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So, anyone see a problem with this?

What’s the rest of the story on this disaster

They shook a bit last year, but I had them on my Comanche that I just drive around town so I didn't care. This year I wanted them on my JK that I drive across the province, since they're actually 95% tread and studded, so I figured I'd get them balanced again.

Guess the tire monkeys just spun them up and added weights until it was "good."

They are actually smooth but that's not right at all.

Also they shook right out of being balanced the first time. But they sat over the summer before I realized it, so I didn't take them back. The two weights on the top were original to the first bad balance job.

This shop said they would pull all the weights and start from scratch. They didn't.

I literally laughed out loud at that pic, I should post a pic of one of my duratracs on my dually, less weights probably could've been used to balance cut boggers

Ive watched duratracs on a balance machine they are anything but round lol

I can't see past the mcgaurd wheel locks sadly

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Shancerlelby wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 11:34 pm I can't see past the mcgaurd wheel locks sadly

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All the dealers install them on JKs. I have no idea why, since stock JK wheels and tires are worth nothing. I literally have a bucket of them from swapping them out, didn't do this one yet, they're good for about 4 tire changes then they're too likely to strip so you toss them.

Unfortunately most tire shops and every dealership I’ve ever worked at paid a guy squat for doing tires. Generally an hour max is all you get paid. from the time you grab the keys and punch on the job till it’s back with the customer doesn’t matter if it’s gramma Tercel needing studded tires or a set of 35s on those baller 20s for the gay-k with all the light bars. Oh and the no charge studs install is easy for the shop cause techs don’t get paid extra for studding them. So most guys doing them are just slamming jobs thru just to stay with in the allotted hour


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And that’s where quality goes out the window as service manager are just looking at numbers so then it’s all about quantity


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I always take my wheels and tires to the shops to balance and mount them but I'd rather put the wheels on my truck my self. Had too many painful experiences of shops torquing my shit to China so I don't trust them worth a damn.

My buddy Steve had a similar experience in Prince George at Costco and they did the same not pull the weights off and nailed 15-20 ounces on his Michelin street tires on his 2500 dodge. Shook so bad he pulled all the weights off to get home.

in the case of those big box shops. they are taught to do what the machine tells them too do not the other way around and make the machine do what you want. just had a customer of mine that came out after finishing her shopping to realize she had a flat. she thought oh this is a easy fix there is a tire shop right there. nope they will only take a tire off the vehicle if its in their shop. they are not trained for a outside parking lot tire removal. she had to pull the tire then use a cart to transport it across the parking lot and they then fixed it then she had to install it herself

BIGHOSS wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 6:39 am I always take my wheels and tires to the shops to balance and mount them but I'd rather put the wheels on my truck my self. Had too many painful experiences of shops torquing my shit to China so I don't trust them worth a damn.

Absolutely. It's bad enough they're touching the tires and wheels, I don't want to let them touch anything else. If they count to 4 ugga-duggas when putting the wheels on, good luck getting them off if you get a flat and only have the factory lug wrench.


I thought most of the dealers just had apprentices do tires? Not their actual mechanics.

This was a tire shop, maybe one real mechanic there, if that, but you'd think a tire shop would know how to deal with tires.

Scott Cee AKA 2drx4 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 06, 2019 10:07 am


I thought most of the dealers just had apprentices do tires? Not their actual mechanics.

I wish. In smaller dealerships your going to do tires no matter what especially if your flat rate. any tech that wants to pick and chose what he does wont last in a flate rate shop.
Bigger dealerships will have most of the mundane tire jobs done by apprentices. but any higher profile customers or unique tire combos will go to a tech.

And then there is fleet agreements any large fleet will insist on only licensed techs touching their equipment even for tires

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