

| 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
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