Honda Jazz in N5 with Bridgestone RE040 185/55/15V

New customer booked a job through the website for a Bridgestone RE040 185/55/15V to be put on her Honda Jazz. Customer was called an appointment was arranged for the next day at 10.00.

Arrived at the appointment on time and started to talk to the customer, she said that the car had just had an MOT and she had been given an advisory on her passenger front tyre. Had a quick check and the tyre was at the legal limit. Also checked all the tread depths on the other tyres and they where all at 5mm or above so no problem.

Got the locking wheel nut out of the boot and jacked the car up and removed the wheel. Took the wheel over to the van and removed the tyre. Checked the rim to ensure it had no damage, none found so cut out the old valve and replaced it with a nice new one.

Got the replacement tyre and applied the tyre mounting paste to it, the paste allows the tyre to slid against the wheel when we fit the tyre so it does not get damaged. Mounted the tyre and inflated it to the correct pressure. Now time to balance the wheel.

Put the wheel on the balancer and set all the parameters, the reason we have to balance brand new wheels is that you get slight weight differences during manufacturing that if we did not balance the wheel you can get a vibration through the steering wheel. Spun the wheel up and the balancer came back as needing 40 grams to be added. Added the weight using a stick on weight and re spun the wheel to check it goes to zero, zero returned by the balancer so now time to refit the wheel to the car.

Took the wheel over to the car and mounted the wheel, tightened all the bolts up to the manufactures specification and put the locking wheel nut back in the boot of the car. Marked this information on the invoice.

I had already checked the tread depths on the other wheels but now I checked the tyre pressures as well. Only a couple of pounds out so adjusted them. Did not have to take a payment as the customer had already paid, so off to the next job.

If you need tyres call Hometyre on 0800 783 93 10 or 0333 444 5454 and we will come to you