Easy way to remove tires from wheels?
 

You know, I have these four rims I need to refurb, and they have tires on em.

Any suggestions on how to easily remove a tire from a wheel in less than 2-3 minutes?

I tried using two tire irons to break the bead and wedge over the rim like I'd done in the past, but they were cheap tires and came off easy.

The tires are going off to recycle, so I don't care if I gotta cut em off. I gave up after 15 minutes of putzing around and figured I'd come here and ask before proceeding.

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If the air is out get a razor and cut both sidewalls and beads. That should give the tire enough flex to get it off the rim.

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That's part of the problem - the bead is steel belted, and so is the sidewall. It was tough enough that I'd have needed a grinder to cut through it, and I'm not going to make that kinda mess in my yard :D

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I have the same problem. I have maybe 12 tires that i would like to strip from the rims.

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I've used my skill saw to cut the sidewall around the bead before and then a hammer and chisel or prybar to break the bead, but still not fun. Once the bead is left, you could cut through it with a grinding wheel..

Still messy and smokey! :)

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Tire shops don't charge much at all for dismount...why not just bring them there? Shouldn't cost more than $10 for all four.

Sounds like the easiest approach to me.

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i'm with bigblock ... going rate around here is $5 a tire to dismount

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I thought about that. I just hoped there was some way I could do it myself. Trying to stuff four big ass wheels and tires in the back of my VW is a bear.

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Sawsall!

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sawzall, or maybe see if you can find a mobile tire truck person, usually the people who do the semis have a machine on the truck

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A sawsall doesn't work. It just vibrates the sidewall back and forth. That's why I had to switch to my trusty skill saw. :) Just harder to corner with it..

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I have used a Metabo angle grinder with cut off wheel and it worked great.

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shifty
here was my solution
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=34542

Once secured it does really well, especially for the price. But if you don't see your self doing it much, I'd go have someone dismount them for you.

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Shifty, If you were local I'd be happy to do them on my tire machine, but your not! Cheap or expensive, your tires should come off with tire irons. Are you standing on it to make sure that the bead is down in the drop center? If not, the bead will not come over the rim. Stand on one side of the tire to smash it down, and pry the opposite side up with your iron. Then go over a couple of inches and get a bite with your second iron. I've cut tires off of rims before and it is TONS more work than breaking them down.

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Thanks, Bill, I'll give that a shot. Here's the catch - I jumped all 180lbs of my ass up and down on that joker and it just would NOT come off the bead. Maybe that's where I went wrong. It's been so long since I tried that I just couldn't remember how I did it the last time.

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OhHHH, so you can't get the bead broke! Here is what you do:

Put the tire under your heaviest truck's bumper, and put a jack between the bumper and the side wall. Jack away until you have lots of pressure on the side wall. If it doesn't break loose, get a BFH and hit the side wall close to the jack until it comes loose.

I do have a couple more tricks up my sleeve for breaking beads, I'll post if you will need em.

they do make a duck billed hammer that is super dandy at breaking beads, but you probably won't want to buy on for a couple of tires.

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Will give it a shot when I get home today. Wife is out of town, so I got all night to get dirty and putz with some tires :lol:

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dont use a shot gun

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Great, ruin my fun, why doncha? :haha:

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I had a buddy who used to get tires off using the bucket of a little Kabota tractor.

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I'll break the tough ones down with the 3 point on my farmall

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Oh damn, I totally forgot, I have one of those under my bed. I'll have my dog pull it out after work. ;)

:haha:

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Iv Jacked My Truck Up And Put The Tire Under My Brake Drum, Set The Truck Down On It And Hit It With A Hammer. Just Make Sure You Jerk The Valve Stem Out

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As stated the easiest way is to use a tire machine. You will save yourself a lot of headache just taking them to a tire store.its a fight to get them off by hand especially on tires that dont have a lot of sidewall. either cut the tire or just take two trips to the tire store. its worth the drive

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Oh, I try to jerk my valve stem regularly. :D

Seriously though, I cut the valve stem out already. That was initiative #1.

The crappy part about this is, if the tires were on the truck and it was rolling, I could de-bead them in a heartbeat on a backroad :D Alas!