Lucky Emergency Tyre Fitting in Edinburgh

A Monday morning in December, one of those days where you want to lie in bed and watch the world go by. But, this customer called in as they had experienced a blown tyre just down the road from their house. After slowly reversing the car back up the drive, he gave us a call and got himself booked in for a couple hours time! By using one of our local suppliers, we were able to source the customer's preferred tyre!

After the inspection, we jacked up the vehicle on the designated jacking points and proceeded to removed the wheels. These were placed on the turn table where we removed the old tyre and inspected the alloy just in case there was any further damage the alloy. There are a number of ways that you can inspect a wheel for cracks; Visual inspection where you clean the alloy and run your hand around the rim. The best way to do this is by taking off the gloves as bear skin can feel cracks and bumps a lot better when there isn't a barrier in the way. The other way is to inflate the tyre just below the maximum working pressure for the tyre. If the pressure starts to drop or refuses to go higher, this can be an indication to there being a crack. However, on some occasions, once this has been completed some cracks don't appear until the alloy and tyre has gone through a couple of heat cycles. But, on this occasion there were no cracks present!

After removing the old tyre, we installed the new 225/55 19 Goodyear Efficient Grip onto the rim and removed it from the turn table. We then balanced the wheel on our mobile balancing machine, gave it a quick scrub and installed it back onto the vehicle. The nuts were then tighten to the factory specification!

A quick and easy task for a Monday afternoon!

If your vehicle needs new tyres, a locking wheel nut removal or an alignment service, give us a call on 0131 341 3424 or send an email to info@hometyre.co.uk!