How To Mount and Balance A Tire -EricTheCarGuy
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I often get asked how to mount and balance a tire with tools at home and the truth is that's WAYYY too hard. It's much better and easier to use the equipment that was designed for it. In this video I show exactly that, how to use the proper equipment to mount and balance a tire. It's not terribly exciting but I do show some things that are necessary when performing this work on an aluminum wheel. You MUST clean the bead area before you mount a new tire onto an aluminum wheel or else it will forever leak at the bead. I say this because all too often I see a tire that leaks air that's just been installed where the rim was not cleaned. Enough of my soap box. Also this video only covers the 'basic' tire mount and balance. When it comes to low profile or large tires it's a bit more complicated. As far as tires go these are pretty easy and straightforward.
I'd like to thank my friend Scott Armstrong for his assistance and for letting us film in his garage. If you're in the Cincinnati area and looking for auto repair work I suggest you contact him as he's a heck of a mechanic.
Armstrong Automotive: 513-939-3903
email: scott@armstrongautomotivellc.com
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Something to note as being a mechanic: when breaking the tire seals, always be mindful of where the valve stem is, because some wheels, especially on new cars, have sensors that connect to the inside rim. If the machine arm hits that sensor, chances are,mits going to be crushed and 99% of the time damaged. To prevent this, keep the valve stem at 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock positions, to break the seal on both sides of the tire and to keep the sensor as far as possible from the tire.
Good point, sorry for being 9 years late
Me being a tire guy myself, I really appreciated how thoroughly he cleaned the bead of the wheel before mounting the tire, however, I ALWAYS go a step further and bead seal the wheel after cleaning it. I found that the soapy water solution I use for lubrication can enhance the rate at which the wheel corrodes. So the bead sealer not only seals the bead of the wheel to the rubber, it seals the clean surface of the rim and helps fight corrosion.
Hello, what brand of sealer do you use?
Thank you Scott and Eriic. This brought back memories balancing tires with a dynamic balancer which had strobe lines indicating somewhat were the weights went....and bubble balancing for two piece truck ringed rims....widowmakers.
very helpful video for a new tire technician, Eric is one of the most professionally skilled and helpful technician. God bless you guys.
Noticed the 12min+ video length and was about to abort.. glad I didn't there wasn't much filler, and turned out to be just what I was looking for. Great video.
Great to know there's a good mechanic in my area, thanks for pointing me his way Eric.
This video is really helpful. I have a test today in my auto shop class on how to mount a tire. Thanks Eric!
For some reason these machines were my favorite part of Auto school. thanks for the nostalgia Eric!
Thank you, finally one of the few videos that explain how to in detail! just got a job at a tyre fitting store and just wanted to have a good understanding great video
Same hoping I catch on loll
Eric's the MAN.Friendly greetings from Crete - Hellas (Greece to ya all)
I just started as a mechanic student at a technical institute. And this helped me out alot instead of some of the jibber-jabber my textbook say. Thanks!
I had Yokohama Avid's on my 2001.5 Passat. They were the best tire I've ever put on a car. Long life, quiet and handled like a dream. Eric, you'll love them. I had Blizzaks for winter. Similarly, the best SUV tire is the Bridgestone Duelers, great wear, relatively quiet and for someone that goes off-road, they do great in mud and snow. Good vid bud.
Great video Eric. Really shows exactly how the pros change a tire. It's too bad that most shops wont allow people to see how the work is done. Nice that through you people can see exactly what is being done to their vehicles. And to be able to make informed choices about who will work on their cars and trucks.
Thanks for the video Eric and Scott!
I just love how Eric is so excited lol
As someone who mounted and balanced tires for 2 years, it's nice to see someone actually clean the lip of the rim for once. Beware of the cheap tire places because the kids working there mostly are never taught this ending up in rims leaks. He is right that bead sealer is crap. It's like trying to polish a turd.
I used to work for walmart tire and lube. This video certainly took me back.
We used the soapy stuff for lubing the bead. We also used special torx sticks for mounting wheels back onto the vehicle which were color coded to a particular vehicle. These trox sticks were designed snap first before the stud would if too much touque was applied. Dummy proof lol
Love this video. Very helpful dude, thanks for sharing the knowledge.
