removing tires from rims?

[spongebobspongebob]

You'll get a laugh at this one. I bought a new set of road rage tires and rims. I mounted and glued the tires before I even thought about the fact that they're directional. To make a long story even longer, I used a utility knife to cut the beads off of the rims. It worked really well, but it wasn't easy.

 

[spanko123]

yea guys my buddie tried everything on tires. here my conclusion, if they came pre-glued then have fun buddy cuz thier not coming off. i mean they might cuz my friend succesfully got one rear pair of with the ol oven trick just bareley. but if you did the glue job you're self then you should have no problem. boil or oven just watch out cuz when rubber is hot the tires spilt so use discretion

 

[Waste Land]

Originally posted by GilBeQuick
Many have said that you can boil your tires and that will get them off.... but I tried this a couple days ago and it didn't work for me. I boiled the piss out of em too, for probably 20 minutes while checking them every so often. Anyone know what the secret is for boiling the tires?

Boiling worked for me on with my Storm. Just set the wheels ina pot of boiling water for about 20 mins and then start taking them out one by one while leaveing the ones your not working on in the water and take pliers and kinda peal back the tires to break the glue bond while they are good and soft.

 

[lykan]

I did the same thing. I glued one on backwards last night no lie, last night. My hands hurt a lot, got some of that arthritis crap.

Anywas I tryed nail polish remover - no go too much work.

I boiled it
I took it out
I boiled it some more.
repeat steps above.

Anyhow after boiling for some time they came right off. Easy too. No pryen, pullen getting angry, just pop off the came. A tad bit of chrome too.

If you boil them long enough (not a wild boil) they will come off fairly easy. I just had to have patience. (not easy)

 

[Dbutch]

Here is something that I do. Sometimes boiling does not work, so what you do is put the asetone nail polish remover in the pot with the boliling water, and that works. Do not go to your LHS to get the asetone. Just go to your local pharmacey its only a $1.50. There are 2 types of nail polish remover. Acetone and non-asetone. Make sure you get the right one. But if you have crome rims, you won't anymore when your finished. You could also use the asetone nail polish remover without boling it. Oh when you boil it, make sure you put a lid on the pot. The nail polish remover evaoprates quick.

 

[redhatman]

bump! I was wondering if i used this Glue: http://cgi.ebay.com/12-SUPER-GLUE-C...ameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting will I be able to remove it easily? Thanks
-Pat (redhatman)

 

[vbgagnon]

Do yourslef a favor and get some tire glue. Super glue won't hold up and will be more of a headache because you always going to be fixing your gluejob.

 

[redhatman]

Yea, i guess thats good. Its just that ca glue is so expensive. But ill just get some good stuff. Thanks for the very quick reply.

 

[Pinblaster]

Acetone and large coffee can. Pour enough Acetone in coffee can to cover 1 or 2 tires completely. You may have to weigh them down to keep them from floating. Let them soak over night and the tires should come right off w/o any damage to the tire or wheel however the foams may be ruened. Any remaining CA glue should easily wipe off.

 

[evan811]

i cut em off with a knife...

 

[kx250ryder]

Boiling worked for me on with my Storm. Just set the wheels ina pot of boiling water for about 20 mins and then start taking them out one by one while leaveing the ones your not working on in the water and take pliers and kinda peal back the tires to break the glue bond while they are good and soft.

I glued my last set of tires like there was no tomorrow, then decided I didn't like the rims, so I had to get them off. Boiling worked like a charm for me, but it was two hours, not 20 minutes. Leave them in a large pot, throw the lid of a smaller pot inside to hold the tires submerged in the water. Don't touch them, just leave them in for two hours (go watch a movie). When you are ready to remove them use insulated gloves, as the boiling water gets into the tire foam, or find out the hard way that water inside your tires doesn't cool very quickly.

 

[SpeedKing]

I've hardly had any pavement time with my car but I've already been through some of this. Had one side of the tire pop off even when it was glued, and the other tires were pretty worn anyway. Unless there's something wrong with the rim and you're trying to save the tire, I wouldn't bother. Rims are a small cost compared to the tires...

either way, that'll teach me to do all those 4WD donuts. Well... no it won't. Damn.