Thread: Tyre fitting

Originally Posted by mike 90 RR

I bought brand new tyres .... But have to take them back due to a few errors

I've designed a card that i'm going to give them, so they can understand what I want from them


Any comments of the card attached would be good ....


Range Rover Tyre fitting.pdf


Cheers
Mike

I think they will laugh - especially if their vocabulary is better than yours:

o·vu·la·tion (vy-lshn, vy-)
n.
The discharge of an ovum from the ovary.
The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Ovulation
The phase of the female monthly cycle when a developed egg is released from the ovary into the fallopian tube for possible fertilization.
Mentioned in: Contraception, Dysmenorrhea, Emergency Contraception, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Infertility Therapies, Menopause, Ovarian Cysts, Recurrent Miscarriage
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
ovulation
[ov′yəlā′shən]
Etymology: L, ovum + atio, process
expulsion of an ovum from the ovary on spontaneous rupture of a mature follicle as a result of cyclic ovarian and pituitary endocrine function. It usually occurs on or about the eleventh to the fourteenth day before the next menstrual period and may cause brief, sharp lower abdominal pain on the side of the ovulating ovary. See also oogenesis. ovulate [ov′yə′lāt] , v.
Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 8th edition. © 2009, Elsevier.
ovulation
the discharge of the ovum from the graafian follicle.
The discharged ovum enters the uterine tube adjoining the ovary and moves toward the uterus; if it encounters a spermatozoon while it is still alive (about 48 hours), the two merge. Fertilization usually takes place in the uterine tube. The fertilized ovum then makes its way to the uterus, where it becomes embedded in the prepared wall as the first stage of growth of the embryo. See also estrus, estrous cycle.

I think the word you are looking for is "Ovality"

But - I have never seen a tyre place measure ovality.

Why do the rims need to go back on the same corners?

My experience with tyre guys is they wouldnt even read far enough down the piece of paper to get to that big word starting with an "O"

I agree with Ben, a good laugh and then rattle off change tyres balance quickly then rattle on...

S

Pretty sure if you give a tyre fitter that card, they'll likely a) **** down your air vents, b) insert dead fish into hidey spot, c) rattle them up as per normal, disregarding your card

Just to add Mike, that most things you desire can't be measured at a tyre fitters, the just have a balance machine

Ovality and warpage of the rim itself is a job for a lathe and dial indicator

Bout time I got a laugh from you lot ....



Cheers for the word Ovality, Ben / Matt ....

Originally Posted by rovercare

Just to add Mike, that most things you desire can't be measured at a tyre fitters, the just have a balance machine

Ovality and warpage of the rim itself is a job for a lathe and dial indicator

Yea ... hear what your saying ... and it might look silly .... But when your studs are tightened up well past the max and their blaming the rims for everything else ... what are ya suppose to do?

Originally Posted by mike 90 RR

Bout time I got a laugh from you lot ....



Cheers for the word Ovality, Ben / Matt ....




Yea ... hear what your saying ... and it might look silly .... But when your studs are tightened up well past the max and their blaming the rims for everything else ... what are suppose to do?

I know what your saying, best ones I've seen were actually on a mates RR, done by a truck joint, took him on a 6' long bit of box over a 2' breaker while I supported the bar with bouncing to crack them, pretty sure Pear wasn't in one of his slim periods either, ridiculous tight

Put the rims without tyres on the balancing machine

Originally Posted by rovercare

took him on a 6' long bit of box over a 2' breaker while I supported the bar with bouncing to crack them, pretty sure Pear wasn't in one of his slim periods either, ridiculous tight

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I just copped the same kinda deal, except it was a 2 foot breaker ... Plus got those sticky lead weights .... a 1/3 of the rim long ...

Originally Posted by rovercare

Put the rims without tyres on the balancing machine

Yep, Thats the plan ......





..... That's what the cards for ...

But the balancing machine won't tell you any measurements except weight required to balance the wheel alone

Just ask them to balance the rims

When tyres are well out, its usually good to spin the tyre 180 degrees on the rim, cause if you have the out of balance bits on the same spot, you get excessive weights

35" Simex centipedes balance up better than that