Automotive technician Mike Melton warns against using dish detergent as tire-mounting lubricant. The detergent leaves a slick film that causes tire slippage during hard braking, shifting the tire millimeters on the wheel and creating imbalance. On chrome wheels, it accelerates corrosion and peeling.
The video I made yesterday triggered a lot of untrained techs. Now they're either untrained because they don't give a shit or the shop they work for don't give a shit. Now a lot of it probably ain't the shop's not giving a shit, they probably don't even know themselves. So let me school you on a couple things. For one, you don't use dish detergent when mounting tires. If you use dish detergent, what it's going to cause is rim slippage. It's not hard to look up, it's called Google. You can actually see that, it's a fact. When you use dish detergent, it leaves the damn film on there and And the film don't dry, people. So if you have to hit the brakes real hard one day, what it's gonna cause is rim slippage. It's gonna cause that tire to move on that wheel about, you know, say a half inch to 2 inches. What does that cause, people? It causes your tires to be out of balance. Not only that, it causes corrosion, especially with chrome wheels. It will make your chrome peel up. You don't believe me? Google it, motherfuckers! What the fuck?
