Thanks this finally worked for me. For those people who don't have a vice or cable ties like me, I just used by body weight and put my knee on the tire to hold it in place while I used the levers to pull the top part of the tyre over the rim.
I tried getting a local bike shop in Portland to view this video and have my Xiaomi tubeless tire fitted onto my Gotrax XR Ultra rear wheel rim but they were too afraid to commit to this. So I took it upon myself. I gathered some very little supplies from the local hardware store; a 5 gallon bucket, 11 inch zip ties, and a 12 inch bar clamp. The workers at the ACE hardware shop didn't quite know themselves on how to tackle the installation but they agreed that my set-up was sound. Fast forward, I warmed up two pots of water to just under 200 deg F and let the tire soak for 10 minutes. You need just enough water to fully submerge the tire. I had with me two big tire irons from a previous purchase and a can of WD 40 just in case i needed lubricant. Guess what, folks. All it took was ONE zip tie and two of three tire irons I own and the tire went onto the rim in less than one minute. I kid you not, it's fucking doable and I have little to no experience with bike/scooter maintenance (although I have experience as a maintenance worker). 5 Gallon bucket of 200 deg F water (soak for 10 minutes -- THIS IS CRITICAL AND WILL SAVE YOU TIME AND ENERGY) One zip tie (I didn't even need the damn Bar Clamp) Two tire irons (not sure if you can get away with just one) Whole prep and execution done in less than 15 min. Thank you for this video. I've seen countless others and this was by far the most efficient process. I was worried I'd need a table mounted clamp like in this video but I did this on my kitchen floor. For safety reasons, just don't heat the tire in an oven or microwave or have it inside one of your pots. Get a bucket and wear some work gloves while you're at it.
Thanks, locking a point with a strap was the key for me. However, I didn't use WD40 inside for fear the tyre would slip while breaking, just dishwashing soap on the bead. I also used the old tyre as base to work on to keep everything flat.
This is the best tutorial hands down. Others make it look like a nightmare, which is not true at all. The microwave thing and lack of proper tools in other videos will put anyone on a wrong track, where nightmares (and even possible trauma) are to be had.
To the haters in the comment section: 1. I took my daughter's scooter to 5 different bike shops in FL. They all refused to fix it. Being mechanically inclined, I chose to fix it myself. 2. I used silicone grease instead of WD-40. 3. The vise is a must! I tried pressing without it, and it was a nightmare. Thank you for this video!!
Thank you for showing the method! It worked well for me. Tips: make sure you heat the tire - microwave is fine, use liquid soap or oil as lubrication - also on your tire levers, think of the process as snapping a big thick rubber band onto the rim. Stretch that tire to get it over the rim and don't be shy, you're not going to break the tire. Next up: I try to do the front tire without a vise.
Legend. The trick of chucking it in a vice is the way to go, I didn't have the right tools - but a couple of large flat headed screwdrivers did the trick. Cheers
This video just saved me a bunch of time, and I appreciate it! It worked like a charm on the rear wheel of my macwheel mx-1. Unfortunately, I had no luck with the front wheel on the motor, as it kept popping out of the vice. Do you have any suggestions on how to do the front wheel?
Mine came with solid rubber tires (HiBoy S2 Pro) and they are rock hard with hardly any flex at all. I'd like to replace them with honeycomb tires but they look like a pain to remove 😩.
I have a Neon Pro Okai scooterr model ES30 and the back tire got badly damaged, so i want to find a decent replacement compatible for it and put 2 new tires to my scooter, im new at this type of stuff and i don't understand very much about tires sizes and comparability The tire says 60/75 - 6.5 (10×2.5) And its hard to find on amazon or ebay and how to look for one that fits And i need my scooter to be able to go to work and back or i would have to walk every day around an 1hour some tes more since i gotta do a lot of heavy lifting at work and my body takes a lot of damage.
cool, it is useful to have vice and proper tools for putting on a tire. Since at home you are not going to have vice, ziper method is also fine, and takes only couple minutes.
