I curse a day when I bought this garbage. Changing tire is just a torture. I am so angry right now and my hands are all red. thanks for the video though
ben Cooper I got solid tires as well the ones you described with holes. I didn't put it yet on I am mentally not ready to go through this hell again :) In a meantime I got a new scooter falcon ZERO 10x. Its very big and heavy but much better quality, smooth ride because has suspension and I feel safer now
ben Cooper this is too accurate the valve is damn near impossible to get off and the tire is hard as a bitch to get off and my solid tire probably isn’t event gonna be able to be put on in the time frame that I have. Same thing happened to me. First the rear tire goes and I put a solid tire on that and now the front which is already a nightmare and I haven’t even boiled the tire
ben Cooper I change fI'm tire to solid as well. now its horrible I don't enjoy riding it at all. I have feel every single thing on a road :( I think it can only be an option for somebody very light weight
ben Cooper I am 94 but you are right. as long as those damn punctures won't happen again its worth it. Also you kind of get used to a less smooth ride :) Also I've noticed that experience may wary depending on type of shoes I'm wearing
I almost had mental breakdown trying to switch these tires:) Too say it´s difficult is an understatement, Xiaomi should tell you "changing tires is an almost impossible task if you happen to have a flat".... then I went to the cycle repairshop next to me, he too almost had a mental breakdown but after a while managed to do it:)
Had same thing at my bike shop 😂😂 finally replaced the front tire last night myself and I wanted to break things. Just as I got to work the front tire went flat again.. Oooo that was fun
Reading all these complaints, I just wanted to point out that indeed, first time is challenging AF and it took ages, but the key is not to heat up the tire or to apply a crazy amount of brute force, key is TO USE THE RIGHT TOOLS trust me!!! It looked like and odyssey without them, once I used 2 BAR CLAMPS to hold the main part in place and some metal bars for leverage to put the final part of the tire in, it became surprisingly easy!! For the valve, if the hole is also annoying you, carefully enlarge it A BIT with a drill. Be safe though and good luck :)
Exact same issue, I used boiling water and olive oil. Also I would not use a solid tire, huge performance downgrade. I go over a few of these things here: th-cam.com/video/G3hV2LacOaw/w-d-xo.html
This video is FAKE news it doesn’t fit on anywhere near that easy! Microwaving boiling all but burning makes no effing difference! I’m throwing my scooter in the bin cos it’s useless now 😩
I did it! It wasn't easy for sure. But it also wasn't impossible. To get the valve out, I used and allen key that was about the same size as the valve stem and tapped with a hammer. It actually went way better than expected. The real hard part was getting the tire back on. I boiled it in water and used a grease lubricant on the tire wall and on the rim. The key is having long tire irons/levers. Mine were short which mad it really hard. I ending up using one short tire lever, one regular flat head screwdriver, and the key to finishing it was a long flat bike pedal wrench. It's all about leverage. If I do this again I will definitely invest in long tire levers and maybe enlist a second set of hands to help hold the levers down (I used two hands and a foot.) Best of luck!!
Don't let the simplicity of this video trick you, it's a nightmare replacing this tire. All the tricky parts (the most difficult parts) have been edited out from the video. For example, He did not show how he got the air valve in/out for example. Maybe because he did not insert the inner tube. Pay attention toward the end of the video, there is no air valve in the hole. Long story short, replacing the tire is very difficult and frustrating.
Exactly, where the bloody hell is the inner tube?? I managed to do this but by the end I completely destroyed the inner tube...back to the droving board!!
This is one of the most difficult! energy sapping things I have done! First attempt to microwave tyre caused a burnt tyre and smoke that stank the house for weeks! I changed the next tyre to a solid using hot water then both knees and 4 screw drivers! I then had a flat front tyre, more tricky as there is a wire attached. This one I did in the microwave using 30 sec blasts. I gave up a few times after spending 30 mins / 1 hour trying. Just finished the 2nd tyre. For this reason I could not recommend the scooter!
This total BS. Changing the original tubed tire with a solid one. Much more difficult than indicated in this pres. Beware and do your homework before purchase of any of these scooters. Become proactive when making your choices. Solid tire makes the ride much too hard IMO!!
