Mount them yourself. After the first one you should be able to do
one in about 15 minutes or less. Get a set of tire irons or make them out
of an old leaf spring. Put the small size of the rim in first. Inflate the
tube with air (this is how you determine which way the tube goes since you
have a 50 50 chance of getting the stem in backwards) Then let most of the
air out and put the tube in the tire. Put some liquid soap on the tire
edge and work around with the tire irons (you need 2). Be careful not to
pinch the tube. It's just like a bicycle only a little harder because the
tire is thicker.
...Art
On Thu, 18 Sep 1997, robert weeks wrote:
> > It's true that the outside hub surface is not always perpindicular to
> >the splines. The balancer needs to use a cone that fits to the wheel at
> >surface, so that the balance will be around the center of the axle/spline
> >assembly.
>
> while we are on the topic of wire wheel balancing....... i just drove 50 miles
> trying to find a tire place that would mount 4 new tires on my wire wheels.
> everyone said that they wouldn't touch them and sent me on to the next guy
> down the road. i finally found someone who said that they would do it, but
> when he walked out and took a look at my car he said " i ain't never put tires
> on them kinda wheels. what holds them on to the car??" he was a real nice
> gentleman, and we had a nice long chat, but i really don't want him changing
> my tires!!
>
> has anyone had any luck with any of the tire chain stores?? or are there any
> listees out there in the durham nc area who have found a good tire place that
> will mount tires on wire wheels?
>
> thanks
>
> robert (spending way too much money on his car) weeks
>
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