Wow worked great on the rear tire of my Gotrax Elite! Thirty seconds and POP!. Small centering time and done. i do have have to say though. Tried this on my front tire with the hub motor in and had to muscle it the old fashioned way. Not the vice method. Front tire wheel and tire wouldn't stay in the vice for the life of me. Kept popping out. Perhaps removing the hub motor might have made it easier but i doubt it.
lets see you do it without the clamp, with no table like most ppl, Also, didnt you boil the tire or microwave it, too soften it ? those tires are very difficult to do that with
I don't use E scooters myself but done a couple of scooters for my work colleagues the way I done it was to use a vice a weak solution of washing up liquid a utility bar didn't heat the tires still had them on in seconds
Oh I have too really thank you, it’s like two out I was trying too feet my new solid tire but I cannot 😅, now I’m boiling water to put my solid tire inside 😂
With a solid tire you’ll never need to add any air ever just grab and go not really recommend this for stronger scooters these wheels work better on entry to mid level escooters.
@DenisBikeMechanic yes or no. No ulterior depth. I have tested out the pliabilty of my tires and given how often I hammer them across light rail crossings, they should pop right off without cutting or heating. Unagi won't sell me new tires. Only gently used. I kinda like them slick. There was a definite vibration from the tread pattern.
@@DenisBikeMechanic Spasibo za otvet. Nu zimoi ja vobsje nje jedu. No mnje znakomii govoril shto s Solid Tyres ochen tjazhelo, koleso kak kamnji. Tjipa bjotsa ochen kogda jedish.
I have a 10 inches tires on a Pure scotter. I want to change them to a hard ones , since I am getting many punctures. Do you do such a job? where are you located ? how much to change both tires ?
@@DenisBikeMechanic Thanks for the reply ...a bit far for me though ...sorry i thought you are in the UK. by the way I love your videos , and as a recommendation what 10 inch solid tire you would suggest?
OK the microwave thing is absolutely untrue I heated these same tires with a microwave, it was fine. Heating with a microwave works better if you soak them in water first and then heat them but it does heat even if you don’t use water. Microwaves (and I’ve heard this before) don’t just heat things with water in them, microwaves bombard The molecule/Atoms with light which strikes the electrons and moves the electrons to a higher orbits which causes the molecule to move other molecules (obviously it’s a lot more complicated but that’s the basic premise)i.e.heat. It has nothing to do with if it has water or not.
Hello David. $30 per wheel. But the front wheel with the motor most likely does not have a plug to remove. Voltaire cycles, 400 Bloomfield Avenue Verona nj 07044
Hey Denis I have an xtract scooter similar to a kugoo m4 which tyre size is 10×2 50 6.5 and mine is a 10×2 70 6.5 would the kugoo m4 tyre fit mine cause find it difficult to find my size
So I will add something to this...MAKE SURE YOUR VICE JAWS ARE WIDE ENOUGH!!!!! Otherwise you might only get a small hold and possibly break the rim. Thankfully I figured that out before I got after it to much. and got some wood to go behind the wheel, and in front of the jaws. And yea he slides those on WAY to easy.. I dam near impaled myself with a pry bar hahahaaha
Thanks for the nice video! When fixating the tire in the vice it easily scratches the rim, and also metal tire spoons easily damage the rim. Do you have the same experience and any fix for that?
@Lucky Bird Bikes , our vice is old so the clamps are smooth. You can put some cloth in between. Metal spoons are fine with those rims since thy are thicker than a regular bicycle rims. Nothing happens with the rim and it doesn't get scratched.
Denis Grishin yeah, I replaced both tires in my scooter with solid tires. The top speed went down by like 10% but the range is what has the decreased the most by like 25%
This is the fastest tire installation I've seen so far and I've been searching a lot.
Of course he is a mechanics with all tools available
Put the rim on two pieces of thick wood, heat up the tyre in hot water and with three tyre levers and two persons its quite easy as well.