Heating them in a microwave is a great way to screw up the structure of the rubber Boiling water does the job just Boil the for ten minutes and your good
THANK YOU! Vaseline and 2 minutes in the miccowave warmed the tyire up enough that I could just stake on it, jiggle about a bit and it slid right on. Having said that, I needed a dremel to cut the inner tube valve - somehow its too long to actually come out.
hello, you did not you put the valve on the front wheel? i cannot see it in the video. the valve stucked into the hole when i tried to take it off. madness to disassemble.
jozsi jozsika that vavle stem is a piece of shit I carefully used a plastic punch to get it out and good luck putting a new inner tube with a long valve stem I had to cut it with a dremmel to fit.
I was install an rear solid tire it takes me together wit my brother 2 hours wih heating in microwave,boiling etc.etc..in the end we was use heavy duty tire tools for cars until we fixed the tire correct in place.The video ist a joke to change to solid tires is not a simple thing to do!
Thanks I did a whole house cleanup and throw away trying to find a damn 18 wrench.. Had 3 boxes of tools and threw away enough to be left over with 1 good box of tools. Wheel is still on there tho. Some tough nut
Yeah, what were they thinking going with 18mm. Stupid, rarely used size. I have a pretty good selection of tools, but my fixed size wrenches all go from 17mm to 19mm because hardly anything uses 18mm...
@@hasansakib3969 Pretty much, yeah. I ended up needing to use an 18mm spanner. I struggled with a large adjustable crescent wrench, but it was very awkward.
Please say how you got inner valve through the gap it is literally impossible. Had to rip the inner tube to get it off and now I'm replacing it I cannot get it through the hole I've tried for 4 hours
Hey! Usually I don't write TH-cam comments, however you literally saved me a time with a spoon usage! I spent hours trying to remove a tire, however only your method worked. Thanks a lot!
NEVER AGAIN. PLS TAKE MY MONEY. JESUS CHRIST, THIS TOOK EVERYTHING OUT OF ME, PUTTING ON THE NEW TYRE TOOK ME A WHOLE HOUR, MY HANDS ARE RED AND MY WHOLE BODY IS SORE.
If you have trouble to remove the bolt with the cable try this. First remove the bolt with the cable and then the other one, in the video they do the opposite but in that way it's harder to remove it!
And i thought changing wheel on a car was difficult. This is a madness, and why not use solid tires instead.... this is what made me choose the Segway e scooters instead
Good clear video however a question? how does a normal microwave heat rubber? I would recommend using a hair dryer to heat the tyre or a conventional oven also vaseline will stay on the rim and you run the risk of the rim slipping on the tyre under power, much better to use small amount of soapy water which will evaporate and leave no residue. Tyre levers cost less than a dollar? spoons? if people arent replacing tyres with solid tyres you run the risk of pinching the innertube using spoons, just get cheap plastic tyre levers if replacing the innertube. If you are replacing the tyres due to punctures its much better to use tyre slime in the tubes and stick with tubes otherwise ride quality will be compromised using tubeless tyres. Overall a good video though.
"how does a normal microwave heat rubber?" Well I can confirm it does. "I would recommend using a hair dryer to heat the tyre" Have you tried it? That will only heat the outside. The reason for using a microwave is to heat it from the centre. "you run the risk of the rim slipping on the tyre under power" No chance with how tight these are. "just get cheap plastic tyre levers if replacing the innertube" Nope, it's so tight even metal spoons bend. "its much better to use tyre slime in the tubes" Yeah I wish I'd thought of that before I tried to follow this video.
I think the purpose of this video is to show how to replace the tire once it has warn out. Even though the original tire in the video wasn't totally warn out yet. Also I think he just wanted solid tires cause they last longer.
I have a recommendation, if you’ve got a tubeless tyre instead of microwaving it, boil in it very hot water for 16 ish minutes, it took us two minutes to put it in and we avoided it for weeks 😂😂 try this
LOL he "forgot" to show the impossible task with the valve. Notice no valve on the video !!! BEWARE, you may need to make the hole for the valve bigger with a drill bit !!!!.
It looks so easy to move the bolts on the video, but on my kickbike they sit so tight they won't budge at all. Feels like no strength in the world can move them. Tips?
If you're watching this video because you have a flat tire, save yourself a load of time and stress and just fill the tire with "slime" and reinflate - job done!
