Those machines are still in many tire shops. 4-Day tire was using them on my
new radials just a few years ago.
Rick
San Diego
In a message dated 4/28/04 2:29:03 PM, healeys@n4vu.com writes:
> Not sure this info will be new to you, or even helpful, but back in the
> days
> hen bias ply tires were the norm, the better tire shops had machines that
> shaved off the runout from a mounted tire -- kind of like a tire lathe.
> Always seemed terribly wasteful to me, but it made all the difference in
the
> world in smoothness.
>
> If you could find a tire shop that had one of those, it might be just the
> ticket, but I'm afraid that with tires being made more precisely these
days,
> those machines have gone by the wayside. Maybe a truck tire place...
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