Alright so I’m going to show you how to replace the front tire on the Ducati S2R.
Right now we have the back tire already off and I have the stand.
I took a normal car jack and I jacked up one side of the front all the way to the top and
I put a cinderblock underneath the other side and that’s what’s keeping the tire off
the ground.
So that one stand helps out a ton when you’re working on this bike.
So what we’re going to do right now is we’re going to loosen up these two bolts here and
these two bolts here on this side, which kind of release the grip on the axle.
And we’re going to remove this nut as well.
This nut right here is a 28 millimeter and these nuts right here are 12 millimeter.
So we also take off the calipers right here.
To do it takes a size 8 Allen wrench on these two bolts right there.
I’ve already taken this side off.
This one does have the steel braided brake lines so it should be fine just hanging here.
But if you’re really nervous about it, you can zip tie it up on the outside just to kind
of help support its own weight and not hurt anything.
Probably a good idea cuz when you’re pulling the tire out it’s going to hit it up anyway.
So I’m going to go ahead and zip tie mine up right outside of here.
So the axle was sticking out a little bit.
I just took a rubber mallet and hammered it in from this side.
And then on this side, if you can lift the wheel up a little bit; it should be able to
pull it out whether by hand or by some pliers or something.
You just really don’t want to damage this edge.
So what a lot of people do is they’ll grab like wooden dowel or like a broom handle and
stick it right here and just kind of pound away at it.
At the end you can push it all the way through.
It really helps if you have two people.
So when you pull the axle out make sure not to let it lay completely on the ground cuz
you don’t want it to get dust and grimy stuff up on in here.
Then I’ll show you how to put on new axle grease.
Looks like this one has hardly any grease on there at all.
I’ll show you how to put new axle grease on there before we put it back in.
Looks like the tire’s good to come out.
And depending on your shop you might need to take off these rotors.
My shop says it’s fine to leave them on when they’re replacing the rubber part of
the tire.
So yeah, we’re good to go.
I’ve got the axle and I’ve got it all brushed off so all the dirt and stuff and
all the old grease is off of it.
And the tire actually only rotates from about here to here, so I’m just going to put grease
in that area.
And the part where it’s sitting inside of the front port doesn’t need to be greased.
So just get a little bit of grease on there like that and just kind of evenly spread it
all over the place.
It needs to be about that thick all the way around so just barely on there.
Cuz when you stick it all the way through the bike a lot of it is going to scrape off
anyway.
So also right here on the tire it tells me what direction it’s rotating.
So you want to make sure that it’s obviously in the right direction.
And then this bike also has a spacer between the wheel where the axle just goes through
and the outside port.
So make sure you get that spacer back in there.
And then that’s pretty much it.
I’m just going to tap it back in with my rubber mallet – something soft – and make
sure it gets all the way back in.
I’ll post a link in the video description for the tires.
They’re really cheap on Amazon; best place to get them.
So just look in the video description for that.
There you go; we’re back on the ground.
Everything’s tightened down.
There are super important to kind of pinch the axle in place, so make sure those are
tight.
Yeah, if you have any questions make sure to leave them in the comments.
I put everything you need in the description like the back jack, different parts that you’ll
need for it.
So just go ahead and search for everything.
It’s on Amazon.
Amazon is the cheapest place to buy all this stuff.
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