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Easiest way that I have done it without burning yourself very badly is to soak the tires and wheels in a bucket of acetone for about a day and when you take it out the next day the glue around the wheel will be mostly gone and whatever is left will be a little gooey but the tires should just come right off the wheel.
 
The soaking in acetone works great, but tends to destroy the foams. The glue liquifies and soaks into the foams, then when they dry, the get as hard as a rock.

Baking works well too if you take your time.
Did quite a few that way a while back, all MT tires:
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I did some experimentation with baking a few years back. Had a little success, never did find the perfect temp/time combination. How do you do it Olds?
 
I really wish I could remember what I did. I set the oven fairly high and left them in there pretty long compared to what people say. I had to make sure I did not let the tires overhang the cookie sheet they were on as the direct heat from the bottom of the electric stove would melt them (had 1 mishap due to that).

I used those kevlar/woven gloves you buy at BedBathBeyond/Menards made for cooking.

I want to say 350F for 20-30 minutes. I'd pull the tires out, put the rim/tire centered on top of an old rim I didn't care about on the counter, then gently push the tire down with both hands and normally, the entire bead would pop at once. Then I flipped the tire and did the other side.

I did 4 tires at a time as to not allow them to cool too much between tires as I popped them off.
 

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