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Old 02-16-2014, 07:10 PM
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Any one know any decently priced places to have tires mounted and balanced? Thanks
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Do it in your driveway.
A farm jack or bumper jack,
remove the valve cores and start jacking a up with the jack placed at the edge of the tire against the wheel.
Get lots of pressure and if doesn't give, use a sledge hammer and smack the tire, if it still doesn't move, rotate the tire 30 to 40 degrees and repeat till it breaks down.
Now work the tire off the rim with tire tools.

When you get fed up with that, go buy a tire machine. lol. I have two in the shop now.

Seriously I've changed a many tires by hand in the past.
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Originally Posted by ianpanderson
Any one know any decently priced places to have tires mounted and balanced? Thanks
There's a place right down the street from me that's reasonably priced
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Originally Posted by ianpanderson
Any one know any decently priced places to have tires mounted and balanced? Thanks
Id say post that question in your local section.
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Originally Posted by XJmike0122
Id say post that question in your local section.
....or maybe start calling the local tire shops and comparing prices? How are any of us supposed to give you an answer to your question....none of us know where you live, and even if we did, do we have a crystal ball that gives us your local tire shops prices? Just sayin'...
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Guys, calm down.

Ian, that shop next to the McDonald's has pretty fair prices, and they have free coffee and soda in the waiting room.
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I like Roy's, they do a good job.
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The shop across the bridge by the scrap yard is cheap.
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You're obviously all wrong. The easiest answer is asking siri the question
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What if you're an android user?
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if your local high school has an auto shop you can sometimes go to them and offer a couple bucks and they might for "practice" we use to do them where I went mount and balance for 10 a tire.
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What if you're an android user?


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Originally Posted by noslen
if your local high school has an auto shop you can sometimes go to them and offer a couple bucks and they might for "practice" we use to do them where I went mount and balance for 10 a tire.
I get them done for 5 a tire
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Siri said exact prices are unavailable, you're screwed.
Breaking beads by hand builds character though.
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Originally Posted by Danimal94
Siri said exact prices are unavailable, you're screwed.
Breaking beads by hand builds character though.
1) Lay tire flat
2) Air it down
3) Have friend stand on sidewall
4) Drive onto sidewall on opposite side of wheel
5) Finish dismounting with pry bar


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