Super chill video great info thank you both! I don’t know anything about tires & just learned a whole lot just by this video specifically why I seen weights on side of tires 😮
Thanks for the video. I mounted my own tires and had them balanced at the Schwab. The portion showing the removal of the corroded rubber was helpful.
Jonathan Whitman the rubber doesn't corrode, it's the aluminum alloy oxidizing
Thanks Eric from my bottom of heart
Thanks for the tips!
Way to go Scott!! Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you, Eric and Scott.
Thanks for posting, I enjoyed watching this!
So much knowledge now I know why it took so long waiting to get 4 New Tires on my Rx 350
Wow- that Scott's a pro- glad to see that they still exist in a sketchy industry like _auto-repair._ Good upload.
I'm glad I could provide what will hopefully be some helpful insight. Just to add to it, your second two thoughts, that is corrosion on the wheel when it was installed, and corrosion developing since installation are both very common problems. For reasons I don't fully understand, these problems become more noticeable in the winter. It could be, as you pointed out, the salt that becomes an issue, but I have a sneaky feeling there are other contributing factors...
I always used side cutters for removing and placing valve stems. And it would've probably been a good idea to mention and show to take care when removing a tire from a wheel that has TPMS sensors.
Thanks for the video, it was educational amd entertaining! Sadly I don't have any of the tools to do this myself but I got a few chuckles so that will have to do.
you sir are a gentleman and a scholar. I'm about to buy my first car and teach my nephew how to maintenance it. I have you to thank.
When i was on work experience at a Subaru dealership here in Australia, this is what i did!, had so fun doing it.
Smart men use the proper equipment. :)
Nice. Sometimes collabs can be hit or miss... but this vid is the same great quality that all your vids have.
Scott has a miraculously clean shop. I can only dream of such a thing...
Scott's a pretty cool guy, I will look into that 'Slippery' spray he used that seems way better than using my lard bucket.
that balancing machine is really neat!!! wish the shop i work at had something that flash!!
anyway cool vid!!!
Hi Erik, One added note is that if you have puncture, and need to remove the tire to put a batch underneath which is more secure than the external type and you do not want to upset the balance or do not want to pay more for the balance is to hold with you a correction fluid (white fluid used in offices for correcting typo errors on printed documents) and put a dot on the balance bullet and another one on the tire and third one on the wheel prior wheel removal so that every thing is aligned back.
Hey, learned alot. Thanks Eric and Scott
So satisfying watching a pro do his thing!
See the winterization video. Tires loose traction over time and these were no good on wet roads anymore. Remember when you point a finger at someone there are 3 more pointing back at you. :)
i had work practice couple years ago in some tireshop and we used there exactly same balancing machine. I never used anything like that and it was so easy to and very nice to use.
im workin exactly in this field in finland and ow boy we these a lot sometimes tires are flat sometimes rims and shred and those two machines will do the job how ever ive noticed when he get the tire to pressurize he needs to overpresurrize it and then to bring it to the wanted value because say when u blance ur wheel amd specialy with outter counter weights its very important to pressurize but none the less its a great video on this dark proffesion yet there is a ton of thing for instance the sensors rims are indeed very hard to do specialy with tires like p zero pirelli those i guarantee u are the most difficult and when u got 4 of them then ur done. thanks keep up.and his from finland the only country where we are obliged by law to switch winter and summer tires twice a year.....
Hey thanks a lot, I sprayed the hub area with Kroil, I'll see if it really works as good as they claim!
As a tyre technician, nothing felt more satisfying than a perfectly balanced wheel.
Had no idea about any of this.. just started driving 2 months ago and am in the process of getting winter tires.. lets just say I thought I had to buy innertubes like a bike tire.. lol
good to learn this stuff
ERIC YOUR AMAZING BRO!!!!!
Thank you for this video, great information!
Hey Eric do you have a video about "how tires work"? - like how they wear and what sipes are and why tires are really important? - or maybe like what underinflation vs. overinflation does? I had a wicked cool experience once where I got stuck in soft sand and deflated my tires to get out! - at which point super make sure that you can reinflate your tires if not onsite then ASAP.
My first automotive job c. mid 70's was 'busting tires'... I still don't miss it. :)
Then (and I'm reasonably sure now), the blue spooge was a dried thick soapy solution, intended to protect sidewalls from scuffs.
