How do they match: Tire Repairers and Changers

  • Hammer required counterweights onto rims of wheels.
  • Place wheels on balancing machines to determine counterweights required to balance wheels.
  • Prepare rims and wheel drums for reassembly by scraping, grinding, or sandblasting.
  • Reassemble tires onto wheels.
  • Remount wheels onto vehicles.
  • Separate tubed tires from wheels, using rubber mallets and metal bars or mechanical tire changers.
  • Unbolt and remove wheels from vehicles, using lug wrenches or other hand or power tools.