WHEELS · ŽIVINICE · 15 KM
Wheels and tyres for Živinice
Fifteen kilometres north and your rim is on the press. Handy for everyone who drives towards Tuzla every day anyway.
The daily run north into Tuzla
Anyone commuting to work or to college covers the same stretch of road over and over. The potholes you know by heart still catch you out one day, and a front wheel dropping into a sharp edge often leaves a slightly bent barrel that goes unnoticed at first.
The first sign is usually restless steering at speed, or a tyre that keeps going soft. A measurement shows whether the barrel deviates sideways or vertically, and by how much. Balancing only makes sense once the rim is true again, because weights cannot correct the shape of a barrel.
Being close by means a rim from Živinice is easy to drop off and collect when it is ready. Seasonal tyre changes, fitting new tyres and balancing are done here as well, so everything around the wheel is finished in one place instead of another lap around town.
Fifteen kilometres to Momanovo
Tuzla comes up quickly from Živinice, and the workshop stands at 3. tuzlanske brigade 128. Before the tyre changeover season it pays to get in touch early, because those are the busiest weeks of the year. A call or message to +387 61 570 429 is all it takes to agree a time.
What comes in most before the changeover
A combination of barrel repair and tyre work, all handled on one visit and under a single arrangement made in advance.
Welding and crack repair
Cracks, breaks, holes in the bead seat and missing chunks of metal. The area is welded through its full thickness and machined back to the wheel's original line.
More on thisStraightening buckled wheels
A wheel that hops, shakes the steering or has gone oval after a pothole is pressed back into a true circle in small stages, with the metal checked as it goes.
More on thisCNC refinishing and lip polishing
Taking a thin layer off on the lathe restores an even circle and a flat bead seat, while polishing gives the outer lip the shine of bare metal.
More on thisPreparation and wheel painting
Old lacquer and corrosion come off down to sound metal, then primer and topcoat go on in a colour agreed before any work starts.
More on thisTyre fitting and balancing
Tyres off and back on, new rubber fitted, seasonal changeovers and wheel balancing so the steering stays calm out on the open road.
More on thisBrake caliper painting
Rusty calipers are cleaned back to metal and coated in heat-resistant paint, so the gap between the spokes shows a tidy detail instead of corrosion.
More on thisThe advantage of being close
A short trip
Fifteen kilometres means the wheel does not have to be planned as an outing of its own. The visit fits into a day you are driving into the city anyway.
Repair and tyre together
The barrel is trued, the tyre goes back on and the wheel is balanced in the same pass. There is no need to look for a tyre fitter afterwards.
A check before the season
When a set sits in the garage for months, damage is easy to overlook. During the changeover the rims get looked over and anything that needs work shows up.
Questions from Živinice
Where can I get wheels repaired near Živinice before winter?
At the Sloga workshop in Tuzla, about 15 kilometres away. Before winter the usual combination is straightening a barrel that suffered over the summer, fitting the winter set and balancing it. Arrange a time early on +387 61 570 429.
My tyre keeps losing air, could the rim be the cause?
It could. When the bead seat is distorted, pitted by corrosion or carrying a fine crack, the tyre no longer seats properly there and air seeps out slowly. The seat is machined and welded where needed, then the seal is checked before the wheel goes back on the car.
Do you balance the wheel after repairing the rim?
Yes, balancing is the final step. Once straightening and machining are done the barrel runs round again, so the wheel can be balanced accurately and the vibration disappears. Without that step the repair would stay unfinished, however good the rim looks.
Can I hand over all four wheels at once?
You can. The set is then assessed as a whole, and it often turns out that two or three barrels are affected rather than just the one bothering you. If the car has to stay driveable, say so in advance and the work is split up differently.
Is repairing a wheel worth it, or is a new rim better?
That depends on the type of damage and where it sits. A kerbed flange, a bent barrel and a crack in the barrel are usually fixable. Send a photo to +387 61 570 429 for a straight assessment, and if a safe repair is not possible you will be told to look for a replacement.
Other towns in the area
Similar pages exist for Tuzla, Lukavac, Srebrenik, Gračanica and Banovići, each with the detail that matters on that particular route.
Fit the repair into your run to Tuzla
Send a picture of the barrel and agree a time that suits your own schedule.