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I often get asked how to mount and balance a tire with tools at home and the truth is that’s WAYYY too hard. It’s much better and easier to use the equipment that was designed for it. In this video I show exactly that, how to use the proper equipment to mount and balance a tire. It’s not terribly exciting but I do show some things that are necessary when performing this work on an aluminum wheel. You MUST clean the bead area before you mount a new tire onto an aluminum wheel or else it will forever leak at the bead. I say this because all too often I see a tire that leaks air that’s just been installed where the rim was not cleaned. Enough of my soap box. Also this video only covers the ‘basic’ tire mount and balance. When it comes to low profile or large tires it’s a bit more complicated. As far as tires go these are pretty easy and straightforward.
I’d like to thank my friend Scott Armstrong for his assistance and for letting us film in his garage. If you’re in the Cincinnati area and looking for auto repair work I suggest you contact him as he’s a heck of a mechanic.
Armstrong Automotive: 513-939-3903
email: scott@armstrongautomotivellc.com
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ETCG
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How can I buy this type of wheel balancer
Banging on weights on a alloy wheel ………………not oon mine you wont !!!!!!!!!!!put stickon on the inside
5:58 soapy wooder solves all your problems
No mention of where to position the tire stem during mounting/removal to avoid breaking the TPMS sensor?
Eric, you mention a specific kind/brand of wheel weights that fit honda rims. What kind/brand would that be?
I have a new set of the tires installation and balanced on my 2006 Camry LE. I still have shaking steering wheel on 60-70 mph. what else I need to check? The car was having accent years ago.
Is that Mac de Marcos bro?
i hate when i spend 1000 to get all new 4 tires and they come out delivered dirty and greasy. i had to yell at the manager
Thank you so much ERIC. God bless
thanks …getting 285/75/18 Goodyear duratracs mounted on my Tundra tomorrow morning at the dealership…I'm going to ask them to see the tire so I can ask them to line up the yellow dot to my valve stem.
I Have had new tires mounted and Balanced and it's vibrating at a speed above 50Km/h. What is the process to resolve this issue? When the weight is inside the wheel (hidden) How is it removed without scratching the wheel? Thank you for this video.
In my Vo-Tech class a kid mounted a tire on the rim sideways… like the side profile was + took 3 grown men and a broomstick to get that thing off
Honestly this isn’t helpful UNLESS you have thousands to spend on the machines.
I can't remember where I left my tyre machine
Great to know there's a good mechanic in my area, thanks for pointing me his way Eric.
What about tires that both haves yellow and red dot?
Eric is awesome
So much knowledge now I know why it took so long waiting to get 4 New Tires on my Rx 350
Where is the tube?
looks like some stupid explanation about balancing: what about to set a rim diameter, width etc???
Great machines▫ ▫>share4.photo/WheelChanger?ㅎ14 I use them both every day and no price comparison to others like snapon
So I'll be going back to an automotive tech program in a few years (had to drop out of it recently) and I was wondering how to make sure you don't rip the bead either removing or putting the tire back on? That always gave me so much anxiety especially with low profile tires. Is there a sure fire way of making sure you don't rip the bead?
what about rubber that have multiple different color marks on the sidewall for balance. is there a standard? Yellow …Red ? which to use?