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Originally Posted by Swifty1638
metal to metal contact? I assume you mean the lip of the rim, contacting the head of the tire machine? Because, most of the industry has switched to hardened rubber heads, for that very reason. We swapped them out at my old job, and Even with the metal head, I never once scratched a rim. It's all on the operator of the machine. You just need to adjust the head on the machine to be spaced from the rim correctly.
-A. Swift
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Exactly, I was also refering to the plastic inserts that go on the rim clamps. If they are used there is no way to scratch a rim aside from dropping it.
We can also us the lug centric adaptors when balancing so you dont have to worry about scratching the wheel with cones.
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