The most expensive and shameless "divorce" of car owners at tire fitting

Spring tire change is another “hot” season for tire changers. During this period, they must earn themselves six months in advance. To achieve such a goal, sometimes all means are good, including cheating a gullible client. The AvtoVzglyad portal will tell about the most monetary scam of the “tire and disk masters”.

“Divorces” on the topics of “old valves”, lubrication of the brake disc hub (supposedly so as not to stick to the wheel) and other things from this series pale before the so-called “disc editing”. Any motorist is aware that even a durable alloy wheel can bend and change shape while driving. As a rule, this happens due to impact, when driving through some kind of bump. And everyone is used to detecting dents and violations of the geometry of the rims at the time of the seasonal tire change.

And tire fitting employees are best aware of this, since the “disc straightening” operation is one of the most expensive in the price lists of offices specializing in “tire” services. For the return of the conditions of an alloy wheel, they may ask for 3000 or even 5000 rubles. It's much cheaper than buying a new one. And to find a new disk with exactly the same design as the one that has fallen into disrepair is sometimes simply an impossible task.

Just for this choice in the head of the car owner - to give 5000 rubles right now or buy a whole new set of "casting" - and cunning tire fitters are counting. But here's the problem: customers with damaged wheels rarely come. So you need to "create" them. And this is done very simply.

Before balancing the wheel, the master imperceptibly attaches a small magnet to the balancing stand. Because of it, the wheel gets into the seat unevenly, and when the equipment is turned on, it starts to give out a beat. The client is shown wild readings on the display of the machine and is told that the whole thing is supposedly in a “crooked disk”.

And then - a proposal to fix everything right now, because in the next room there is the right machine. The frightened car owner usually agrees to this extra service. And he doesn’t realize that “behind the wall” they don’t do anything with his disk, but simply after 15-20 minutes they return the “casting” to the owner. At the same time, the magnetic weight is secretly removed from the balancing stand, and then the process of installing the tire on the “repaired” disk is completed without any problems.

Everyone is happy: the client thinks that he saved on a new set of wheels, and tire fitting literally receives several thousand rubles out of thin air. Therefore, when you find yourself in a similar situation, first of all, demand that the master in front of you clean the seat on the balancing stand and re-check your wheel on it. When repeating the "crooked wheel" result, be sure to insist on being present in person during the editing process of your disc. As a rule, these measures are enough to make crooked tire fitters understand that crazy thousands cannot be “cut down” from you.