Thread: Weird tire wear
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Old 09-25-2010, 09:15 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by Bill View Post
Several years ago, as part of my switch to 15" tires, my local tire jockey started to jack up the TM by putting the floor jack under the axle. Fortunately I caught him.
This same exact thing has happened to me. It's the norm to jack up the axle, so you really need to watch the tech. Even if you tell the guy at the counter, and he writes it on the work order, the tech actually doing the work likely won't follow through unless you are standing over his shoulder.

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