How To Mount and Balance A Tire -EricTheCarGuy
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
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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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Something to note as being a mechanic: when breaking the tire seals, always be mindful of where the valve stem is, because some wheels, especially on new cars, have sensors that connect to the inside rim. If the machine arm hits that sensor, chances are,mits going to be crushed and 99% of the time damaged. To prevent this, keep the valve stem at 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock positions, to break the seal on both sides of the tire and to keep the sensor as far as possible from the tire.
Good point, sorry for being 9 years late
Me being a tire guy myself, I really appreciated how thoroughly he cleaned the bead of the wheel before mounting the tire, however, I ALWAYS go a step further and bead seal the wheel after cleaning it. I found that the soapy water solution I use for lubrication can enhance the rate at which the wheel corrodes. So the bead sealer not only seals the bead of the wheel to the rubber, it seals the clean surface of the rim and helps fight corrosion.
Hello, what brand of sealer do you use?
For some reason these machines were my favorite part of Auto school. thanks for the nostalgia Eric!
As someone who mounted and balanced tires for 2 years, it's nice to see someone actually clean the lip of the rim for once. Beware of the cheap tire places because the kids working there mostly are never taught this ending up in rims leaks. He is right that bead sealer is crap. It's like trying to polish a turd.
Thank you, finally one of the few videos that explain how to in detail! just got a job at a tyre fitting store and just wanted to have a good understanding great video
Same hoping I catch on loll
This video is really helpful. I have a test today in my auto shop class on how to mount a tire. Thanks Eric!
very helpful video for a new tire technician, Eric is one of the most professionally skilled and helpful technician. God bless you guys.
Thank you Scott and Eriic. This brought back memories balancing tires with a dynamic balancer which had strobe lines indicating somewhat were the weights went....and bubble balancing for two piece truck ringed rims....widowmakers.
Noticed the 12min+ video length and was about to abort.. glad I didn't there wasn't much filler, and turned out to be just what I was looking for. Great video.
Great to know there's a good mechanic in my area, thanks for pointing me his way Eric.
I just love how Eric is so excited lol
Great video Eric. Really shows exactly how the pros change a tire. It's too bad that most shops wont allow people to see how the work is done. Nice that through you people can see exactly what is being done to their vehicles. And to be able to make informed choices about who will work on their cars and trucks.
Thanks for the video Eric and Scott!
I used to work for walmart tire and lube. This video certainly took me back.
We used the soapy stuff for lubing the bead. We also used special torx sticks for mounting wheels back onto the vehicle which were color coded to a particular vehicle. These trox sticks were designed snap first before the stud would if too much touque was applied. Dummy proof lol
Wow- that Scott's a pro- glad to see that they still exist in a sketchy industry like _auto-repair._ Good upload.
I had Yokohama Avid's on my 2001.5 Passat. They were the best tire I've ever put on a car. Long life, quiet and handled like a dream. Eric, you'll love them. I had Blizzaks for winter. Similarly, the best SUV tire is the Bridgestone Duelers, great wear, relatively quiet and for someone that goes off-road, they do great in mud and snow. Good vid bud.
Thanks for the tips!
Eric's the MAN.Friendly greetings from Crete - Hellas (Greece to ya all)
Love this video. Very helpful dude, thanks for sharing the knowledge.
Thanks for posting, I enjoyed watching this!
Way to go Scott!! Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks for the video. I mounted my own tires and had them balanced at the Schwab. The portion showing the removal of the corroded rubber was helpful.
Jonathan Whitman the rubber doesn't corrode, it's the aluminum alloy oxidizing
I always used side cutters for removing and placing valve stems. And it would've probably been a good idea to mention and show to take care when removing a tire from a wheel that has TPMS sensors.
I just started as a mechanic student at a technical institute. And this helped me out alot instead of some of the jibber-jabber my textbook say. Thanks!
Thanks Eric from my bottom of heart
Scott's a pretty cool guy, I will look into that 'Slippery' spray he used that seems way better than using my lard bucket.
Smart men use the proper equipment. :)
As a tyre technician, nothing felt more satisfying than a perfectly balanced wheel.
Thank you, Eric and Scott.
Thanks for the video, it was educational amd entertaining! Sadly I don't have any of the tools to do this myself but I got a few chuckles so that will have to do.
i had work practice couple years ago in some tireshop and we used there exactly same balancing machine. I never used anything like that and it was so easy to and very nice to use.
