<VV> One More Tire Thing
Chris & Bill Strickland
lechevrier at earthlink.net
Fri May 29 16:14:20 EDT 2009
Should have included this in prior post --
Some rims are susceptible to tire "slippage" -- the tire turning on the
rim after they are mounted -- and I'm not talking about drag racing
here, where tires are commonly screwed to the rims. Some rims,
especially if they are powder coated, chromed, or "mags", are slick
enough that the tire turns on the wheel, and if it does this, the
fanciest balance job just got invalidated, Some folks will make a chalk
mark on the tire where the valve stem is, others just always mount the
tire with something (say the date code -- generally tire pros will put
this on the inside, but you could have it near the valve to help keep an
eye on how old those tires are) that coincides with the rim, again, like
the valve stem.
And collectable cars often have "nice" wheels ...
Bill Strickland
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