<VV> One More Tire Thing

[Jim Houston]

Most aircraft have painted slippage marks on their wheels and tires...

Jim Houston

Chris & Bill Strickland wrote:
> Should have included this in prior post --
>
> Some rims are susceptible to tire "slippage" -- the tire turning on the 
> rim after they are mounted -- and I'm not talking about drag racing 
> here, where tires are commonly screwed to the rims.  Some rims, 
> especially if they are powder coated, chromed, or "mags", are slick 
> enough that the tire turns on the wheel, and if it does this, the 
> fanciest balance job just got invalidated,  Some folks will make a chalk 
> mark on the tire where the valve stem is, others just always mount the 
> tire with something (say the date code -- generally tire pros will put 
> this on the inside, but you could have it near the valve to help keep an 
> eye on how old those tires are) that coincides with the rim, again, like 
> the valve stem.
>
> And collectable cars often have "nice" wheels ...
>
> Bill Strickland
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