Oops
Remember that ultra-valuable wheel from a few posts back? Yeah, not so valuable anymore.
Basically, I messed up on the tire machine. Rally car tires are super, super, super stiff. And while I have mounted hundreds on alloy wheels, I’ve only ever mounted one a onto a steel wheel four times before. If you don’t get the bead down enough on an alloy wheel, the machine just stops. On a steel wheel, apparently, it bends the *&$#!!! out of the wheel. Took two of us to eventually get the second bead on, and then my buddy Gord got the rim as round as he could with the hammer. Guess I know which one will be my spare! (sigh)
But you have to put these things behind you…I mean, yes I destroyed a rare wheel, but this is a race car project…quite frankly I’m more then likely to bend all four in the first 100km of an event anyways. Such is life, move on.
-Dave