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Subject:Re: Putting on tires: three hands
From:Aaron
Date:Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:55:27 -0700

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