Thanks to everybody for the good advice. Especially the point about taking off the wheel disks. I never would have thought of that. That's a trick you either have to learn the hard way, or learn from an experienced hand. I'm still trying to come to grips with the reality of moving something that heavy, even though it's round. I also hadn't thought of the necessity of using a pry bar to move the tire in and out to line it up.
This might seem like a dumb question, but since you have to swap sides to keep the tread in the right direction, you have set the first tire aside somewhere. I wonder if I could lean it slightly against the wall?
I heard an interesting opinion, that if I was just moving the wheels out for use with chains, you could just pull each rim off and spin it around. The tread direction would now be backward, but supposedly with chains on it wouldn't matter. I'm hoping that I will leave the wheels spaced out once I change them, chains or not, so I wouldn't want to do that.
Still trying to get the courage up to tackle this project. I always prefer to do things myself if at all possible, but sometimes that gets me in trouble. Seems like once the bolts are removed I will have passed the point of no return...
This might seem like a dumb question, but since you have to swap sides to keep the tread in the right direction, you have set the first tire aside somewhere. I wonder if I could lean it slightly against the wall?
I heard an interesting opinion, that if I was just moving the wheels out for use with chains, you could just pull each rim off and spin it around. The tread direction would now be backward, but supposedly with chains on it wouldn't matter. I'm hoping that I will leave the wheels spaced out once I change them, chains or not, so I wouldn't want to do that.
Still trying to get the courage up to tackle this project. I always prefer to do things myself if at all possible, but sometimes that gets me in trouble. Seems like once the bolts are removed I will have passed the point of no return...