@@radamante3231 yea I don’t have a workbench with a vise, wish I did it’ll make it a whole lot easier
Thanks this finally worked for me. For those people who don't have a vice or cable ties like me, I just used by body weight and put my knee on the tire to hold it in place while I used the levers to pull the top part of the tyre over the rim.
This is the best advice on how to install one. Once I saw this, done in 3 minutes, like this man. Well done.
I tried getting a local bike shop in Portland to view this video and have my Xiaomi tubeless tire fitted onto my Gotrax XR Ultra rear wheel rim but they were too afraid to commit to this. So I took it upon myself.
I gathered some very little supplies from the local hardware store; a 5 gallon bucket, 11 inch zip ties, and a 12 inch bar clamp. The workers at the ACE hardware shop didn't quite know themselves on how to tackle the installation but they agreed that my set-up was sound.
Fast forward, I warmed up two pots of water to just under 200 deg F and let the tire soak for 10 minutes. You need just enough water to fully submerge the tire. I had with me two big tire irons from a previous purchase and a can of WD 40 just in case i needed lubricant.
Guess what, folks. All it took was ONE zip tie and two of three tire irons I own and the tire went onto the rim in less than one minute. I kid you not, it's fucking doable and I have little to no experience with bike/scooter maintenance (although I have experience as a maintenance worker).
5 Gallon bucket of 200 deg F water (soak for 10 minutes -- THIS IS CRITICAL AND WILL SAVE YOU TIME AND ENERGY)
One zip tie (I didn't even need the damn Bar Clamp)
Two tire irons (not sure if you can get away with just one)
Whole prep and execution done in less than 15 min.
Thank you for this video. I've seen countless others and this was by far the most efficient process. I was worried I'd need a table mounted clamp like in this video but I did this on my kitchen floor.
For safety reasons, just don't heat the tire in an oven or microwave or have it inside one of your pots. Get a bucket and wear some work gloves while you're at it.
I found that placing the tire/rim into a vice and one crowbar (tire iron) was enough. The heated water or soap/cleaner/wd40 was not necessary.
how can you do it with the wheel where there is no entry with the zip tie, for some the wheel is the front and others its the rear.
Just did this last night worked for both front and back tire, only took me 20min each tire, thank you very much!
Thanks, locking a point with a strap was the key for me. However, I didn't use WD40 inside for fear the tyre would slip while breaking, just dishwashing soap on the bead. I also used the old tyre as base to work on to keep everything flat.
This is the best tutorial hands down. Others make it look like a nightmare, which is not true at all. The microwave thing and lack of proper tools in other videos will put anyone on a wrong track, where nightmares (and even possible trauma) are to be had.
To the haters in the comment section:
1. I took my daughter's scooter to 5 different bike shops in FL. They all refused to fix it. Being mechanically inclined, I chose to fix it myself.
2. I used silicone grease instead of WD-40.
3. The vise is a must! I tried pressing without it, and it was a nightmare.
Thank you for this video!!
Thank you for showing the method! It worked well for me. Tips: make sure you heat the tire - microwave is fine, use liquid soap or oil as lubrication - also on your tire levers, think of the process as snapping a big thick rubber band onto the rim. Stretch that tire to get it over the rim and don't be shy, you're not going to break the tire. Next up: I try to do the front tire without a vise.
I broke the tyre
Legend. The trick of chucking it in a vice is the way to go, I didn't have the right tools - but a couple of large flat headed screwdrivers did the trick. Cheers
oh my gosh you are a genius - the idea of using zip ties saved the day, thank you so much!
I struggled using the vise, but found that zip ties worked great and made it pretty easy. I just used soapy water for lubricant and that worked fine.
Definitely the best video. Very effective and short video, no small talk, the best!
The best video, i tried a lot of others ways and fail. First time i tryed yours, and Done. Thanks from Brazil.
This was the only tutorial that helped, thanks!:)
Extremely helpful video thanks. I had a buddy that was pulling his hair out trying to install the thing.
Thanks
I nearly burst into tears on this job .