Its not job done cause I did that and it's all gravy until the slim starts coming out. You can't do it twice plus it depends on how bad the puncture was to begin with. Not a debate just sharing what happened the weekend before I posted this response. I did get an extra 2months out of it though nice perlonged the inevitable. The war of the front wheel begins tonite and I call upon the strength 10 Gorilla's lol
and what happens when the front wheel is glueed with Loctite red and the lugnut is overtitened?? to the point the the 18mm just wants ti spin and round the lugnut??? thats xiaomi factory worker.... 😴
Been trying to get this motherF***er off for a while now, even resorted to slicing it open to see what the hell I'm dealing with ( I have a spare) and turns out they run STEEL CABLING IN THE TYRE. could potentially be a magnesium alloy, as it's chewed through a couple pairs of snips :')
Yeah, the "freeplaymusic.com" soundtrack makes you think this is an easy process. smh. Oh and bye the way, do NOT heat the in the microwave. It's a stupid idea!
Be careful with the heating part. After 2 min15 ish, I heard a noise in the microwave. the tire was already too hot and got deformed a little. Doesn't seem to be ruined. But I'd suggest heating up per 30 seconds timeframe and lower the power of the microwave. 500-750W must be enough
TekyEdits - you don't put it it in for 3 minutes all at one time. 1 minute, turn it over, another 1 minute, turn it over again. Did you not watch the video?
MrSpeedDemon72 I did exactly as mentioned as in the video man. That's why I said after the second heating up I heard a noise. Just a little warning to people if that can help 😉
I had the same issue ... 1 minute 750W ... 1 minute 750W ... 52sec 750W and the tire exploded. The second try was with hot water and it worked. I just SLOWLY boiled the tyre for 10 minutes. It needs to completely submerged and it must not touch the boiling pot.
Shows getting tire off wire side and i didn’t realise until after its gotta be the other side ffs why couldn’t he put text on screen to say for people that follow this video step by step
Downvoted because you do not show how to put the valve stem back in. Which is the hardest part. After a month of struggle, I finally was able to get my solid tire installed. It required a 12 ton press to get it over the rim. I still need to install the rear tire, and am going to try to make a video showing the real steps and not skip the hardest part to make it look easier than it actually is.
Zack Duda yeah I screwed up the original reply. I think I got my videos mixed up and have since come back and upvoted because the video did give good instructions that helped. I was just really frustrated on how many videos made it look like the process was simple, it is not. I just filled the valve stem hole with a bit of hot glue. But you are correct, my original was the reply of a frustrated dingus. :)
Anyone thinking about buying this scooter. Which I thought was great until I had to change the tyre. Sorry. But it's very very difficult. Taking the wheel then tyre off first time wasn't too bad, but the inner tube refused to come out because the valve would nt come out of the valve hole. I work on bikes all the time, especially bmx but this is a totally different kettle of fish. Very Bad design, had I known how difficult it is just to change an inner tube, I wouldn't have bought this piece of shit engineering. Peace out.
Hi, After taking a (first !) longer ride with this electric scooter I managed to puncture the back tyre (inner tube) like 2 times. 😒😞 I patched the 2 holes successfully though. Getting the outer rubber coat (tyre) off the wheel was hard enough but putting everything back together was something else. 😥😠 I had to use quite an amount of vaseline to lubricate the right sections of the wheel & tyre. A blowdryer/hairdryer was needed too (to soften the tyre a bit). 😕🤕 Good thing I removed the brake disc before assembling the tyre, inner tube & wheel back together. Because you can fairly easily deform it. So that would be my advice too. 🙄 Best Regards,
i think they might have glued that front wheel bolt in in cause i saw some red residue on the left bolt i unscrewed but the front wheel right side is impossible to unscrew.
Miko Pekkola xiaomi made it extra hard to unscrew since I’ve seen many people state the same issue. will try again with the 18mm wrench and see if I have any luck.
@@mikopekkola5494 UPDATE: Went to home depot and bought an 18mm wrench, it unscrewed the right nut perfectly and i was able to put a solid tire on the front of the xiaomi scooter. You MUST use an 18mm wrench because a universal wrench will not grip as good. :D yay!
wtf, I know I can change a flat on my car, or my bike, but why the hell can't I change the flat on this stupid scooter. I've tried everything that these diy tutorials have shown but nothing seems to work. Every time i start to wedge the tire back on it pops out the other side. I don't get it, why is this stupid toy making me feel stupid?
If you do this, You will feel more the bump on the road. it's annoying. and eventually this will harm your scooter. I actually i am watching this video to look how the Xiaomi tire are builded. because my scooter came with those hard tires and I want install the inflatable tires. to make my ride smooth. Now I have to make those holes on the rim, to expose the valve outside. wish me luck.
