Thread the Axle When Changing Motorcycle Tires

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Drew Neilon from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in Little River. I work at Beach Customs and today I'm going to show you how to change and maintain a tire for Expert Village. Alright now that I have put the proper spacer on this side of the rim and the sprocket, what I'm going to do, is before I put the axle in, I'm going to get my brass punch and I'm going to put it through the hole just to keep this spacer in its location without falling out while I'm on the other side of the bike. Alright now I'm putting the spacer on this side of the swing arm and wheel. Now that I got the spacer inside the swing arm and the hub, I need to put the axle through. One important thing to do is, on these older bikes, you want to make sure that the axle doesn't have any rust on it or any corrosion or something. So what I do, is went ahead and cleaned it up and put a little anti-seize on there, so that the axle will not get stuck inside of the hub. So I'm going to ahead and put this through. Rubber hammer."