Yeah, well try and find a tire and brake shop that will arc your shoes
prior to installation these days.
Mike MacLean
60 Sprite
WilKo@aol.com wrote:
>Those machines are still in many tire shops. 4-Day tire was using them on my
>new radials just a few years ago.
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>Rick
>San Diego
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>In a message dated 4/28/04 2:29:03 PM, healeys@n4vu.com writes:
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>>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
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>the
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>>world in smoothness.
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>>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
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>days,
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>>those machines have gone by the wayside. Maybe a truck tire place...
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