Good Morning Thread - Come say good morning, tell us what you've got on today. :)

We have this thread on TilersForums.com and it's just been restarted because the old thread had 20,000 replies and 500,000 views. And there were 700 pages. Started to lag a bit on slow connections.

I think we had a bash of this before, but I can't find the thread, so thought I'd start another one off.

If you have time in the mornings, come post in the thread before you head off to work, let us know what you've got on and what the weather is like in your area etc. Anything at all is fine.

Posts and likes get counted towards your total stats in this thread.

So GOOOD MORNING PEOPLE - WEATHER IS NICE TODAY IN STOKE. I'M THANKFUL IT'S FRIDAY, HAD A RUBBISH WEEK. THANK GOD IT'S OVER.

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[nicebutdim]

The bead breaking is the important part. The tyres I run (Uniroyal Rainsports) have such pliable sidewalls that they are easily pushed over the rim by hand

I dislike fitting or removing runflats on my machine, but luckily it tops out at 18" diameter.

 

[nicebutdim]

Most tyres will need balance weights adding though.

You'd be surprised how little balancing is required for a decent quality tyre on a straight wheel.

These days I have them fitted in the other half's work, so balancing is part of that service, but I rarely had to take home fitted wheels for balancing.

 

[brianmoooore]

I dis it tops out at 18" diameter.

Sounds like we have similar machines. Disposed of because they won't take some of the ridiculous oversized modern rims and their equally ridiculous rubber band tyres.
16" rims and 55 profile tyres on mine. Pothole. What pothole?

 

[nicebutdim]

Sounds like we have similar machines. Disposed of because they won't take some of the ridiculous oversized modern rims and their equally ridiculous rubber band tyres.
16" rims and 55 profile tyres on mine. Pothole. What pothole?

My current car was factory fitted with 18" wheels, but sidewall of 245/45 still provides considerable cushioning.

No idea why people spend thousands to prematurely wear out suspension components.

 

[littlespark]

Cannot wait for one of you lot to complain about a diyer doing electrics.... when youre changing your own tyres.

Get a professional tyre engineer! :

 

[brianmoooore]

Get a professional tyre engineer! :

Yea, right, "professional tyre engineer" AKA "knuckle dragging Neanderthal armed with a torque wrench screwed up to its maximum setting". No thank you.

 

[nicebutdim]

Cannot wait for one of you lot to complain about a diyer doing electrics.... when youre changing your own tyres.

Get a professional tyre engineer! :

I'll have you know I hold the same tyre fitting qualifications as the 'professionals'

 

[littlespark]

I'll have you know I hold the same qualifications as the 'professionals'

a standard grade in woodwork?


My FIL, when he closed his garage and car showroom in the 90's rented the workshop out to kwikfit. (bear in mind, it was a family business and he had been trained as a mechanic in his youth)

He went in one day to get a tyre or brake pads or something, and was being told what else the car needed while it was up on a ramp....tyre, brake pipes, exhaust...

"bloody 16 year old, spotty eejit..... with "brake specialist" on his back!...... Specialist my arse... what does he know..."

etc etc

The manager had to come out and take over, ushering the young lad away when he realised the landlord was the customer....

 

[Mike Johnson]

You guys who think your wheels do not need balancing must be the caravan people who the rest of the world queue up behind.

 

[nicebutdim]

You guys who think your wheels do not need balancing must be the caravan people who the rest of the world queue up behind.

There's a significant difference between thinking wheels don't need to be balanced and knowing the difference between a wheel that doesn't need to be balanced and one that does

 

[brianmoooore]

I tow a caravan and normally don't balance wheels but I'm rarely the one at the front of a queue.
There's a long downhill section when I'm nearly home, which has double white lines for miles. I keep it at 60 MPH, and, of course I do get quite a few cars build up behind, although I'm at the speed limit for them. This eventually opens up into a steep uphill section with an overtaking lane.
As I come into this, you see the whole lot behind you move into the RH lane as one, and it is at this point I drop down through the gears and floor the RH pedal.. If there's a reasonably powerful car at the front of the queue he may get past, but the usual scenario is for the lead car to get alongside me three quarters of the way up, then slowly begin to drop back as I'm still accelerating and he's reached terminal velocity uphill.
Totally immature and irresponsible, I know, but it's the way they all pull out to overtake en mass than provokes me, and I'm pi**ed off, because the holiday's nearly over.

 

[nicebutdim]

Mike may have opened a can of worms as there are caravan towers on both sides of this debate.

I'm not among their number

 

[Mike Johnson]

There is no debate, if you drive slowly enough you will not notice your wheels need balancing, but you may notice the deterioration in vehicle ride quality as your shock absorbers prematurely wear out.

 

[nicebutdim]

There is no debate, if you drive slowly enough you will not notice your wheels need balancing, but you may notice the deterioration in vehicle ride quality as your shock absorbers prematurely wear out.

Back when I fitted my own wheels, driving at low speeds wasn't something I did much of.

Vibration from an out of balance wheel can manifest itself at any speed, although tends to be most common in the 50-70mph range. If that vibration appears at 50mph, you won't notice it at 65mph, but it will return again at 100mph. Likewise vibration at 60mph will return again at 120mph. The physics involved is outside my area of expertise, but its effects are very clear.

 

[brianmoooore]

80MPH with caravan for hours on end, with no sign of vibration.