around shipping 1 day:

@No said in Tire change turn around shipping 1 day:

One of the many reasons my warranty was voided was because they knew I changed my own tire... be careful!

Your tire wore out before a year was up?

oh, no, I put the Hoosier on, then about 48 miles later I had to send it in for repairs, so the tire change was pretty obvious in my case

11 April 2017, 01:57 UTC

@sonny123 ah yea...I didn't even think of the shipping time...

Edit: I live about 50 min from the factory

11 April 2017, 02:18 UTC

I just sent mine in for a tech issue, they fixed and returned took about 3 weeks minus shipping

11 April 2017, 11:40 UTC

Do you have to use the shipping option, 99.00 tire change + shipping 150.00,
seems a little steep.

11 April 2017, 22:54 UTC

@thegreck said in Tire change turn around shipping 1 day:

@No said in Tire change turn around shipping 1 day:

One of the many reasons my warranty was voided was because they knew I changed my own tire... be careful!

Your tire wore out before a year was up?

My first tire wore out at 1060 miles , I'm on my third tire and I've owned it for 7 months. Changed both myself. I won't send my board in unless I start speaking in tongues or it catches on fire...

12 April 2017, 00:41 UTC

@T-CAT After FM changed my tire, the board came back with a wobble. Feels like it's unbalanced but I cannot detect any damage visually that might cause the problem. I asked that FM check it out while it was in for another issue (complete shutdown while riding), but the board came back the same. Has anyone else had this issue?

12 April 2017, 00:49 UTC

@dcosmos

That's definitely not reassuring because at that point what happens? You would likely have to send it back (hopefully not on your dime), wait some more for a repair to be made, and be without your board as well as the inconvenience of multiple shipping occurrences back and forth.

12 April 2017, 01:12 UTC

@T-CAT It really sucks that I have two boards and I can't use either right now. One's in for a full refresh and LED fix, the other is home with me, now chronically ill. It's been sent in twice already and now it's looking like a third trip is necessary. It's still under warranty, but FM wants to assess the situation with Settings screenshots and try "fixing remotely" first. Feels like I'm juggling OWs with maintenance and repairs.

12 April 2017, 01:13 UTC

@dcosmos said in Tire change turn around shipping 1 day:

@T-CAT After FM changed my tire, the board came back with a wobble. Feels like it's unbalanced but I cannot detect any damage visually that might cause the problem. I asked that FM check it out while it was in for another issue (complete shutdown while riding), but the board came back the same. Has anyone else had this issue?

Try deflating the tire to about half and grab your board by one side and pound the tire on the ground a couple times and then turn the tire a little bit and keep repeating the process. This might, (I say might) take your wobble out because you may re seat the tire bead as a result.

12 April 2017, 01:15 UTC

@Earthpilot Thanks for the idea! I'll try it. Hopefully the board will turn on so I can test ride it.

12 April 2017, 01:19 UTC

@dcosmos You're welcome. Sorry to hear you are not riding at the moment. I think I would be walking around aimlessly and disgruntled without mine.

12 April 2017, 12:30 UTC

@Earthpilot Did you have a professional change the tire or did you do it?

12 April 2017, 17:07 UTC

@tony420121 I bought tire spoons off of Amazon for $11.00 and did it myself. The one thing I am going to get is this for breaking the bead off the rim. The two I did, I pushed by hand and let me tell you, triceps workout, lol

https://www.amazon.com/PowerLift-Manual-Tire-Changer-8-18-1/dp/B000PTKONY/ref=pd_sbs_263_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B000PTKONY&pd_rd_r=VNMRC41GYWWZ4AR33G37&pd_rd_w=bNcoG&pd_rd_wg=XKPHA&psc=1&refRID=VNMRC41GYWWZ4AR33G37

12 April 2017, 18:56 UTC

@Earthpilot

Same price, cheaper shipping: http://www.harborfreight.com/manual-tire-changer-62317.html

12 April 2017, 19:03 UTC

Won't work, you need the harbor freight bead breaker.

12 April 2017, 19:04 UTC

http://m.harborfreight.com/bead-breaker-92961.html

13 April 2017, 00:59 UTC

Actually, any of these will work
I have a Harbor Freight close to my house so I may get that one.

13 April 2017, 03:07 UTC

@Earthpilot I believe the manual tire changer needs a needs a hole in the rim for the shaft to secure the rim. At least I think it's been 10+ years since I've seen it, guess you could always just use the breaker part only..😀

13 April 2017, 03:13 UTC

@Earthpilot did you try folding the tire and pulling it over the rim instead of using the spoons? I haven't tried it..

How to change kart tire..
https://youtu.be/fGgdy3fRCbM

13 April 2017, 13:53 UTC

@parrothd Nice find! I saw this video and it looks like one would just need to track down the cool custom tools to do it yourself. Like this bead breaker or the harbor freight version

14 April 2017, 15:27 UTC

@parrothd Folding the tire will not work.the bead of the tire needs to be pushed towards the inner part of the tire for it to come off the wider area of the rim. i'll find a video.

Here is a video of a guy getting a pretty soft tire off of a rim. Our Vegas require a little more muscle but I have done it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmFBnr-hF1I