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Wife: why does the microwave smell like burning rubber? What happened to my good spoons?
I curse a day when I bought this garbage. Changing tire is just a torture. I am so angry right now and my hands are all red. thanks for the video though
ben Cooper I got solid tires as well the ones you described with holes. I didn't put it yet on I am mentally not ready to go through this hell again :) In a meantime I got a new scooter falcon ZERO 10x. Its very big and heavy but much better quality, smooth ride because has suspension and I feel safer now
ben Cooper this is too accurate the valve is damn near impossible to get off and the tire is hard as a bitch to get off and my solid tire probably isn’t event gonna be able to be put on in the time frame that I have. Same thing happened to me. First the rear tire goes and I put a solid tire on that and now the front which is already a nightmare and I haven’t even boiled the tire
ben Cooper I change fI'm tire to solid as well. now its horrible I don't enjoy riding it at all. I have feel every single thing on a road :( I think it can only be an option for somebody very light weight
ben Cooper I am 94 but you are right. as long as those damn punctures won't happen again its worth it. Also you kind of get used to a less smooth ride :) Also I've noticed that experience may wary depending on type of shoes I'm wearing
Fucking hate it
I almost had mental breakdown trying to switch these tires:) Too say it´s difficult is an understatement, Xiaomi should tell you "changing tires is an almost impossible task if you happen to have a flat".... then I went to the cycle repairshop next to me, he too almost had a mental breakdown but after a while managed to do it:)
Philip Birgersson exact same story here, at the end he said he’d Never touch another scooter😂
me too mental breakdown trying to put back the new tire
Had same thing at my bike shop 😂😂 finally replaced the front tire last night myself and I wanted to break things. Just as I got to work the front tire went flat again.. Oooo that was fun
I am going insane right now with my tire, I hate that scooter, probably I will find a bicycle shop
Did you try crying?
Didnt show how to put valve in !!!
Reading all these complaints, I just wanted to point out that indeed, first time is challenging AF and it took ages, but the key is not to heat up the tire or to apply a crazy amount of brute force, key is TO USE THE RIGHT TOOLS trust me!!! It looked like and odyssey without them, once I used 2 BAR CLAMPS to hold the main part in place and some metal bars for leverage to put the final part of the tire in, it became surprisingly easy!!
For the valve, if the hole is also annoying you, carefully enlarge it A BIT with a drill. Be safe though and good luck :)
putting it in the microwave made my house smell awful for days and ruined the the Tyre 😂😭
Exact same issue, I used boiling water and olive oil. Also I would not use a solid tire, huge performance downgrade. I go over a few of these things here: th-cam.com/video/G3hV2LacOaw/w-d-xo.html
@@drewsXR650L your link doesn't work any more :(
Same
Did it help
Just the the same 🤦🏻♂️ mine was bubbling 🔥🤣
This video is FAKE news it doesn’t fit on anywhere near that easy! Microwaving boiling all but burning makes no effing difference! I’m throwing my scooter in the bin cos it’s useless now 😩
Wow, just blew the tyre up in the microwave, tyre dead, house smells like burning rubber. Not happy.
I'm trying to change the front wheel! And... FUCK! CHANGE A TIRE OF A TRUCK IS EASIER
where is the inside tube?
I literally ran over that tire with my car and let it under the wheel for like 5 minutes in an attempt to be able to bend it properly 😂
This is a deleted scene from the 'Saw' movies. They cut it out as it was just too much torture for any human to bear
Gdzie jest wentyl? Szwagier by zrobił lepiej!
I agree with every word.
koleś montuje opony bezdętkowe dlatego nie ma wentyla.
I did it! It wasn't easy for sure. But it also wasn't impossible. To get the valve out, I used and allen key that was about the same size as the valve stem and tapped with a hammer. It actually went way better than expected. The real hard part was getting the tire back on. I boiled it in water and used a grease lubricant on the tire wall and on the rim. The key is having long tire irons/levers. Mine were short which mad it really hard. I ending up using one short tire lever, one regular flat head screwdriver, and the key to finishing it was a long flat bike pedal wrench. It's all about leverage. If I do this again I will definitely invest in long tire levers and maybe enlist a second set of hands to help hold the levers down (I used two hands and a foot.) Best of luck!!
In which way do you turn the key?