The tire were old and hard and lost traction especially on wet roads. See the winterization video. I don't like stick weighs because they tend to come off.
Hey, learned alot. Thanks Eric and Scott
Super chill video great info thank you both! I don’t know anything about tires & just learned a whole lot just by this video specifically why I seen weights on side of tires 😮
Thanks! I needed this info.
I'm glad I could provide what will hopefully be some helpful insight. Just to add to it, your second two thoughts, that is corrosion on the wheel when it was installed, and corrosion developing since installation are both very common problems. For reasons I don't fully understand, these problems become more noticeable in the winter. It could be, as you pointed out, the salt that becomes an issue, but I have a sneaky feeling there are other contributing factors...
Hey thanks a lot, I sprayed the hub area with Kroil, I'll see if it really works as good as they claim!
Hehehehe the idea behind the dots, usually there's a yellow and a red. The yellow is the lightest point of the tyre, the red is the heaviest.
You're meant to balance just the rim alone to find where the light spot is. Then you put the red dot (the heaviest point of the tyre) at the lightest point. If you don't want to balance the wheel, the yellow dot should be placed around the valve because it's a logically-heavier spot of the wheel; It's strengthened to make up for the hole in the metal and has the valve sat there.
Remove tyre. Clean wheel rim. Place rim on balance machine and check wheel balance values. Mark lightest/heaviest spots of the rim with caulk/crayon. Place rim on tyre machine and mount tyre, lining up the dots as needed. Heavy rim spot wants the light tyre spot and vica-versa.
Isn't the red dot the highest point in the tire, not the heaviest?
See the winterization video. Tires loose traction over time and these were no good on wet roads anymore. Remember when you point a finger at someone there are 3 more pointing back at you. :)
great video eric very informative
When i was on work experience at a Subaru dealership here in Australia, this is what i did!, had so fun doing it.
great video, guys! it really helped!
Cool, thanks for the info. I'm from Wisconsin where Salt really takes a toll on rims if the clear coat gets nicked from wheel weights or curbs. I've encountered several wheels that lose air over time, but not be cause of a puncture. I was wondering if the wheels were just too far gone, corrosion developed since they were installed, or they were installed without cleaning the sealing surface. I'll make sure to take notes on what's done next time tires are installed. Thanks!
Thanks alot for your very good program it's really useful for me . I learned to much from your video
Hi Erik, One added note is that if you have puncture, and need to remove the tire to put a batch underneath which is more secure than the external type and you do not want to upset the balance or do not want to pay more for the balance is to hold with you a correction fluid (white fluid used in offices for correcting typo errors on printed documents) and put a dot on the balance bullet and another one on the tire and third one on the wheel prior wheel removal so that every thing is aligned back.
I took the valve stem out before putting it on the machine. There was no air in the tire when the beed was broken.
So much knowledge now I know why it took so long waiting to get 4 New Tires on my Rx 350
great video ,.thanks to Both guys !!
That was awesome!
thanks Matthew, i often wondered bout that.
Scott has a miraculously clean shop. I can only dream of such a thing...
Very helpful, thank you !
Nice! Good stuff.
ERIC YOUR AMAZING BRO!!!!!
My first automotive job c. mid 70's was 'busting tires'... I still don't miss it. :)
Then (and I'm reasonably sure now), the blue spooge was a dried thick soapy solution, intended to protect sidewalls from scuffs.
Just use a nylon scrub brush while flushing with a garden hose... it'll come right off.
Better tire shops used to (and likely still) have a machine that spins, flushes & brushes mounted tires, making the process quick/neat.
It protects the white walls till after you do the install. Soapy water and a brush gets it off very easily.
AWESOME video!
Thank you Scott
you guys are awesome, thanx!!
Makes it look so easy!
few mistakes I noticed hold the knob on the bead breaker so it wont move, always good to lube the beads before removing tire(less stress bead removal wedge),hold the tire down in the valley opposite from the wedge when installing.Things you left out about balancing- measurements(wheel width, size, and most balancers need distance inner bead to balancer distance)3 main types of balancing Normal like you showed,Static like you explained,and Mag(weight inside only).Oh dot is lightest part of tire.
Very interesting stuff!
Thank you for a great film. If you are installing asymmetric tires, there are words on them indicating the inside and outside wall. How do you know which weight (what form, long, short) to apply? Does it matter or only weight matters?
