Re: Leaky Tire
Hello Shew, you have a lot of good ideas above. To summarize:
1. Do not take the tire to a professional garage. With Model As there are very few professionals, most have all passed away. The old timers and we the owners are the professionals now keeping these cars on the road. Garages will be just great removing the paint around your rims.
2. Do not use tire irons. Watch a Youtube video and see some the tricks they use such as a large trash bag which is very slippery!
3. Put soap and water on the valve stem to see if the inner valve is leaking.
4. Have someone help you during the mounting process, preferably someone who is big.
5. Following procedures you have seen on Youtube, lubricate the rim and tire and have your big friend walk around the tire and use wooden sticks to keep the tire from poping back off as he goes around.
I find this job somewhat amusing because you can make it incredibly difficult or extremely easy. Hopefully when you are done you still have all your paint and it doesn't leak. Good luck, Ed
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