Removing tires from wheels
#1
Removing tires from wheels
What's your guys' secrets in this? I have a like new set of city blocks that were on my Tekno when the rear inner hub bearing decided it didn't want to hold shape anymore and basically locked the axle.
The result was me stripping out my hex because I had the aluminum adapters on.
I want to save the tire as I bought new wheels but not sure of a process to remove the old wheel from the tire. I've heard acetone will "unglue" the two. But figured I'd post once to see what others have done
The result was me stripping out my hex because I had the aluminum adapters on.
I want to save the tire as I bought new wheels but not sure of a process to remove the old wheel from the tire. I've heard acetone will "unglue" the two. But figured I'd post once to see what others have done
#2
There was recently a thread about this that may help you http://www.rctech.net/forum/electric...ove-tires.html
#3
Tech Regular
I use acetone in a sealed container, works very well if you just want the wheels, but some types of tyre don't like it, they go hard afterwards. Others come out fine.
That's for the sort of tyres we use in the UK, not sure how your dirt tyres would react.
That's for the sort of tyres we use in the UK, not sure how your dirt tyres would react.
#8
Oven works great and its the fastest n least messy. But my wife was royally pissed.
You can soak one side of the tires in a swallow layer or acetone, or you can also elevate the wheels and let the acetone fumes do its work. That way you can save the acetone for other tires.
You can soak one side of the tires in a swallow layer or acetone, or you can also elevate the wheels and let the acetone fumes do its work. That way you can save the acetone for other tires.
#9
Tech Apprentice
I've tried acetone, and baking method. Baking worked better for me, and I didn't have issues with smell like some say they do. YMMV..
#11
Tech Apprentice
I pop them into a sauspan of boiling water for five to ten minutes. You need to put a small weight on them to keep both rims submerged.
After that you can just pull the tyre away from the rims with bare hands. But let them cool a tad first!
After that you can just pull the tyre away from the rims with bare hands. But let them cool a tad first!
#12
If you want to keep the foams aswell I would use the oven. Crank it up upto 200c wrap complete wheel in foil then l turn the oven OFF and put the wheel in the oven for about 15 min.take outside and unwrap the tire will pretty much fall off depending on how much glue was used the foam will be fine and wrapping in foil wont stink your house out.
Too long in the oven and you will kill the foam
Too long in the oven and you will kill the foam
#13
Thanks all. Seems to be a ton of ways to do this. I think I may try the nail polish with qtip method first. Would like to just replace the wheel and be done with it.
#14
Tech Champion
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In my experience, a properly glued tire (by which I mean one where the CA is all the way in the bead), can take a day to loosen when submerged in acetone and a week or more if just exposed to vapors over the liquid. I've been using acetone to remove tires from wheels since 2002.
The only liners I have ever seen altered in any way by acetone vapors were the old Trinity blue Extra Firm, which end up softer after being exposed to acetone vapor. Clay tires will be destroyed by acetone (made really hard and rigid). Certain tires (proline Striker comes to mind) swell slightly but those eventually come back to original size.
#15
Removing tired from rims....
My cousin baked his stock stampede tired off their rims, but I wouldn't take that chance with a set of nicer shoes 😃