... and the tire shop damaged my wheel
Hopefully their wheel repair shop will have it looking good as new tomorrow.
... and the tire shop damaged my wheel
Hopefully their wheel repair shop will have it looking good as new tomorrow.
With those extra 16 wheels in use it's probably not an issue. 20 lb/ft (wheel weight per diameter since lb/ft is not a unit of torque) sound a bit high for alloy wheels. Carrying so many extra wheels that are that heavy gets you close to the load limit. You might want to do something about that. /s
We have our own tire machines at my business and I always change my tires myself because most employees at tire shops don’t actually use their machines correctly and typically don’t hold the opposite side of the bead in the drop center when mounting. They can often get away with incorrect operation on higher profile tires but the risk of damage to wheels or even hidden damage internally to the tire get much greater the lower the tire profile. There is a simple process to using a tire machine correctly unless it is a fully automatic touch-less runflat machine and most large tire shops don’t have them unless the tire shop is a high end shop or a large BMW/Mercedes or similar dealer. I even go above what is needed and run a strip of blue tape around the outer edge of the wheel before mounting and dismounting as an added bit of protection against possible scuff marks from dirt or sand residue. I am a true fanatic.
"lb/ft" (what you wrote) is pounds divided by feet! lbs-ft (or ft-lbs) is pounds times feet (this actually being a unit of torque) - the two are not the same thing. The convention for measurement units is to use a dash ("-") separation for multiplication (because it's not possible to add or subtract different units so no need for subtraction) and a slash ("/") for division. Pressure for example can be measured in lbs/in^2 which is pounds per square inch. My trailing "/s" was meant to convey humor poking fun at your string of typos.