Just use a nylon scrub brush while flushing with a garden hose... it'll come right off.
Better tire shops used to (and likely still) have a machine that spins, flushes & brushes mounted tires, making the process quick/neat.
I use balancing beads because its what I have access to in the shop, we use them in our semi tires. Not sure if there supposed to be used in smaller car tires, but figured why not when they even make them for motorcycle tires. Been using for years with no issues. Super easy to use just weight tire and weight bag full of them to throw in tire before you seal it. Might want to do research before trying them yourself if curious not my responsibility if it fucks up your tires, but they work for me.
This is really helpfull to me...I am applying at tire places and had no idea how to do tires...just replace them on the vehicle...
great video eric very informative
Thanks alot for your very good program it's really useful for me . I learned to much from your video
You would be the best instructor ever man.
few mistakes I noticed hold the knob on the bead breaker so it wont move, always good to lube the beads before removing tire(less stress bead removal wedge),hold the tire down in the valley opposite from the wedge when installing.Things you left out about balancing- measurements(wheel width, size, and most balancers need distance inner bead to balancer distance)3 main types of balancing Normal like you showed,Static like you explained,and Mag(weight inside only).Oh dot is lightest part of tire.
i agree 100% on using the valve stem tool the way it "isnt" supposed to be used (pulling on it rather that using it as a lever), because you wont scratch the rim. also, you must take caution when dealing with TPM sensors on the valve stem. you can crush it when breaking the bead, or rip it off if you catch the bead on it while removing the tire
I hear you, but then again It's been a couple years that I've worked in tire shops. Back then we just had to be careful with the sensors and upon completion we had to reset the TPMS with a special scanner tool that hooked into the stem. It'd be nice to have the right equipment.
Thank you for showing this.
Eric, could you do a video or quick video on wheel spacers and proper ways to go a size up or size down in tires? Also the same for wheels, or both tires and wheels? That would be extremely helpful! I'd like an honest and simple (your way of doing things basically) answer to these questions and be made well aware of any negative or positive consequences that can be realisticly expected from these adjustments. I ask because I'd like to get spacers for my 2004 Element EX 4WD, and a bigger tire.
The tire were old and hard and lost traction especially on wet roads. See the winterization video. I don't like stick weighs because they tend to come off.
Hehehehe the idea behind the dots, usually there's a yellow and a red. The yellow is the lightest point of the tyre, the red is the heaviest.
You're meant to balance just the rim alone to find where the light spot is. Then you put the red dot (the heaviest point of the tyre) at the lightest point. If you don't want to balance the wheel, the yellow dot should be placed around the valve because it's a logically-heavier spot of the wheel; It's strengthened to make up for the hole in the metal and has the valve sat there.
Remove tyre. Clean wheel rim. Place rim on balance machine and check wheel balance values. Mark lightest/heaviest spots of the rim with caulk/crayon. Place rim on tyre machine and mount tyre, lining up the dots as needed. Heavy rim spot wants the light tyre spot and vica-versa.
Isn't the red dot the highest point in the tire, not the heaviest?
I always get my tyres from Costco in Leeds, UK. They use all the machinery shown here & always do a great job, plus they use Nitrogen. My previous car was a real pain for them; last time took them two hours per tyre to change and fit a new one on! This was due to the alloys I had at the time TSW Blade with 195/50/15 tyre size.
Nitrogen vs Air is a moot point because once you have left the tyre garage, you tend to fill up with air from there on. Does seem to drive better on Nitrogen though.
Good STUFF Car Guy !!!!
Thanks Will, I've heard great things said about kroil, so I am trying it out, but I'll PB blast it too. The Kroil has been soaking for 2 days, and tomorrow is supposed to be 60 degrees in ohio, and that's just weird, I'm going to beat the rain and freeze off that's coming Sunday night. I'll get that wheel off one way or another. I have a gigantic slide hammer I'll try if whacking a sledge on the tire doesn't work. Welcome to my world where EVERYTHING is hard.
I just got a job at Sears Auto Center and this is one of the things I’m gonna have to do, it seemed difficult at first but hopefully with time I get better and faster lol
Great work..guys I'm from Los Angeles CA & I've neva seen tht typE of work
Yep, in LA they still have stone tires....
