How to Change the Tires on a Chinese Scooter
With brands like Roadrunner, CF Moto, Avanti, Tank and Roketa, China is now on par with Italy as a major manufacturer of motor scooters. This beloved method of transportation, known for affordability and increased accessibility, especially in crowded urban environments, does not come without many of the average motorized vehicle maintenance requirements. One of these requirements is the periodic need to change a tire. As long as you have the proper type and size of replacement, you can easily change the Chinese scooter tire on your own.
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Instructions
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Unscrew the wheel nuts, using the wheel nut wrench, and pull the wheel off the wheel bolts.
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Expel the air from the tire by depressing the plug on the tire valve with the valve stem tool.
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Use your hand to work your way around the edge of the rim, pressing down on the tire to separate it.
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Insert one end of a tire iron underneath the exposed edge of tire, near the valve. Insert one end of another tire iron underneath the exposed edge of the tire, a few inches from the first tire iron. Pry up that section of the tire to pull the inner edge of the tire up, over the rim. Keep working the second tire iron around the rim, prying off more and more of the tire as you go until the entire inner edge of the tire is up, over the rim.
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Reach under and pull out the tube. If you are replacing only a popped tube, at this point you can insert the new tube without taking off the rest of the tire.
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Slip one tire iron between the rim and the tire, from the back of the tire to the front. Pull up the other end of the tire iron to pull that section of the tire up and off the rim. Keeping the tire iron upright and wedged between the rim and the tire, insert the second tire iron next to it. Use both tire irons to work around the entire rim and gradually pull off the entire tire.
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Feed in the new tube, tucking it under the tire edge that is sticking out. Start by sticking the valve through the valve hole in the rim, then use your hands or the tire irons to work around the rim, gradually tucking in the entire tube.
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Use your tire irons to pry the final edge of the tire into the rim. Be careful to not pinch or puncture the tube.
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Inflate your new tire.
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Comments
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Not a very good how to at all.... there is steps before the first steps listed.
