Boise, Idaho

Wheel Refurbishing in Boise, ID

Purcell Tire & Service refurbishes wheels at 8718 S. Eisenman Rd in Boise, for equipment, commercial units and light vehicles. Call (208) 368-7801.

On equipment wheels the sums are not close

A wheel from a loader or a haul truck is a substantial piece of engineering with a price to match. Refurbishing one costs a fraction of replacing it, and on the largest sizes the gap is wide enough that nobody should order a replacement without asking first.

Boise is the only Purcell location in Idaho offering OTR services, which means the tire and the wheel underneath it are handled at the same address. For a machine that is one period of downtime rather than two, and it is the reason these two services sit together on the list.

What the inspection decides

The national wheel refurbishing page covers the process. For an equipment wheel the inspection is the step worth paying for on its own, because it answers the question before an expensive replacement is ordered.

Not everything passes. A crack, or damage affecting the structure, ends a wheel, and a shop that refinishes one of those has done the customer no favor. The inspection happens before any work starts, which is the point of inspecting rather than refinishing and hoping.

Why the seal is the wheel

A tubeless tire has no inner tube. The air is held between the tire bead and a narrow band of metal on the wheel, and corrosion or damage there prevents a seal regardless of what tire is fitted.

That is the explanation behind the most common symptom: a position that keeps needing air, a new tire that behaves identically, and a driver who stopped mentioning it. The tire was never the problem.

Do it while the tire is off

The version of this service that adds no downtime is the one done when the tire has already come off, and the Purcell retread plant is on this road.

A casing going for a retread is a wheel standing free. Sending them through together is the obvious arrangement and it is worth asking for rather than waiting to be offered. See retreading.

When a vibration survives balancing

A correctly balanced tire on an out-of-round wheel still shakes. Tire and wheel balancing is at this address, so the two questions are settled in one visit.

About this store

The Boise store runs sixteen services and is managed by Tyrel Perkins. Idaho Falls Commercial is the only other Purcell location in Idaho offering wheel refurbishing.

See the national wheel refurbishing page for all 42 locations.

Questions

Wheel refurbishing questions, Boise

Is it worth doing on equipment wheels?

On those sizes the difference against replacement is substantial. Ask before an order goes in; the inspection says whether a given wheel is worth doing.

A new tire still leaks. Why?

Because the wheel is the sealing surface, not the tire, as the national wheel refurbishing page explains. On a machine that is worth settling before anybody buys another tire for it.

Can a cracked wheel be refinished?

No. A crack ends the wheel and it is replaced.

When should we send them in?

While the tires are off for a retread or a change. The plant is on this road, so the two jobs line up without extra downtime.

Send wheels to Boise

Call (208) 368-7801 with the wheel type, size and what is wrong with it.