Walmart: Fail. and A+

[W8 a minute 10+ year member]

I think everyone missed the part where he said he got in an accident before and beat the rim straight again with a hammer. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

A real tire store would have taken one look at that rim and told you to hit the road before they even started.

THAT is the difference between Wally World and a real tire store.

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Wow, alot of confusion in this thread. he's talking about ATV tires guys, like a Yamaha Raptor or something... not a car or truck. ATV tires dont need to be particularly true to still work, so long as they hold air and aren't ... too bad.

Mounting ATV tires is very different than mounting car/truck tires. Smaller makes them harder to squeeze on the rim believe it or not. And atz rimws are generally very easy to bend. I would never consider taking an atv tire to a place like Walmart. The kids they generally hire there prolly barely know how to mount a car tire, let aone an atv tire.

My buddy owns an atv shop locally, and even he only lets certain employees change tires.

I find it hard to believe a rim was hammered out to better than new. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Lesson learned man, better luck next time. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[W8 a minute 10+ year member]

And then you must have missed the part where he said that it was better off after he fixed it than it was before the accident.

RIIIIIIIIIGHT....I'm sure it was. People beat on their wheels, with hammers, in their garage, all the time and make the wheels BETTER than they were new. And stronger too! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif

As a former Jeeper I've literally seen 50 or more people beat their wheels back straight enough for the bead to seat. I have yet once seen one of those wheels come out "better than new"

What happens to metal once you bend it and bend it back? It becomes weaker. Bend it back and forth enough times and it breaks.