Don't let the simplicity of this video trick you, it's a nightmare replacing this tire.
All the tricky parts (the most difficult parts) have been edited out from the video.
For example, He did not show how he got the air valve in/out for example. Maybe because he did not insert the inner tube. Pay attention toward the end of the video, there is no air valve in the hole.
Long story short, replacing the tire is very difficult and frustrating.
You do realise it's a solid tyre right,no need for an air valve.
And how do i pump it ? like i stuck just because i cant pump air into my tire :/
Bartłomiej in the video he is using a solid tyre,you cant pump air in it isn’t hollow it’s foam filled.
I changed it my self, itss sooo hard
Exactly, where the bloody hell is the inner tube?? I managed to do this but by the end I completely destroyed the inner tube...back to the droving board!!
Change tire but won't hold air any help anybody?
Where do the valve go upon mounting back?
All these comments demonstrate I’m not alone because right now this tyre change has got me in a rage 😂😂😂
Same
This is one of the most difficult! energy sapping things I have done! First attempt to microwave tyre caused a burnt tyre and smoke that stank the house for weeks! I changed the next tyre to a solid using hot water then both knees and 4 screw drivers! I then had a flat front tyre, more tricky as there is a wire attached. This one I did in the microwave using 30 sec blasts. I gave up a few times after spending 30 mins / 1 hour trying. Just finished the 2nd tyre. For this reason I could not recommend the scooter!
Lol I went through two tires and four tubes and I just did the wide tread wheels, next I'm gonna do a 10 inch wheel in front I like to suffer.
This total BS. Changing the original tubed tire with a solid one. Much more difficult than indicated in this pres. Beware and do your homework before purchase of any of these scooters. Become proactive when making your choices. Solid tire makes the ride much too hard IMO!!
And the tube? I see the tyre going back but no tube inside ?
♠️ my mom gone whoop my ass if she see a tire in her microwave..
Heating them in a microwave is a great way to screw up the structure of the rubber Boiling water does the job just Boil the for ten minutes and your good
Ive lost 2 year of my life time expectacy changing those fucking tires
SPOONS? I had to leverage the outer tube off with a fucking hammer. I BROKE THE HAMMER.
Satan himself put those tires on originally
What happened at 1:38? You had the tire of at the wrong side of the rim. LOL!!
100% aquaplaning, LOL
EXACTLY! At about 1:46 some magical nonsense occurs and suddenly it's coming off the correct side!!!!? Thumbs down! 👎🏻
Nope!
He is right, otherwise you will have difficulty to remove the air stem.
What do you mean saying it's the wrong side of the rim? I mean you can get the tire off from the both sides
THANK YOU! Vaseline and 2 minutes in the miccowave warmed the tyire up enough that I could just stake on it, jiggle about a bit and it slid right on. Having said that, I needed a dremel to cut the inner tube valve - somehow its too long to actually come out.
What can i do without microwave? Bcs i don't have it
hello, you did not you put the valve on the front wheel? i cannot see it in the video. the valve stucked into the hole when i tried to take it off. madness to disassemble.
jozsi jozsika that vavle stem is a piece of shit I carefully used a plastic punch to get it out and good luck putting a new inner tube with a long valve stem I had to cut it with a dremmel to fit.
I was install an rear solid tire it takes me together wit my brother 2 hours wih heating in microwave,boiling etc.etc..in the end we was use heavy duty tire tools for cars until we fixed the tire correct in place.The video ist a joke to change to solid tires is not a simple thing to do!
You known what hunger is if you heat a rubber tire in the micro at 23.15 in the night. Good tutorial thou :)
cant the front wheel off-too tight, might break it if use too much force.
Same
@@bright3706 word
I had a friend step on the scooter, then I was able to turn the nut using 18mm wrench. It must've even torqued on tight.
No es por nada pero en el video queda todo muy bonito y rapido pero en realidad tardas una tarde 😂😂
The person who made the scooter is probably dead by the amount of curses everyone has wished to him 💀
i dont want to do this who can i pay?
It’s fucking impossible
It's impossible to get the front wheel off!!
