tonight I found myself with some time and decided to put the chain on, and line up the rear tire, and bolt it all down and get it ready, I made arrangements to take the tins for painting this Friday and I would get them back in about 10 days...
So I go and get the tools, take out the master link, remove the clutch cover, and feed the chain through, on the front sprocket, onto the rear, put back the master link, it was going very good
next I got the proper tension on the chain, and tightened the axle bolt to spec, all look good,,,,,but wait.........
I spin the tire, and it's not round, it looks like an egg rolling around, and the side wall is going in and out in one spot, WTF......
I inspect this more, and SOB, the bloody tire is not seated correctly, the bead is not exactly where it should be, CRAP..........
so everything has been taken off, and air is out of the tire, and sure enough, the bead did not seat properly, so now I have to take it to a local shop to put air back in ( I don't have a compressor with high enough pressure) and hopefully it will pop in place,,,,,,,,I say pop in place, because when the tire was installed on the rim the other day, I never heard the pop that is typical when a tire seats itself properly.....I should have questioned the installer, but hey I thought he was the expert.....ya right.
well I am bummed, so no pictures.........
2 steps forward, and 1 step back.....
let's hope for a better tomorrow............................
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