Method for making a vehicle tire

A method for making a vehicle tire having a tire carcass having an outer side, side walls arranged on the tire carcass, tire beads having cores, a tire belt and a tread, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) finishing a tire carcass on a carcass drum;
• b) moving and positioning the tire carcass on a shaping drum;
• c) performing a shaping process wherein the tire carcass is expanded;
• d) turning up the side walls arranged on the tire carcass via inflatable shaping bladders;
• e) laterally moving a first and a second pusher bell arranged laterally with respect to the tire carcass in the direction of a tire blank center, the first pusher bell being mounted on a first movable carriage and configured to be driven by a first drive, the second pusher bell being mounted on a second movable carriage and configured to be driven by a second drive, the first and second pusher bells being coupled to the first and second drives, respectively, and the first and second pusher bells thereby are configured to be movable;
• f) laterally pressing the first and second pusher bells against the shaping bladders, the shaping bladders being deformed and the turned up sidewalls being pressed against the outer sides of the shaped tire carcass, thereby creating a force imbalance on both sides of the shaping bladders;
• g) balancing the force imbalance by balancing the pressing positions of the first and second pusher bells, the first and second drives of the pusher bells being arranged on a mounted third carriage that is freely movable, the first, second and third carriages being arranged on a rail system such that they are freely moved together laterally, as a result of which the force imbalance is balanced and the sidewalls on both sides of the tire carcass are connected uniformly to the outer side of the tire carcass;
• and,
• h) finishing the vehicle tire.