Thank you Scott Armstrong.
Cool, thanks for the info. I'm from Wisconsin where Salt really takes a toll on rims if the clear coat gets nicked from wheel weights or curbs. I've encountered several wheels that lose air over time, but not be cause of a puncture. I was wondering if the wheels were just too far gone, corrosion developed since they were installed, or they were installed without cleaning the sealing surface. I'll make sure to take notes on what's done next time tires are installed. Thanks!
Thank you so much ERIC. God bless
Thanks guys! Great video!
You might have a fun time with that - I've had to drill and replace studs in a similar situation. Now I try to loosen and re-torque at least once a year and it seems to solve the problem. If it's stuck on the hub just loosen the lug nuts several turns and roll the vehicle back and forth a little. As long as the nuts come off you shouldn't have a problem separating the wheel from the hub. It's a bit of a pain though if you're already on stands though!
Thank you for a great film. If you are installing asymmetric tires, there are words on them indicating the inside and outside wall. How do you know which weight (what form, long, short) to apply? Does it matter or only weight matters?
in real world, you never see a nice mechanic like eric
its also a good idea to figure out if there's tpms before you break the bead and if its the case break it 90 degrees from the valve! use lube too and mark your tires
Video was great! Where's the best place to have tries put on and balanced?
This video was awesome. Thanks
great video, guys! it really helped!
Thanks! I needed this info.
i use sos pads to remove it, and also its great for cleaning the tires when they are dirty.... works great and it takes very little effort to clean and look nice.
Eric you should so the manual way to mount and dismount the tire or a semi tire those are fun!
forgot one step " Release the wheel once the bead starts to seal" I bet Scott did it with out even realizing it. Also notice a trick was missed, "pull the top bead into place right at the valve before putting in air" if you don't a different side may start to rise and you may loose the seal at the valve. Tires were my first job, had a lot of fun doing it. Great vid. You should make a vid on mounting a 35 series tire, lol. I used to mount them myself using 1 or 2 bars.
It protects the white walls till after you do the install. Soapy water and a brush gets it off very easily.
thanks Matthew, i often wondered bout that.
I took the valve stem out before putting it on the machine. There was no air in the tire when the beed was broken.
ahah looks pretty easy. in high school i only got a chance to use those old tire changers which could change your tires in like less than 5 mins and i use a balancer which had to be spun manually but it pretty much tells you the same thing. great video haha
I'm so much amaze for the video ,I have China tire machine I would like to buy new one can u pls provide me the price of Hunter Brand new tire machine , I'm in the Philippines is there any distributor her thanks.
Eric , if the valve steam is mount wrong (uncorrected) on the new tire and after ward starting loosing pressure ( externally) they also can cause the tire to blow up ?
Yeah, just learn something interesting. Many thanks for making this video
Nice I use to do this and I learned that gettin them real lubed up make is super easy to mount the tire
Makes it look so easy!
thanks man it's great video i was worry how to do that but with ur video i did and thanks again :)
So I'll be going back to an automotive tech program in a few years (had to drop out of it recently) and I was wondering how to make sure you don't rip the bead either removing or putting the tire back on? That always gave me so much anxiety especially with low profile tires. Is there a sure fire way of making sure you don't rip the bead?
you guys are awesome, thanx!!
yokohama Avid Touring S. a nice mid level all season, good choice.
Grab a good long pry bar, and stick it behind the tire and wheel, and find something fairly solid to pry on, like a brake drum, or caliper, or some sort of suspension arm, and just pull. I'm not sure if that makes sense the way I described it, but as a tire guy, I do that a lot at work.
eric thank you
along time was thinking balance machine is complicating
Eric, I never ever put wheel weights on the front facing on the rim on those alloy wheels. I only put them on the rear and they always balance. In our shop we only put the weights on the back and front on steel wheels only unless the alloy rim is severely out of balance or warped.
He got my approval! Never lean on the wheel balancing machine as it can give false readings to the rim and tire.
Very helpful, thank you !
Dynamic balancing beads are the only thing I'll use anymore. They got rid of some 70mph vibrations that "computer balancing" multiple times couldn't get rid of. Plus, it gets those hideous weights off the outside of the wheel, you'll never throw/knock them off, and depending on the beads you use, you can reuse them over and over again