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i just changed the 5 tires on my 715 in about 6 hours. this includes dismount, wire-brush the wheels, paint the wheels, and remount 5 xzl's. i have never worked on a lockring type of wheel before. there are two "secret weapons" that you should know about if you ever do this yourself. one it the "duck-billed-hammer" (kentool pn kt35329) that barrman has posted about and the other is this kentool (pn kt33224) split rim and ring tool. notice the ends of the tool. it has all the right notches and bends to make removing the lockring easy. it cost less than $20.00 and is about 30 inches long. the hardest part of the change out was getting the tube's valve stem in the hole in the wheel. i wish they made a tool for that.
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I used to have one that I used all the time for bike tires, but I don't know what I did with it. If I find it, I'll post up a pic of it.
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Ive got an even better one--called my uncle Dave lol--Back when he was a kid he started at a garage and he was the tire machine. I've since swapped out my axles to the chevys. Of course last weekend I went to put tires on some 15s for my new CJ project. He had three done and I was still farting around with mine.
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i'm glad i didn't hit my head. might have bent the bar.
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Actually 2 bars make it really easy to get the lock ring off. I got 2 different lengths.
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I take mine to Les Schwab, its about $20 a dismount/mount. I did enough of that by hand when I was in the service.
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