Job Description:

• 1) Repairs and aligns defective wheels of automotive vehicles, such as automobiles, buses, and trucks: Examines wheel rims, drums, discs, and wire spokes for damage.

• 2) Hammers out warps in wheel rim, or places wheel rim in hydraulic press and forces rim into shape with pry bar or hydraulic jacks.

• 3) Repairs damaged wire spokes, using straightening press, and replaces broken or missing spokes.

• 4) Examines alignment of wheels on test stand equipped with dial indicator gauge for measuring radial and lateral tolerance.

• 5) Corrects alignment of wheels, using handtools.