Tire mouting problems

[sciroccos at earthlink.net (Jim Ruffi)]

Thanks, guys, for the response.
I went to a shop this morning and they said "oh, you have to mount them from
the back." 	 They have a machine that holds the front of the rim from the
outside, face down.

DOY.

:-)

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Allyn [mailto:amalventano1@tds.net]
>Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 2:49 PM
>To: 'Jim Ruffi'; 'Scirocco-L'
>Subject: RE: Tire mouting problems
>
>
>When mounting the tires on the Rieger wheels...
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>The guy had to get half a rotation worth of bead to sit in the lower ledge
>(near the center). This was the only way to get the extra slack necessary
>for the other half of the bead to clear the lip.
>My wheels are no doubt shaped differently, but the principle is
>the same for
>wide ATS cups.
>HTH
>Al
>
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