@@edgarsi e-bikes with rear motor also use 18mm nuts, bunnings sell cheapass spanners for $1.79 ring- open end
Putting a tube back on is so fucking hard
Thanks I did a whole house cleanup and throw away trying to find a damn 18 wrench.. Had 3 boxes of tools and threw away enough to be left over with 1 good box of tools. Wheel is still on there tho. Some tough nut
ThePotatoIsAStarchyTuberousCropFromThePerennialSolanumTuberosumOfTheNightshadeFamilyLOL hz
Yeah, what were they thinking going with 18mm. Stupid, rarely used size. I have a pretty good selection of tools, but my fixed size wrenches all go from 17mm to 19mm because hardly anything uses 18mm...
@@samgab and that is why a good set doesnt skip sizes
@@samgab i was trying to use a adjustable size or wrench but it didnt work though i fixed the size 18 mm..so is it necessary to buy a 18mm spanner?
@@hasansakib3969 Pretty much, yeah. I ended up needing to use an 18mm spanner. I struggled with a large adjustable crescent wrench, but it was very awkward.
Hot water would also work. Much safer, because you can not overheat the rubber.
Not hot enough.
Do you have the torque specs for the rim bolts? Great vid, well done!
wow, that looks like a major pain in the ass if i've ever seen one
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Last chapter, vibrations destroy the scooter in 400 km, battery and close mechanism
True
Cool, you actually used spoons as tyre spoons... :)
listen, its impossible to use plastic spoons or tyre levers on this garbage everything else breaks
Please say how you got inner valve through the gap it is literally impossible. Had to rip the inner tube to get it off and now I'm replacing it I cannot get it through the hole I've tried for 4 hours
Rose Griffths There isnt enough Space to get it trough
me too - I tried to breack the valve and make it shorter but this is not the best method! The valve is of no good now!
drill the hole on the rim bigger, it's the only way, plastic and metal
Hey! Usually I don't write TH-cam comments, however you literally saved me a time with a spoon usage! I spent hours trying to remove a tire, however only your method worked. Thanks a lot!
hey guy, you forgot to put the air valve through the dedicated hole ;-)
How is this even possible I've been trying to get mine through for about 3 hours
@@RoseRose-mm1ed Same here, we had to remove the black plate and inside we removed a plastic valve holder that was in the way
Black Forest Spicy BBQ He didn’t, it’s a solid tire, no need for air
hard for Xiaomi to make it more complicated to change a tire or even to inflate it . The engineers time should be hang
Clearly, an idiot designed the process ...SMH
how do u inflate it
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NEVER AGAIN. PLS TAKE MY MONEY. JESUS CHRIST, THIS TOOK EVERYTHING OUT OF ME, PUTTING ON THE NEW TYRE TOOK ME A WHOLE HOUR, MY HANDS ARE RED AND MY WHOLE BODY IS SORE.
Fairy + making the wheel hot in heated water made wonders! After struggling weeks on end, it went on a first try!
USE ALSO FAIRY!
If you have trouble to remove the bolt with the cable try this.
First remove the bolt with the cable and then the other one, in the video they do the opposite but in that way it's harder to remove it!
Best Tip ever. Thx
I boiled the tyre for 10 minutes and used a clamp to keep it in place. Still very hard but after some cursing I managed to get it on.
Just a heads-up to save your time: with this method it is not possible to change your tires to solid tires.
Did you even watch the video? Thats exactly what he did.....
@@DudaZachary Did you even try it out? It's no coincidence that 99% of the comments says it doesn't work...
Seen plenty of other videos of people doing it, the people who say they cant just have a bitch grip. Just gotta man handle it on.
And i thought changing wheel on a car was difficult. This is a madness, and why not use solid tires instead.... this is what made me choose the Segway e scooters instead
The spoon technique and microwaving the tires.. bro you’re a genius!!!!! Thank you! Thank you !🙏
1:52 how to hell did u pulled it out so quick? I needed freaking half of hour!
push that tube with screwdriver from outside. i need 2 hours to settle. lol
Good clear video however a question? how does a normal microwave heat rubber? I would recommend using a hair dryer to heat the tyre or a conventional oven also vaseline will stay on the rim and you run the risk of the rim slipping on the tyre under power, much better to use small amount of soapy water which will evaporate and leave no residue.
Tyre levers cost less than a dollar? spoons? if people arent replacing tyres with solid tyres you run the risk of pinching the innertube using spoons, just get cheap plastic tyre levers if replacing the innertube.
If you are replacing the tyres due to punctures its much better to use tyre slime in the tubes and stick with tubes otherwise ride quality will be compromised using tubeless tyres.
Overall a good video though.
"how does a normal microwave heat rubber?"
Well I can confirm it does.