Great solve!
Excellent. Your method worked like a charm. Thanks!
Awesome video. Couldn’t have done it without you. Thanks
For me it's just easier to pay a bike shop and never use air filled tires again.
Does this fit for a Segway F-30 that has inner tube ? Or can I use a tubeless tire. If yes. What kind can I use.
I learned something, thank you. Though I would put aluminium brackets between the rim and the vice, to avoid damage or bending on the rim.
You made that look so simple Gona get solid tires for my gotrax
Thanks. Vice is a key point here.
@@DenisBikeMechanic can you recommand a home-vice? The way you have looks way to big to be in my room.
Hover 1 Alpha electric scooter
Tire and inner tube ???
Solid tire ???
I can't able to find it anywhere any ideas please let me know
This video just saved me a bunch of time, and I appreciate it! It worked like a charm on the rear wheel of my macwheel mx-1. Unfortunately, I had no luck with the front wheel on the motor, as it kept popping out of the vice. Do you have any suggestions on how to do the front wheel?
Thanks. Probably you need a wider vise.
@@DenisBikeMechanic a wider vise? Like what? I have the same problem, there is no way to zip tie one of the wheels where there is no entry
Mine came with solid rubber tires (HiBoy S2 Pro) and they are rock hard with hardly any flex at all. I'd like to replace them with honeycomb tires but they look like a pain to remove 😩.
I have a Neon Pro Okai scooterr model ES30 and the back tire got badly damaged, so i want to find a decent replacement compatible for it and put 2 new tires to my scooter, im new at this type of stuff and i don't understand very much about tires sizes and comparability
The tire says
60/75 - 6.5 (10×2.5)
And its hard to find on amazon or ebay and how to look for one that fits
And i need my scooter to be able to go to work and back or i would have to walk every day around an 1hour some tes more since i gotta do a lot of heavy lifting at work and my body takes a lot of damage.
cool, it is useful to have vice and proper tools for putting on a tire. Since at home you are not going to have vice, ziper method is also fine, and takes only couple minutes.
Wow worked great on the rear tire of my Gotrax Elite! Thirty seconds and POP!. Small centering time and done. i do have have to say though. Tried this on my front tire with the hub motor in and had to muscle it the old fashioned way. Not the vice method. Front tire wheel and tire wouldn't stay in the vice for the life of me. Kept popping out. Perhaps removing the hub motor might have made it easier but i doubt it.
Don’t use wd40. You’ll fit it easier but then brake and the tyre will spin on the rim…
How often will live that solid tire? 1 year?
Is the Xiaomi Mijia M365 8.5inch compatible with the gotrax gxl v2 tire
I need a vice
Good job buddy 👍👍
Thanks!
You legend mate I thought this was impossible took me 5 mins following this 🔥🔥
Bet that vice scratched that rim up nice
lets see you do it without the clamp, with no table like most ppl, Also, didnt you boil the tire or microwave it, too soften it ? those tires are very difficult to do that with
I like the way how he lubricates
WD-40 WILL DAMAGE THE RUBBER!!! It's a penetrator for metals only!
USE SILICONE SPRAY INSTEAD!
I know that. But the tire thick enough. Wd will soak up with the rubber and stay there. But you won't feel it.
This is the best way to put the solid tire. We did it in less than 3 minutes
I don't use E scooters myself but done a couple of scooters for my work colleagues the way I done it was to use a vice a weak solution of washing up liquid a utility bar didn't heat the tires still had them on in seconds
Oh I have too really thank you, it’s like two out I was trying too feet my new solid tire but I cannot 😅, now I’m boiling water to put my solid tire inside 😂
hi mister, can i buy them red in 8p and adapt them to my xprit 10p scooter?
What is the temperatur of the water you use and how long time do you have it in the hot water to make it softer? Greatful for answers.
Actually nowdays I don't heat it up. Unless if it's not freezing, it will stretch.
@@DenisBikeMechanic Thanks for the answer
BEST VIDEO GOING ON THIS PROCESS!
