I am effin pissed, Les Schwab screwed me Options

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So I took my Mahles off my 74 and to Les Schwab to get the ratty tires removed so that I can refinish the wheels. They "were" straight, not badly rashed wheels set up for hub centric front disks. I drop the wheels off with my DD with plans to get everything picked up after they close because I had stuff to do. That is when things go horribly wrong.

1. When I pick up my car I check the trunk and they did not remove the weights or stems like I asked. Small deal.

2. I get to keep the 10 year old (IMG:style_emoticons/default/stromberg.gif) tires apparently, because they are in the trunk with the wheels. Little bigger deal.

3. Sunday morning I am fired up to start working on my wheels. I unload the tires and chuck them in my junk car part pile. I grab a wheel in each hand and head to the "garage" when I notice a shiny spot on the back of a wheel. The stupid friggin' tire monkey hit my wheel with the tire machine! There is a huge deviation on the back lip of the wheel. Now I have 3 wheels that are straight and not curbed up, 5 original center caps, 1 wheel that is garbage. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

I am SO pissed and needed to vent before I throw the wheel at the store manager (I used to work there, also....)

Now I get to try and convince the store manager that those dirty oxidized wheels that were sitting out for 5 years are actually 36 year old Porsche wheels that are hard to find, and would have refinished just fine.

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What's the difference between an American and Euro Machine and how can I tell the difference? Thanks for this info.

This should go into a tech article - about the process of getting tires installed correctly and wheels balanced. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/type.gif)

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What's the difference between an American and Euro Machine and how can I tell the difference? Thanks for this info.

This should go into a tech article - about the process of getting tires installed correctly and wheels balanced. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/type.gif)

http://www.hunter.com/PUB/company/news/pre...ve/prTC3250.htm

This is an ok euro machine. These tire machines do not touch the wheel lip while they are breaking the bead or while they are removing/installing the tire onto the wheel. The center arm comes down and floats just over the lip, that is what you rest the tire spoon on. That roller helps push the stiff sidewall down so it does not rip while going over the wheel edge. These machines are required for any of the nicer wheels- anything over 17" diameter, anything below 50 series, anything with a large polished lip or a strange offset that causes the tire to need to come off the wheel from the back.