[jeepingeoff]

Originally Posted by Rivka

oh the back story on the tire lugs, i could use some advice

back when i lived in CA i had to have a tire shop remove both my passenger side wheels from the jeep and then pull the tires off them. I had jammed a lot of mud deep in the beads wheeling a few weeks before and it now cemented to the bead and was drying and cracking and in turn no longer making a seal. I noticed it after both tires on that side lost air within the same week.
So i took it in, they pulled both wheels, did a long job scraping the now rock hard mud from the bead, and remounting the tires... the problem i now know cam when they remounted the wheels on the jeep.

As yoon can attest to, we were out at Evans and i ripped a value stem, so when to put my spare on and had the worst time ever getting my lug nuts off, i mean this was way over the top. We twisted one nut beyond use getting it off and the rest were only a tad better! A while later after someone on the boards had there lugs shear off on the freeway, i got spooked and when to a tire shop and asked them to check how tire the front tire that i had not changed yet was tightened to. (i check on my torque at home and it went past the highest setting) They tested it out to a range of 240 up to over 300, one when off there scale too!!
Ok so needless to say the chance that my lug bolts are stretched if really good, and the risk of them sheering off is crazy to live with. So i got the part numbers from the stealership and ordered 2 sets of lugs (1 front, 1 rear) from Jeepareus.com boy they are great, plugged the part numbers right in, and got them at about half price! Anyway just got them and now need them put in, what a complete hassle, a lot of tire shops don't even do lugs.

So here is where i need that help
Any one recommend a good honest shop that can do a pile of wheel/ tires things for me?
i need
2 set lugs removed and replaced
one tire dismounted to check for mud inside
all tires rotated and rebalanced, hopefully with the weights in the inside bead this time

got a recommendations?
Rivka

Most of this you can do yourself, The wheel studs are pressed in, I have a press that you can use if needed, you can easily break the bead and clean it up yourself If you get a valve core removal tool, and remove the tire from the jeep and unscrew the valvecore, then use your highlift jack and place the jack base near the bead of the tire as the tire is laying on its side and proceed to jack up your jeep this will break the bead and you can clean off the bead, usually the outer bead is the only one that you need to clean, because it gets the dirtiest. as for reseating the bead leave the valvecore removed, and use an air compressor, you may have to stand on the wheel as the tire is laying on it's side in order for it to jump back onto the bead, but it really is easier than you think!!!!

--geoff

[Rivka]

i was thinking bout doing myself, but had heard those studs , pulling them out and pressing them back in was a compleate PITA, and still saving up for my air compressor. I will go check in with the auto center on post for help, or if you are offering to show me how i would be quite happy to learn.

[XabuJr]

Originally Posted by jeepingeoff

Most of this you can do yourself, The wheel studs are pressed in, I have a press that you can use if needed, you can easily break the bead and clean it up yourself If you get a valve core removal tool, and remove the tire from the jeep and unscrew the valvecore, then use your highlift jack and place the jack base near the bead of the tire as the tire is laying on its side and proceed to jack up your jeep this will break the bead and you can clean off the bead, usually the outer bead is the only one that you need to clean, because it gets the dirtiest. as for reseating the bead leave the valvecore removed, and use an air compressor, you may have to stand on the wheel as the tire is laying on it's side in order for it to jump back onto the bead, but it really is easier than you think!!!!

--geoff

Geoff - another quick way to reseat a bead is to use a come-along & ratchet it around the tire extremely tight. Then add the air & it should pop right in..

[jbwolfish]

we would like to join you all if ya don't mind some company

[jbwolfish]

Rivka there is EAST HILL tire here in Kent.....they took 4 tires off(33X12.5)

[jbwolfish]

and put 4 stupid swampers on and balanced for 50 something....

[Rivka]

Originally Posted by jbwolfish

we would like to join you all if ya don't mind some company

I'm sure we all have a few job to do on our jeeps, do we want to plan a little wrenching party real soon?

I'll bring all my tools, or depending on how many we have and what we want to do we could use my warehouse

[McLovin]

<~~~~~~~~Coos Bay Oregon here. Home of the largest set of legal riding dunes on the west Coast. I'm always out playing, if anyone ever heads down this way give me a heads up and I'll show you around!

[jbwolfish]

Went to Elbe .....fantastic time was had ......new friends made along with some good memories!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[elkfan2]

Great times in Elbe today with JBWOLFISH, and some other new friends, will have to make another run soon, maybe bigger----more people.

[yyoon]

How about three weekends from now?

[Rivka]

that place looks like a blast, i would jump in on the next run , just need more than a 12 hour notice next time.
the place looks fun, i thought evans was great to look at but a bit claustrophobic to be too much fun, this place looks like it could be just the ticket

[Rivka]

Originally Posted by yyoon

How about three weekends from now?

Meaning around May 12-13?
that sunday is mothers day so keep that in mind when making plans that are going to piss of any ladies in your life.
a saturday run my gather more folks, it would work for me

[elkfan2]

Just talked to my wife and she said a Mothers Day run would be fun, so were in if anybody else wants to go.

[Rivka]

can we please make it for Sat.?
I have a mother, whos birthday the week before i am missing on acount of work and so we made mothers day plans to make up for it