How to....with some help from my cat..

Thanks for posting

I assume after that you use static balancing?
 
MachFly said:
For some reason I thought you do everything yourself.
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I do not have the equipment to do the balance job correctly. A bubble scale would work.

Its a long story but this is about the most I am able to do today. My mind says do it my body says F U.

Osteoporosis at its worse..........
 
Did you do a video covering what kind of first aid is necessary after your wife jams the screwdriver through your head for doing that in the living room?
 
1600vw said:
I do not have the equipment to do the balance job correctly. A bubble scale would work.

Its a long story but this is about the most I am able to do today. My mind says do it my body says F U.

Osteoporosis at its worse..........
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I'm kinda embarrassed to say this but I don't think I've mounted a tire myself. To my defense this is mostly because I don't have any balancing equipment either, so I figured if I need to take it to the shop for balancing then I might as well have then do the mounting as well.
 
MachFly said:
I'm kinda embarrassed to say this but I don't think I've mounted a tire myself. To my defense this is mostly because I don't have any balancing equipment either, so I figured if I need to take it to the shop for balancing then I might as well have then do the mounting as well.
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I ordered both tire and rim from the internet. All came to my house, I thought why load all 8 pieces up in my car and take to get mounted when I can do this in about 5 mins each.

Just the other day I had tires put on my wifes car. I could have ordered these tires off the web for 65 bucks a piece, but I went into firestone and purchased the same 65 dollar tire. By the time it was said and done, those 65 dollar tires cost 130 each.

I will never go into a tire store and purchase another tire. All tires will be purchased off the net and mounted at home.
 
1600vw said:
I ordered both tire and rim from the internet. All came to my house, I thought why load all 8 pieces up in my car and take to get mounted when I can do this in about 5 mins each.

Just the other day I had tires put on my wifes car. I could have ordered these tires off the web for 65 bucks a piece, but I went into firestone and purchased the same 65 dollar tire. By the time it was said and done, those 65 dollar tires cost 130 each.

I will never go into a tire store and purchase another tire. All tires will be purchased off the net and mounted at home.
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I think it depends on the store. I've been buying Firestone tires for quite some time (I love the Winterforce snows -- best snow tires I've ever used), and they only charge $10.00/tire for the mounting and balancing. This also goes for the spring / fall swaps if all the tires are Firestone.

But I'm told that newer cars are required by law to have the Tire Pressure Monitoring system, the sensors for which apparently have to be replaced every time you swap a tire, which adds to the cost. (Thanks, Big Brother, for deciding that I'm too much of an idiot to put air in my tires when they need it.)

-Rich
 
1600vw said:
I will never go into a tire store and purchase another tire. All tires will be purchased off the net and mounted at home.
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I've never bought tires in the store, always had to order them. Not because of the price but it just seems like they never have what I want. :mad2:
 
I'm pathetic, never mounted a tire on a bike or a car. Always seemed like too damn much work. I'm just too lazy.

That, and I don't have an understanding spouse who would put up with me doing that in the living room. Actually, having tires changed at the shop is cost effective. Way cheaper than divorce.
 
steingar said:
I'm pathetic, never mounted a tire on a bike or a car. Always seemed like too damn much work. I'm just too lazy.
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Mounting is easy. Breaking the bead to get an old tire off is difficult.

Seating the bead with just compressed air through the Schrader valve can be tough, but it is supposed to be real easy with a can of starter fluid and a match.
 
I guess I'm in the minority, because I have mounted a lot of tires.

One of the reasons the tire mounts in the video is because it is a passenger car tire with a tall sidewall. Try that with a 50 series if you dare.

Also, the starter fluid trick works fine. Sometimes if the bead is too far off the seat it won't work. In that case use a ratchet strap around the center of the tire and compress it, that will force the beads closer to the seat and make inflating the tire easier.

Working on a farm, construction, forestry, the ability to mount and unmount your own tires is critical.

Here is the tool to break tough beads:

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_...P&srccode=cii_17588969&cpncode=33-136443057-2
 
I will post a video on how to break a bead without any special tools. You use the tools that come with your car from the dealer...Nothing else

50's can be hard to mount.

The difficult I can do right way..The impossible takes a little time.

The wife had a flat on her car and rolled the bead or broke the tire bead from the rim. I took out a small 12v tire inflator and reinflated that tire. Everyone that watched said it can not be done...Not enough air volume..I said watch....I did it....Everyone of them said they would never believe it if they never saw it themselfs...
 
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