So satisfying watching a pro do his thing!
Great video! Thanks :)
that balancing machine is really neat!!! wish the shop i work at had something that flash!!
anyway cool vid!!!
Thank you for this video, great information!
10:21, K'tenk lol. Cool video. Thanks Eric!
Thanks Will, I've heard great things said about kroil, so I am trying it out, but I'll PB blast it too. The Kroil has been soaking for 2 days, and tomorrow is supposed to be 60 degrees in ohio, and that's just weird, I'm going to beat the rain and freeze off that's coming Sunday night. I'll get that wheel off one way or another. I have a gigantic slide hammer I'll try if whacking a sledge on the tire doesn't work. Welcome to my world where EVERYTHING is hard.
I hear you, but then again It's been a couple years that I've worked in tire shops. Back then we just had to be careful with the sensors and upon completion we had to reset the TPMS with a special scanner tool that hooked into the stem. It'd be nice to have the right equipment.
Thank you for showing this.
This video was awesome. Thanks
in real world, you never see a nice mechanic like eric
Thanks guys! Great video!
Great work..guys I'm from Los Angeles CA & I've neva seen tht typE of work
Yep, in LA they still have stone tires....
This is really helpfull to me...I am applying at tire places and had no idea how to do tires...just replace them on the vehicle...
Nice. Sometimes collabs can be hit or miss... but this vid is the same great quality that all your vids have.
Had no idea about any of this.. just started driving 2 months ago and am in the process of getting winter tires.. lets just say I thought I had to buy innertubes like a bike tire.. lol
good to learn this stuff
Good work
Eric, could you do a video or quick video on wheel spacers and proper ways to go a size up or size down in tires? Also the same for wheels, or both tires and wheels? That would be extremely helpful! I'd like an honest and simple (your way of doing things basically) answer to these questions and be made well aware of any negative or positive consequences that can be realisticly expected from these adjustments. I ask because I'd like to get spacers for my 2004 Element EX 4WD, and a bigger tire.
Hey Eric do you have a video about "how tires work"? - like how they wear and what sipes are and why tires are really important? - or maybe like what underinflation vs. overinflation does? I had a wicked cool experience once where I got stuck in soft sand and deflated my tires to get out! - at which point super make sure that you can reinflate your tires if not onsite then ASAP.
very informative thanks
I miss having access to a tire machine :(
I did mount an old tire to an old rim manually, but it is a pain in the ass.
Thank you Eric, Very imformal =)
Nice video!
Thanks, didn't know any of this before.
Your videos are awesome
Thank you so much ERIC. God bless
BMW wheels with run-flat tires are the epitome of pain in the ass difficult.
get rid of the RUN flats... and youre all set. Everyone removes those things anyways, it destroys the tire long distance anyways. Massive piece of plastic within the rim.
Have you seen this massive piece of plastic with your own eyes?
I just got a job at Sears Auto Center and this is one of the things I’m gonna have to do, it seemed difficult at first but hopefully with time I get better and faster lol
Good STUFF Car Guy !!!!
Great video!! How in the world do they mount low profile tires on huge 24'' rims without marring up the rim??
i agree 100% on using the valve stem tool the way it "isnt" supposed to be used (pulling on it rather that using it as a lever), because you wont scratch the rim. also, you must take caution when dealing with TPM sensors on the valve stem. you can crush it when breaking the bead, or rip it off if you catch the bead on it while removing the tire
thanks man it's great video i was worry how to do that but with ur video i did and thanks again :)
It be cool to see how well balancing a tire at home with something like a bubble balancer does when checked and tested in this machine.. Like would doing it at home be close to or as precise as this machine!?
Can you go into detail about match mounting?
You might have a fun time with that - I've had to drill and replace studs in a similar situation. Now I try to loosen and re-torque at least once a year and it seems to solve the problem. If it's stuck on the hub just loosen the lug nuts several turns and roll the vehicle back and forth a little. As long as the nuts come off you shouldn't have a problem separating the wheel from the hub. It's a bit of a pain though if you're already on stands though!
Ive used bead locker on every one of the thousands of tires ive changed.. and ive never had a tire leak and theyre still easy to get off. I have the older style tire changer too
I did do a video on that. Tires 101.
you sir are a gentleman and a scholar. I'm about to buy my first car and teach my nephew how to maintenance it. I have you to thank.