Whats is the locking things called?
Are there benefits to this over a inner tube tire
With a solid tire you’ll never need to add any air ever just grab and go not really recommend this for stronger scooters these wheels work better on entry to mid level escooters.
Hi I've got a kugoo s1 and is it a easy process to change from plastic to rubber and can you show me how to do it please thanks.
Have you ever replaced Unagi tires?
What's so special about them?
@DenisBikeMechanic yes or no.
No ulterior depth. I have tested out the pliabilty of my tires and given how often I hammer them across light rail crossings, they should pop right off without cutting or heating. Unagi won't sell me new tires. Only gently used. I kinda like them slick. There was a definite vibration from the tread pattern.
how can you do it with the wheel where there is no entry with the zip tie, for some the wheel is the front and others its the rear.
solid tyres are hell for city streets such a rough ride
no air tires are, because they go flat!
may I know how this tire perform ? is that better ? I wondering should I put on my mten3 ...
It's about the same. I don't see much difference when ride it.
Thank you for posting very helpful
I pray I never have to remove it .. !!
How do you do the front wheel
With a lot of screams, tears and swearing the holy mother.
Hi excellent video .
2:30 Sec I cannot get the tyre straighten my tool doesn’t come through to the other side.
What should I do?
Use skin screw driver, drill tire.
Denis Grishin
Ok. I will try Thank you.
Can you repeat the same installation on motor wheel? With all those cabels from controller. Then I will 👍this video.
Does This Tire make ur Scooter Go slower?
It's looks so easy. I'm planning to get a solid tire scooter.
О, наш человек! Наш человек всегда профессионал! Спасибо за видео ;-)
Спасибо за коммент!
@@DenisBikeMechanic Dobrii denj. Estj vopros. Etji koleso bez vozduha ne ochen horoshie? Govorjat shto tjazhelo katatsa.
@@MrMaybe89 зимой дубеют, летом норм. В целом solid tires лучше чем постоянно латать надувные.
@@DenisBikeMechanic Spasibo za otvet. Nu zimoi ja vobsje nje jedu.
No mnje znakomii govoril shto s Solid Tyres ochen tjazhelo, koleso kak kamnji. Tjipa bjotsa ochen kogda jedish.
Поставь русскую Клаву. Глаза сломать можно ;)
На мой скутер я бы поставил solid tires и не парился бы. Они жёстче но практичнее.
I have a 10 inches tires on a Pure scotter. I want to change them to a hard ones , since I am getting many punctures. Do you do such a job? where are you located ? how much to change both tires ?
Voltaire cycles of Verona, NJ. 400 Bloomfield ave Verona nj. $80 labor.
@@DenisBikeMechanic Thanks for the reply ...a bit far for me though ...sorry i thought you are in the UK. by the way I love your videos , and as a recommendation what 10 inch solid tire you would suggest?
@@موفقبهجت-ذ5ص They all about the same.
Hi sir is it possible that can put solid tires on pneumatic tires? In short it is possible to convert?
Most pneumatic tires can be replaced with solid ones. Just match the diameter and width of the rim.
Good Job...my favourite video...
Very helpful, thank you!
Are you guys still there are you guys still open for business??🤔
What about the front tire. Wire is tether to it?
It's a bit complicated. Need to be careful with the wire especially. But principle is same.
Denis Grishin - can I come to your location and have my back solid tire installed?
Had to make this switch, the tube tires replaced twice in a few months
Are these tires safe ?cannot be removed while driving?
Safe. Won't come off.
Can you install d4+ nanrobot scooter soild tire?
Hey where did you get the solid tire from? Do you have a link?
Amazon
OK the microwave thing is absolutely untrue I heated these same tires with a microwave, it was fine. Heating with a microwave works better if you soak them in water first and then heat them but it does heat even if you don’t use water. Microwaves (and I’ve heard this before) don’t just heat things with water in them, microwaves bombard The molecule/Atoms with light which strikes the electrons and moves the electrons to a higher orbits which causes the molecule to move other molecules (obviously it’s a lot more complicated but that’s the basic premise)i.e.heat. It has nothing to do with if it has water or not.
