Howard 350 inner tube change,

[diggybob]

I have bought two new inner tubes for my Howard 350. I thought I would ask if anyone who has tackled this can give me any useful tips about the best way to proceed, jacking up, removing and replacing tyres etc.

[urbanalfa]

They’re not particularly difficult to change if you can change a wheelbarrow tyre. If you’re not used to changing small tyres then it’s probably more challenging.

When I’ve done it before I’ve put some scrap timber under the chassis at the engine end to support it (push down on the handles to lift up the front end, put some wood underneath and let it back down again). Do one wheel at a time and make sure you’ve got a couple of tyre levers available

[diggybob]

Thanks for the feedback urbanalfa, I’ll be giving it a go tomorrow if the weather cooperates!

Can you see any problems if I tip the rotator at 45 degrees against my shed and fit the inner tube by levering the tyre off the rim while the wheel still bolted to the axle or would it be easier to take the wheels off to do it?

[urbanalfa]

Keeping the wheel on might make life easier in the sense that the wheel isn’t wobbling all over the place. You might lose some oil out of your oil bath air filter, but as long as you check the crankcase oil and air filter oil after you’ve finished I can’t see why it would be a problem.

[diggybob]

Thanks Urbanalfa, useful advice!

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