[Tigers] Tire Changer - there is a difference

[Jay Laifman]

I'm telling you, you have to see this machine.  It was nothing like any
machine I've ever seen before.  It had 6 arms that came in from all
directions and grabbed the tire and pulled it off.  It did not hook on to
the bottom rim.  It did not expand out inside the back of the wheel.  It
did not use a lever arm to pry off the tire.  It was phenomenal.  I'll see
if I can get the name of it.


On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Sandy <sganz at pacbell.net> wrote:

> I had similar issues for some 3 piece rims for my Mustang years back. I
> hate tire guys they are brutal to your rims. My solution to the problem was
> on that next bonus check to buy a tire machine and balancer.  I hate tire
> guys like that.
>
> First off their is no such thing as a no touch machine, any machine has to
> clamp the rim to the device and how that goes is from not much touch to
> metal gouging the back side of your rim. Some clamp the rim edge some clamp
> the inside with the spiked fingers leaving a pattern stamped in the rim.
>  Mine came with plastic protectors for the rim grabbing feature.
>
> What I can say is that mounting tires with the `no touch` machine that I
> have still required a good amount of operator care.  I have not tried the
> super latest ones but they looks better the the single head style.
>
> The other side of the no-touch machine is the head and it can be set to
> not touch the rim after you touch it to the rim for measurement! It has a
> nice piece of protective plastic that keeps things safe, that is if it is
> still on the machine in good shape. Most tire places don't care so it's not
> ever kept in good shape.
>
> Mounting of the tire is usually not to bad, but at some point the bead
> will always tear over a portion of the rim edge. Set expectations
> accordingly.
>
> Removal of the tire is where I have seen the most damage, the metal pry
> bar is usually the problem. Again a tire guy doesn't really care it's not
> his and doing tire work is a dirty thankless job ask him about it :)
>
> Blue tape on the rim edge can help and give a clue to be careful, but bad
> use of a pry bar and tires bead can make of short order of it.
>
> And never ask the tire dealer to align the Goodyear Blue Dot on the
> sidewall to the valve stem, they will look at you with a question mark
> floating over their head and mutter something under their breath ;)
>
> Sandy
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