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General Forums => The Mess Hall => Topic started by: oldjeep on February 16, 2007, 09:39:55 AM
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My dd is a Kia Spectra 5, so shoving 4 rims with tires in it is a pain. I've put tires on by hand before, but never tried removing them. Couple lessons I learned while doing it.
Tire #1 30 minutes - It's a lot easier if you cut all around the sidewall on the outside if you are tossing the tires anyway. Break the beads by putting a highlift on it and jack up the jeep.
Tire #2 20 minutes - spraying some wd40 on the beads makes it a heck of a lot easier to pull the tires off the wheel
Tire #3 15 minutes - tires seem to come off better at 60 degrees than they do at 30 degrees ;)
Tire #4 15 minutes - didn't learn anything here except that it's a whole lot of work to save $5 a tire at the local garage.
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I have to agree with you alot of work to save 20 bucks :smile: but a little experience never hurt nobody :thumbsup:
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Just come by my house lol will throw them on my tire machine. makes easy work of it. Sometimes left over stuff from having a repair shop comes in handy lol
Art
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There's an old tire repair shop near where I live where they remove and mount by hand. They do this all day long and they can do it about as fast as a machine using levers and big rubber hammers! They break the bead using a lever device that looks like they built themselves.
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There's an old tire repair shop near where I live where they remove and mount by hand. They do this all day long and they can do it about as fast as a machine using levers and big rubber hammers! They break the bead using a lever device that looks like they built themselves.
You'ld get some big arms doing that every day.
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I used to mount and remove tires back in HS on a manual rig. Basically a platform with some adapter cones and a couple long bars. It was slow and took a lot of effort not to mention you risk scratching the rim of the wheel.
When I have tires to dismount, I take them to the service station where they have the automatic tire machine and for $20 all 4 are dismounted. Well worth the $20. Although, being able to take a tire off in the field is a good skill to learn.
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I just did my motorcycle tires, I forgot to overfill them with air to set the bead and rode around town looking like a fool for two days. :popcorn: