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Re: Tire Mounting

To: Don Marshall <marshall@nefcom.net>
Subject: Re: Tire Mounting
From: "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 01:58:06 -0600
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Don Marshall wrote:

> I've never had a problem getting tires mounted, but I've had two occasions
> where the installer has cut the bead on a tire going onto a TR6 wheel.
> Recently, someone explained that the TR6 wheels are "sided", meaning that
> the tires have to go on from one side only.   Apparently, if the installer
> tries to put them on from the "big" side,

Shows what early morning insomnia will do for one... I thought "'big'
side" was to mean that someone had told you that the bead flanges were
different diameters....

Cheers.

-- 

Michael D. Porter
Roswell, NM
[mailto: mporter@zianet.com]

`70 GT6+ (being refurbished, slowly)
`71 GT6 Mk. III (organ donor)
`72 GT6 Mk. III (daily driver)
`64 TR4 (awaiting intensive care)
`80 TR7 (3.8 liter Buick-powered)

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