Mondays at the tire shop

[Cost4133]

Originally Posted by wmtire

Customer just came in to get two tires replaced on the rear of his truck with two other tires he had in the bed.

So I ask all.of you, which is worse? The tire with the warts about to blow out, or the fact he was running two tires with such a huge diameter difference putting a strain on that rear end.Attachment 277471Attachment 277472

that poor rear end. Bet it was running nice and hot. And if it WAS a limited slip, bet those clutches are now a fine powder mixed into the fluid.

[hshaynes]

Bobby, just alternate the tires so there will be equal wear on both sides of the rear end.

[wmtire]

Originally Posted by hshaynes

Bobby, just alternate the tires so there will be equal wear on both sides of the rear end.

Just had another customer tell me he would find another place to do what he wanted done, after I refused to. He drove up in a truck with these specialty aftermarket 26" rims. You know the type, where it's all rim and hardly any tire.

He had his spare on the passenger front. He wanted me to rotate his passenger rear tire to where the spare was currently, then to take his 4th tire and 26 inch rim in the bed of his truck and put it back on the rear. he said his brother had just fixed that tire in his pickup bed.

When I looked at the tire in the bed of his truck it was obviously separated and you could see the big bulge in the tread. I told him that his tire was junk and he could not put this back on his truck. He said he knew that and that was why he was going to just run it on the rear. I told him he was better to leave his spare on the front until he got another tire. He said he couldn't afford another tire right now and if I didn't want to do it, he would find somewhere else.

I told him that I hope nobody else would do it either, as this was dangerous and he could hurt himself or others. He left all mad and still uneducated.

[AbdRahim]

Originally Posted by Cost4133

that poor rear end. Bet it was running nice and hot. And if it WAS a limited slip, bet those clutches are now a fine powder mixed into the fluid.

Aren’t these the new “knobby tires”? [emoji23]

[wmtire]

I debated on even opening up for a half day as my daughter and son-in-law are flying in at noon. I went ahead and decided to open and glad I did as I got the best story of all week.

Yesterday a customer brought in 4 rims off of a 4-wheeler that he had mail ordered some new tires for and needed mounted. I did the deed and he picked them up yesterday evening.

This morning, he brings the two front tires back. He said I mounted them in the wrong direction, as they were directional tires. I said, "yeah I know this and I mounted one for the left and one for the right side, Did the same for your rear tires".

He told me I got the rear tires correct, but I mounted both front tires wrong. He showed me how they both would be running backwards if he put them on his 4-wheeler like that.

I tried real, real hard not to laugh at him, and I failed real, real hard too. I told him to just switch the side of the 4 wheeler he was putting each wheel on, and they both would be right then.

You could see the light turn on in his head, and he sheepishly said "You have to believe me, I'm not normally this stupid".

I told him I would take his word for it.

I will be laughing at this one for awhile. Hope ya got a grin from it too.

[Jfkmk]

OMG! And these people breed!

[NavyLCDR]

Originally Posted by Jfkmk

OMG! And these people breed!

To the customers defense though...I had a service station on a military base mount 4 new tires. After they were done they said my TPMS light would be on because one of the TPMS sensors "just disintegrated" when they took the old tire off.

I went outside and looked at the car. On the sidewalls of all four tires was the word "INSIDE" clearly visible. I got the manager and showed him and said, "I'll bet if you crawl under there and look you'll find the word OUTSIDE on the other side, what do you think? So how about if you remount these tires correctly, replace the TPMS sensor that you broke, rebalance them and we'll call things even. "

[Sharon455]

Both are bad, but he will blame you either way.

[F.R.O.G.]

Originally Posted by wmtire

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I told him that I hope nobody else would do it either, as this was dangerous and he could hurt himself or others. He left all mad and still uneducated.

Not quite correct. He was educated, he just failed or refused to learn. It happens a lot.

[kcmusa]

If I had the number I would call using a google number and do the same.

Originally Posted by wmtire

Does everyone remember the old "this is your brain on drugs" public service commercials that showed an egg frying? Well, this is the phone number of one of those fried eggs.

He called yesterday evening asking about a used tire. We told him we had it and he said he would be up here in a minute. When he arrived more than a minute later we were busy with other customers. When he walked in the shop I told him I would get with him when I finished up.

He then goes and gets in his car and starts calling my phone, each time telling me to hurry up. I get enough of this and tell him that he has to quit calling and wasting my time.

He then drives off, but keeps calling my phone and either laughing when I answer or just sitting there. I finally got caught up and call blocked his number.

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[wrvond]

On the one hand I feel really bad for these people. Most are just doing the best they can to get by day to day.
On the other hand I am highly entertained by this thread.

Does this make me a bad person?

[cc102bob]

Somewhere along the way I got pointed at this fine example of what happens when a tire shop does NOT take the proper care when attaching the rims/tires to a vehicle:
https://twitter.com/videosvecagando/...17896539328513

I've decided I must just be a little bit warped inside because for some reason after I watched this a few times I started laughing. I know that's not nice, but like Popeye says: "I am what I am!"

[5er_tom]

Looks fatal.

[Aussieguy]

must be weird living in a place where a tire flying by only deserves a slight look
then continue on your merry way..

notice her shoes ?
I'd be watching that sucker every second to see what it hit after missing me

[TitanMike]

Originally Posted by 5er_tom

Looks fatal.

My thought too

Getting hit in the back of the neck hard enough to knock one out of their shoes definitely has that potential.

[Sharon455]

Originally Posted by 5er_tom

Looks fatal.

In the Twitter replies there was a more complete video. The occupants of the car that lost the tire(s) got out and helped her up. She was moving and walking around.

[F.R.O.G.]

No indication, though, that faulty work by a tire shop was involved in any way.

[TitanMike]

Originally Posted by F.R.O.G.

No indication, though, that faulty work by a tire shop was involved in any way.

Absolutely. Wonder what percentage of wheels are mounted by owners themselves after things like a DIY tire rotation, or DIY repair?

[filthy-Beast]

Originally Posted by TitanMike

Absolutely. Wonder what percentage of wheels are mounted by owners themselves after things like a DIY tire rotation, or DIY repair?

Don't worry, we still have two lug nuts on the tire.

[wmtire]

Had a woman call, then come up here earlier this morning. She said she needed a tire repaired, that her husband had plugged...but it was still leaking.

When she got here, I told her that I couldn't repair this tire, as it was junk. She argued with me and said it had plenty of tread and it was not junk, and I was just trying to rip her off. Her husband only put 3 plugs in it, according to her.

I told her I couldn't help her, and she had to replace the tire. She called me a crook and left all mad.

She did come back and buy a tire later though.

So you are probably asking yourself, why this is funny. I'll post pics of the tire she wanted repaired in the next post from me. Just letting you all get prepared, and am building this up