Tyre removal

[MattW]

Can anyone suggest the easiest method of removing old tyres from wheels??

cheers

[Mark Stiles]

Stick them on a tyre truer, true them down as small as they'll go, and remove the rest with a flat sanding block. Quick and easy.

[rice98w]

right, tru them down to the rim,

OR

pick as much off as you can, then nick a girls (or lads :P :-X) nail polish and fill a tub with it, place rims in tub for like 3 days and then you will find the evo-stik has just expanded and the tires rip right off.

i used to 2nd optioon as at the time i didnt hav a truer, but be warned it hurts your fingers to rip off all those tires and also you need to rip them off quite a bit.

matt rice

[Snails_Pace]

A slightly more damgerous method is to use a battery drill with a small Ø3.0 or less drill bit.

Simply grip the tyre tighy and drill into the glue line where the tyre meets the rim, in most instances the drill pulls itself around the rim and leaves the tyre seperated from the rim.

Beware!! Somrtimes on certain tyre componds the the drill exits throught the surface of the tyre and into the hand (painful & messy).

Excellent when it works, nightmare when it doesn't

[Jim Spencer]

Hi All

Tin of petrol, drop them in, seal lid, come back 24 hours later remove wheels, and tyres will drop off or already have and are loose in the tin!

Do not put petrol in the car afterwards!

Though have used in lawnmower when desperate..

Jim

[Andy Sawyer]

put them on a baking tray in the oven gas mark 1 for about 30 min
and they will just fall off

[Oliver]

Can you use the oven again???!!!

OLI



Not if your mum's in when you do it the first time....

[rice98w]

is it just me or does anybody else find the idea of Andy and MattW holding a baking tray full of 12th tires with there little oven gloves on INCREDIBLY funny? LOL

ROTFPIMP!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;Dhahahahahhaa

matt rice

[Andy Sawyer]

it may look funny but it works (only when Trish is out)

[MattW]

LOL - i'll try and find a chef's hat!!

Cheers guys, i've settled on pick off as much as possible and put in Acetone (nail varnish remover) for 24hrs. Works a treat. Now just got to get some new tyres and mount them!! It's years since i glued any foams up, not since i used to run buggies indoors with foams.

[Grindog]

I dropped mine in a sealed tub of white spirit over night. the tyres just fell off in the morning.

[Oliver]

I'm not allowed to use the oven anyway :( no-one seems hungry when i cook dinner... and i haven't used the oven for tyres (yet).

I've tried Carbon tetra-chloride - it's a degreaser which we use to clean everything else up - it works OK, not brilliant. Will try the nail varnish remover. Now, do i ask mum to get me some when she goes shopping... could be difficult...

OLI

[gbevens]

Celulose Thiners work well, rip off the excess tire and drop the wheel in a sealed tub for a couple of hours (3-4), it breaks down the evo-stick and the rubber just slips off.

[Mark Stiles]

Doesn't it melt the wheels?!

[gbevens]

Nope,

Just make sure you use celulose thiners