Tire mounting tip for multi piece wheels

KB2ROCKET

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I got my new tires yesterday for my rupp sprint with 6" turbine wheels but I ran into problems because the tires were all distorted and each center was way off from the other side .
For those of you that are not familiar with rupp front wheels they are made up of three pieces 2 rims and a center bearing carrier then 6 short bolts hold it all together....
Well the problem is getting everything to line up and then putting the nut on the bolt quite frankly I didn't have enough arms to hold everything while the deformed tire was fighting me.....
The answer is simple I went to the store and got 3 #10 bolts and nuts about 3 inches long and used them to pull everything together then I installed the 3 factory short bolts and then the rest was easy.....
The rear wheel was easyer because the studs are pressed into the wheel half and I didn't have to hold them in place
 
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