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Subject:Re: Putting on tires: three hands
From:Rocket J Squirrel
Date:Tue, 28 Aug 2012 15:59:34 -0700

Sounds like this has been sorted out.

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

On 08/28/2012 03:46 PM, OlRivrRat wrote:
> 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
>>