I bought a sealey tc960 tyre changer there last weekend after having some **** ruin 3 out of 4 of my newly refurbed wheels. Now it takes me about 10 mins a wheel and is pretty easy on my 14's and 15's, even for a pleb like me, wouldn't want to attempt 18's or balancing but its grand for firing a new set of tyres on before heading down the track, or for quick swaps. Only problem is now that my neighbours/mates seem to think I'm the new local kwik fit fs. Oh and as for price, I can now get obscure wheels off ebay and welt the tyres off them to use on my cars. 20 for a set of new 14in tyres for the vento was cheap I thought lol
Thats it... 50 delivered from PVRDirect.co.uk, arrived about 2 days later (to Northern Ireland) - cheapest I could find. You can get a special alloy wheel bar to help protect expensive alloys, but if your careful you can do them without leaving any marks. I didn't leave marks on my track wheels...
Holy cow. This could save people an absolute fortune.... I can tell I'll be having one of these. Does it need screwing to the floor?
Yes it does, I drilled four holes into the concrete floor and then put four special concrete nuts (like a metal rawl plug). Bolts can then be taken in and out when needed and I put the machine into the corner of the garage when not in use. Takes about 5 mins to set it up every time.
i would bolt it to the floor using hilti bolts. i have changed many a tyre on steel wheels and they take some effort to break the bead.
TBH I havent a clue what the exact name for them is but theyre fairly hefty bolts. This takes no effort to break the bead... the pole you get to lever with is like 4 foot long, and the bead breaker can be set quite preciselys... can be done with one hand
Just bought one of those tyre changers, delievered from Toolmix, at less than 50 (cheers Kelkoo). Going to have a play with some steel rims - will report on how I get on. (Rawlbolts and drill bit added another 17 - cheers B&Q )
fitting and balancing... 50 is not uncommon. it is not technical with the right tools and a little care. after a TON of fannying about, all four of my tyres now seem to be sealed. a wire brush on a drill etc cleaned off the old crud. all four valves leaked badly. the 2nd tyre place sealed them well but balanced them poorly lol so i toook it back to the first place to have them re balance them, they didnt get it right EITHER. yknow what, money could be made doing this. offer a decent service to people who friggin care about their cars/rims/tyres. the kit doesnt appear to be that dear, just need to know how to get the customer base. just seems mad having to buy all the friggin tools because you cant trust anyone to do anything properly
yes. it also varies from place to place whether they balance the rears or even stick new valves in. we need a garage or chain of garages run by enthusiasts. it gets you down knowing youll take the car somewhere and itll come back needing more work lol
10 a corner, easily for valve and balance, so you'll still need to balance the tyres, though if you're running a daily, I'd say balance the fronts only, and be done. Tool should pay for itself in no time. But for changing alloys, more care needed - and the bar is different - 90 on eBay when I had a look round + the 50 tool above. I used to help service a MK2 Escort rally car a few years ago, and they had a manual tyre changer - always had one in mind.
Right - everything about imbalance has been moved to a new thread, so that this tyre changing thread stays on track http://www.clubgti.com/forum/showthread.php?t=122192
anybody tried them portable balancers on ebay?they look a bit hit & miss but if they work ok for the price. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PORTABLE-WHEEL-TYRE-BALANCER-RALLYING-MOTOR-RACING_W0QQitemZ120114983879QQihZ002QQcategoryZ30921QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