"I would recommend using a hair dryer to heat the tyre"
Have you tried it? That will only heat the outside. The reason for using a microwave is to heat it from the centre.
"you run the risk of the rim slipping on the tyre under power"
No chance with how tight these are.
"just get cheap plastic tyre levers if replacing the innertube"
Nope, it's so tight even metal spoons bend.
"its much better to use tyre slime in the tubes"
Yeah I wish I'd thought of that before I tried to follow this video.
I think the purpose of this video is to show how to replace the tire once it has warn out. Even though the original tire in the video wasn't totally warn out yet. Also I think he just wanted solid tires cause they last longer.
I have a recommendation, if you’ve got a tubeless tyre instead of microwaving it, boil in it very hot water for 16 ish minutes, it took us two minutes to put it in and we avoided it for weeks 😂😂 try this
Has yours got a tire or is it a none pumper wheel
this is not you video, is from a spanish youtuber!
Si es así, denúncialo a TH-cam.
Pon link del video original
Removing this 18mm nuts is killing me.
Same here. Did you get it?
fukin difficult. microwave and vaseline helped!!!! STILL DIFFICULT
Solid tire is much better less maintenance
desro sier But it doesn’t feel as good to ride though...
Many thanks for this video. I'm sick of punctures on mine and have a honeycomb back and want to do the front. This explains it all.
LOL he "forgot" to show the impossible task with the valve. Notice no valve on the video !!! BEWARE, you may need to make the hole for the valve bigger with a drill bit !!!!.
It looks so easy to move the bolts on the video, but on my kickbike they sit so tight they won't budge at all. Feels like no strength in the world can move them. Tips?
You got any way later?
If you're watching this video because you have a flat tire, save yourself a load of time and stress and just fill the tire with "slime" and reinflate - job done!
Its not job done cause I did that and it's all gravy until the slim starts coming out. You can't do it twice plus it depends on how bad the puncture was to begin with. Not a debate just sharing what happened the weekend before I posted this response. I did get an extra 2months out of it though nice perlonged the inevitable. The war of the front wheel begins tonite and I call upon the strength 10 Gorilla's lol
Yeah HARD TIRES!!!!!
Thanks for wasting my time! Git!
Microwaving is not a good idea as microwaves heat water molecules which there is not much of in rubber. Heating in hot water is better
I'm at the first point- removing the u shaped reflective thing on the side of the wheel which I have now broken. How the hell do you get it off???
I decided not to bother with this tire changing madness and went with a scooter with split hubs. Makes tires changes a breeze.
The nut is is so hard to come off when i tried the spanner
Not being funny or anything, I spend 600 quid on this thing. Why am I Soufflé’ing my tyres just to change them?
and what happens when the front wheel is glueed with Loctite red and the lugnut is overtitened?? to the point the the 18mm just wants ti spin and round the lugnut??? thats xiaomi factory worker.... 😴
Tube valve I’m not able to fix and put inside hole
What the fuck. Your nossle is now inside the tire so you cant fill it up with air.
Been trying to get this motherF***er off for a while now, even resorted to slicing it open to see what the hell I'm dealing with ( I have a spare) and turns out they run STEEL CABLING IN THE TYRE. could potentially be a magnesium alloy, as it's chewed through a couple pairs of snips :')
Yeah, the "freeplaymusic.com" soundtrack makes you think this is an easy process. smh.
Oh and bye the way, do NOT heat the in the microwave. It's a stupid idea!
3:20 - you missed aligning the valve with the hole in the cover.
BE VERY CAREFUL TO DO THIS!
excuse me but why was it so easy for you to pop the tyre on like that in youtube land? is simply isn't that easy in reality
Can confirm.
Can confirm the confirmation
Can confirm confirmed confirmation, ripped my inner rubber tyre trying to put it on, great job china, always number one in f knows what...
I can't even get the inner tube out lmao
Push bro, push
The legend has it that the chosen ones ride on metal
I had a flat and I did for a while :D
Changing the tyres on this is like being told to roll in glass, a fucking nightmare.
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Do not put it in the microwave I repeat do not put it in the microwave
Thanks for amazing guide. Spoon method doesnt work for me though. Any alternative?^^'
Be careful with the heating part. After 2 min15 ish, I heard a noise in the microwave. the tire was already too hot and got deformed a little. Doesn't seem to be ruined. But I'd suggest heating up per 30 seconds timeframe and lower the power of the microwave. 500-750W must be enough
TekyEdits - you don't put it it in for 3 minutes all at one time. 1 minute, turn it over, another 1 minute, turn it over again. Did you not watch the video?
