Date:         Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:46:40 -0600
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From:         OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Putting on tires: three hands
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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                Jim

        Actually it appears that MikeS beat us to the 2nding of it so I guess
I 3rded it & you 4thed it.

                                                ORR ~ DeanB


On 28 Aug , 2012, at 4:34 PM, Jim Felder wrote:

> I second this method as a best practice... works on all cars without
> "self aligning" wheels and hubs.
>
> Jim
>
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 5:22 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>        This really works ~ I've been using that method for 33yrs ~
> once you
> get the wheel up
>
> on hub you just have to turn the wheel & the hub & one set of holes
> soon line up & you pop in
>
> a bolt. I suppose there could be some wheels with bigger center holes
> that might not work &
>
> I only have had to do it on a 2WD so I don't know if it works on a
> Sync.
>
>                                                        ORR ~ DeanB
>
>
>
> On 28 Aug , 2012, at 11:28 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
>