Worked like a charm!
“That’s it”😂 NBD
Hi Denis, I am wondering how much it will cost if I ship two wheel to you for solid tire replacement. Thank you
Hello David. $30 per wheel. But the front wheel with the motor most likely does not have a plug to remove.
Voltaire cycles,
400 Bloomfield Avenue Verona nj 07044
Denis Grishin Hi, what do you mean? Cant I change front tire on Xiaomi Pro 2?
@@zeigermaher yes you can, but you can't unplug the motor due to a solid cable.
Hey Denis I have an xtract scooter similar to a kugoo m4 which tyre size is 10×2 50 6.5 and mine is a 10×2 70 6.5 would the kugoo m4 tyre fit mine cause find it difficult to find my size
Idk. Looks like it may fit.
@@DenisBikeMechanic is the 10×2 the rim size and width and the 70-6.5 the tyre height and thickness? Probably silly question but I am clueless
i need a proper work bench. without that clamp is so much harder to replace it
oh hell ya.. i got those things.. tires on their way, might get it all done tomorrow..
So I will add something to this...MAKE SURE YOUR VICE JAWS ARE WIDE ENOUGH!!!!! Otherwise you might only get a small hold and possibly break the rim. Thankfully I figured that out before I got after it to much. and got some wood to go behind the wheel, and in front of the jaws.
And yea he slides those on WAY to easy.. I dam near impaled myself with a pry bar hahahaaha
It’s always those gotrax gxl back tires
They be poppin
ikright
i can put on solid tyre turboant x7 pro
How much for that work my friend ?
$40
Did you know the WD40 is acid mate 😅👌 the rubber will by Time disolve at the sides 😒
What if i don't have a vice ?
Ok, Ill try it tomorrow. I bet it takes me an hour at least.
Thanks for the nice video! When fixating the tire in the vice it easily scratches the rim, and also metal tire spoons easily damage the rim. Do you have the same experience and any fix for that?
@Lucky Bird Bikes
, our vice is old so the clamps are smooth. You can put some cloth in between. Metal spoons are fine with those rims since thy are thicker than a regular bicycle rims. Nothing happens with the rim and it doesn't get scratched.
has anyone done this on an apollo explore scooter! they are 10 x 2! i just shelled out 3 flat tires on 45km !
Idk. Ask seller if there is an option with solid tires. With pneumatic ones- keep pressure high enough otherwise the tubewill be chewed by tire.
Hola como se comporta el neomatico solido en un zero10x?
Thank you, this was helpful
How to do front wheel its hard whit the sensor cable
It's a bit harder. You need to clamp it in vice.
What about the front tire?
Same thing but be careful because of the short wire.
Is there much difference in speed and range w solid tires?
hi. Not really it has some more inertia but not sufficient. I didn't feel difference.
No one in my whole city is willing to do this… they should make it easier to replace.
I did it with microwave and it worked just fine
You didn’t show us how to properly align the tire on the rim
@2:32 ? Lol
I didn’t heat the tire and it worked just fine.
In summer time it's okay. But in winter time rubber needs some warm up.
Nice man ✌️
Thanks ✌
Wao, thank you
Thank you.
how about the front tire? thanks
A bit more difficult because power cord doesn't give much play and you can't unplug the wheel. So need to do it with caution.
Thank You
Hey man please help me i installed yesterday one on my e scooter but now he dont drive faster then normal
solid tires are always a bit slower
@@The.Peace.Pixel1, you're right. they are heavier and require more energy to accelerate.
Denis Grishin yeah, I replaced both tires in my scooter with solid tires. The top speed went down by like 10% but the range is what has the decreased the most by like 25%
Mines came with stock 6.5 inches solid tires, everything is true plus a much more scarier and rougher ride
the idea was not to scrath or damage the wheel ....
Excelente saludos