WHEELS · ŽIVINICE · 15 KM

Wheel repair for Živinice

Fifteen kilometres north and your rim is on the press. Handy for everyone who drives towards Tuzla every day anyway.

Send a picture of the rim +387 61 570 429

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. Weights at the tyre shop are no cure, because they redistribute mass and cannot correct a shape.

Being close by means a rim from Živinice is easy to drop off and collect when it is ready. The handiest moment is the seasonal changeover: the wheels are off the car anyway, and it quickly shows which rim runs out or carries a cracked spot.

Fifteen kilometres to Simin Han

Tuzla comes up quickly from Živinice, and the workshop stands at 3. tuzlanske brigade 128. Before the seasonal changeover it pays to get in touch early, because that is when most rims come in to be checked. A call or message to +387 61 570 429 is all it takes to agree a time.

About 15 kmThe shortest run of all the surrounding towns. That is why rims often arrive from Živinice while the runout is still only slight and easy to correct.

Changeover timeGet in touch early before you switch to the winter or the summer set. Those weeks bring in the most rims, so visits are planned well ahead.

Wheel or rimBring the complete wheel or just the rim. The tyre is taken off here and refitted, and at the seasonal changeover the wheels are off the car anyway.

What comes in most before the changeover

What the changeover turns up most often: a barrel that runs out, and a fine crack along the bead seat.

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.

Straightening 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.

The 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.

The changeover is the best moment

With the wheels already off the car, the rim is a step closer to the machine and you need no separate appointment for it. That is why a repair before the season fits into the routine most easily.

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 what usually arrives is a barrel that took a hit over the summer, brought in exactly when the wheels are off the car anyway. 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 straightened and welded where needed, then dressed so the sealing face is even right around the circle.

Do you check the other rims of the set as well?

If you bring them along, they go over the gauge in rotation too. At the changeover that makes the most sense, since all four are off anyway and a deviation you barely feel on the road shows up on the machine at once. Only what really deviates gets straightened.

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.

TuzlaAddress: 3. tuzlanske brigade 128, 75000 Tuzla, in the Simin Han district. There is parking right in front of the workshop, so no wheel has to be carried far. LukavacDistance: About 20 kilometres each way on the road towards Tuzla. For most drivers that is a stop along the way rather than a special trip for one rim. SrebrenikAbout 30 km: A route many people already drive for work or shopping. The barrel goes in on the way down and is collected once the message says it is finished. GračanicaAbout 40 km: The longest route we cover regularly. Precisely because of that, times are agreed by phone so the rims go straight into the workflow on arrival. BanovićiThirty kilometres: That is the distance to the workshop in the Simin Han district of Tuzla. A short drive for work that otherwise means visiting several different tradesmen.

Fit the repair into your run to Tuzla

Send a picture of the barrel and agree a time that suits your own schedule.

Arrange a visit by message +387 61 570 429