MrSpeedDemon72 I did exactly as mentioned as in the video man. That's why I said after the second heating up I heard a noise. Just a little warning to people if that can help 😉
TekyEdits it could be a ghost you heard?
I had the same issue ... 1 minute 750W ... 1 minute 750W ... 52sec 750W and the tire exploded. The second try was with hot water and it worked. I just SLOWLY boiled the tyre for 10 minutes. It needs to completely submerged and it must not touch the boiling pot.
Ja to zrobiłem i później jak ruszałem to się opona ślizgała
i cant get the red plates off
This is why I will never buy an electric scooter
Shows getting tire off wire side and i didn’t realise until after its gotta be the other side ffs why couldn’t he put text on screen to say for people that follow this video step by step
Downvoted because you do not show how to put the valve stem back in. Which is the hardest part.
After a month of struggle, I finally was able to get my solid tire installed. It required a 12 ton press to get it over the rim. I still need to install the rear tire, and am going to try to make a video showing the real steps and not skip the hardest part to make it look easier than it actually is.
To remove or put the valve stem back you need to disassemble the motor (6 screws on the wheel) and remove the grey cover. After that it's easy.
You dont need a fill stem on a solid tire you dingus
Zack Duda yeah I screwed up the original reply. I think I got my videos mixed up and have since come back and upvoted because the video did give good instructions that helped. I was just really frustrated on how many videos made it look like the process was simple, it is not. I just filled the valve stem hole with a bit of hot glue. But you are correct, my original was the reply of a frustrated dingus. :)
Anyone thinking about buying this scooter. Which I thought was great until I had to change the tyre.
Sorry. But it's very very difficult.
Taking the wheel then tyre off first time wasn't too bad, but the inner tube refused to come out because the valve would nt come out of the valve hole. I work on bikes all the time, especially bmx but this is a totally different kettle of fish.
Very Bad design, had I known how difficult it is just to change an inner tube, I wouldn't have bought this piece of shit engineering.
Peace out.
Hi,
After taking a (first !) longer ride with this electric scooter I managed to puncture the back tyre (inner tube) like 2 times. 😒😞
I patched the 2 holes successfully though.
Getting the outer rubber coat (tyre) off the wheel was hard enough but putting everything back together was something else. 😥😠
I had to use quite an amount of vaseline to lubricate the right sections of the wheel & tyre. A blowdryer/hairdryer was needed too (to soften the tyre a bit). 😕🤕
Good thing I removed the brake disc before assembling the tyre, inner tube & wheel back together. Because you can fairly easily deform it. So that would be my advice too. 🙄
Best Regards,
I can’t unscrew the whee it’s like made by god himself that it can’t be touched
i think they might have glued that front wheel bolt in in cause i saw some red residue on the left bolt i unscrewed but the front wheel right side is impossible to unscrew.
szhong425 that is thread lock you have to give it some force with correct wrenches
Miko Pekkola xiaomi made it extra hard to unscrew since I’ve seen many people state the same issue. will try again with the 18mm wrench and see if I have any luck.
szhong425 i do not own a m365 but did you try with 18mm and a hammer
@@mikopekkola5494 UPDATE: Went to home depot and bought an 18mm wrench, it unscrewed the right nut perfectly and i was able to put a solid tire on the front of the xiaomi scooter. You MUST use an 18mm wrench because a universal wrench will not grip as good. :D yay!
Thanks you a lot. it's working.
but wear gloves and safety must...
builders clamps two small on tire worked well instead of ties.
thank you so much so helpful
Dont microwave for 3 minutes it completely ruined the tire and changed shape after the 2nd minute
wtf, I know I can change a flat on my car, or my bike, but why the hell can't I change the flat on this stupid scooter. I've tried everything that these diy tutorials have shown but nothing seems to work. Every time i start to wedge the tire back on it pops out the other side. I don't get it, why is this stupid toy making me feel stupid?
If you do this, You will feel more the bump on the road. it's annoying. and eventually this will harm your scooter. I actually i am watching this video to look how the Xiaomi tire are builded. because my scooter came with those hard tires and I want install the inflatable tires. to make my ride smooth. Now I have to make those holes on the rim, to expose the valve outside. wish me luck.