Assists that man - and records wheel from auto centre (5,3)

I believe the answer is:

helps out

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'assists that man' is the definition.
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'records wheel from auto centre' is the wordplay.
'records wheel' becomes 'helps' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'from' becomes 'o' (I've seen this in other clues).
'centre' says to take the centre.
The middle letters of 'auto' are 'ut'.
'helps'+'o'+'ut'='HELPS OUT'

'and' acts as a link.

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