CRRRAACK.....!
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He actually had trouble GETTING them tight! All the while, he was mashing down the nipple....The first indication of a problem was when I noticed the two lug nuts (on either side of the crack) were gone. It was when I went to replace them, that I noticed the crack in the outer rim. The rest of the guys in the shop knew about the nipples, but the kid (18-19 year old) was a newbie. They older guys didn't think of it fast enough to warn him. By the time they remembered, he had already mashed the nipple down to the point where it LOOKED like the wheel was on right, so they figured he got lucky.
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Last tires I had installed on my DRW truck I warned the tire guy ahead of time that the rims were lug centered and showed him how they had to be aligned. It took him a while but he got it right.
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It would be tough being a tire changing guy in this day and age. Looking at all these modern vehicles, you don't know if it is a wheel or a hub cap. Then you don't know if you just pry on it, or take a cap off and unscrew a bolt. Even the little caps on the larger vans and trucks can be confusing, even the same make vehicle changed them around. Some of them pry off, and some of them have lug nuts with threads on the id to hold the wheel on and threads on the od to hold a fake plastic cover over the nut. Then you have all the fancy air pressure monitoring systems that you can shear off with the tire changing machine. Those things are not cheap either.
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It would be tough being a tire changing guy in this day and age. Looking at all these modern vehicles, you don't know if it is a wheel or a hub cap. Then you don't know if you just pry on it, or take a cap off and unscrew a bolt. Even the little caps on the larger vans and trucks can be confusing, even the same make vehicle changed them around. Some of them pry off, and some of them have lug nuts with threads on the id to hold the wheel on and threads on the od to hold a fake plastic cover over the nut. Then you have all the fancy air pressure monitoring systems that you can shear off with the tire changing machine. Those things are not cheap either.
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It would be tough being a tire changing guy in this day and age. Looking at all these modern vehicles, you don't know if it is a wheel or a hub cap. Then you don't know if you just pry on it, or take a cap off and unscrew a bolt. Even the little caps on the larger vans and trucks can be confusing, even the same make vehicle changed them around. Some of them pry off, and some of them have lug nuts with threads on the id to hold the wheel on and threads on the od to hold a fake plastic cover over the nut. Then you have all the fancy air pressure monitoring systems that you can shear off with the tire changing machine. Those things are not cheap either.
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never leave a tire changer alone with your vehicle, I've had wheels come off that never got tightened and studs broken and when I had a DRW Ford with left hand threads every single tire guy had to argue that all studs were right hand. Typically these fellows are not well trained, and know every thing.
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Duallies are a bit more pricey. My set of 5 for the Nissan was about 400 and the Ford will run 600 for four. I do plan to tow.
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Same thing could happen with custom wheels. It's the person mounting them, and their experience.
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True, but rust is not an issue then. I've had some very old vehicles and some very rusty ones (not always the same vehicles).
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The back sides of the rims on all of our vehicles are always spotless. Must be a different type of climate and road conditions there?