Date:         Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:02:37 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Putting on tires: three hands
Comments: To: Aaron <a.robinson.lists@gmail.com>
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"[...] the key is to rotate the wheel until a hole lines up on the
**right or left**, not above."

Lemme ax you a question. How do you manage to rotate the tire without
the wheel behind it also rotating? Mine do.

I gotta add that when rim is hanging lower than the wheel, then /all/ of
the rim holes will be below the wheel holes. I don't see how ones at 3
o' clock or  9 o' clock, which is what I think you're describing, will
be sitting higher.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.

On 08/28/2012 10:55 AM, Aaron wrote:
> On Aug 28, 2012, at 10:28 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>> You must have a smaller center hole in your rims than I. Here, when
>> the rim is hanging from the hub, all the holes in the rim sit below
>> their corresponding holes in the wheel.
>>
>> -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>> Bend, Ore.
>>
>> On 08/28/2012 09:27 AM, Edward Maglott wrote:
>>> I stick the wheel on so it's center opening is on the hub, then
>>> rotate it and the hub until a wheel hole lines up with a hub hole
>>> on the right side. (I'm right handed.)  Then I just hold wheel
>>> with one hand, you don't have to hold it up, the hub is carrying
>>> the weight.  Once you get that one bolt in, rotate wheel so that
>>> hole is at the top.  Then all the other holes are pretty much
>>> lined up.  It's pretty easy.
>>>
>>> Edward
>
> I think the center hole is probably the same, but the key is to
> rotate the wheel until a hole lines up on the **right or left**, not
> above. Once that one is partially in, the rest are easy.
>
> Aaron