Removing Tires off Pre-mounts
 

Anyone know a safe way to remove tires off pre-mounts so I can mount the tires on other rims.

Did you try boiling them? I never tried it but heard of oeople doing it

You can boil them, bake them, or fume them with acetone...

Google search Unglue RC Tire

bake in oven 405 10-15min on a cookie sheet make sure you open a window and hit the fan, keep your head back when opening the door smells

Bake em !!!!! works slick !! keep the oven mitts handy !

Yeah you won't want to cook food in your oven after that, unless you like your roast to taste like rubber. I just cut the old tyres off (this way you can save the foams) with a hobby knife, and then dremel the last bit of rubber and glue off. Takes about 10-15 minutes a set. Easy.

Too much work ! :eek:

Baking is the fastest way to do it. Another tip is if you use the Muchmore CA glue it will leave your rim perfectly clean after baking off the tires. You wont have to scrape the old stuff off like other CA's I have used in the past.

But he wants to save the tires for use on another set of rims.

OP, I haven't done it yet but I've talked with local guys who say bake or use acetone. I just haven't worn out a set of tires yet... :(

I've had the best luck using a heat gun. Kind of trashed the old rims a little, but the hexes were ate out anyway. Tires were fine, though take your time and make sure the tire is all the way loose or else it will rip. Might want a pair of welding gloves for taking the tire off. I heated them on my concrete shop floor.

Acetone is what I use and it works the best every time. Just look up removing rc tires with acetone and look for the URC video. That guy explains how to do it. It takes the glue completely off the rim and tire. U can even use the foams after just let them air dry and flip them over once one side gets smaller. don't try to rinse the foams with water or they will dry all weird.

Not having done this I would not be the one to explain to my wife that I baked tires in the oven and that is why the house smells... not to mention the added flavor to how many meals.

I would either try to boil them or fume them with acetone, but in reality you are only likely trying to put banged up wheels in new tires. In time they can crack around the edges, get a wobble in them, or stretch out the area around the hex making it weaker.

For me, new tires = new wheels, might try to save good foams though.

Bake or boil, and then acetone. Softens the glue up so the acetone is much faster.

I kept a toaster oven tray and pour acetone so it fills it half way and then soak the tires in it for a couple of hours with plastic wrap sealing in the vapors and keeping the acetone from evaporating and it works like a charm. From there I flip the wheels over and seal it back up. Tires come right off but CA residue can remain so I brush it off with a toothbrush and shake it off in a tub of lacquer thinner to get it all off the brush and repeat as needed before a final 2-5 minute soak in the acetone. As soon as I pull them out of the acetone for the final time I snap them hard and any remaining glue falls right off, leaving the wheels and tires clean. A bit of work but it doesn't harm anything except the cheap foam will expand and firm up a tad.

Acetone also, I use a home depot bucket with lid. I cut off the old rubber and keep the foams. through the wheel and what little tire I did not cut off into the acetone bucket. Come back in a day or so and they tire rubber has already come off or falls off when I touch it. keep the bucket sealed and the acetone last for a long time.

Have any of you done this with premounts? I heard those were near impossible to get off.

Agreed. I'd cut into the tire if I really wanted the foam. I don't want to get pots just for tires as I wouldn't eat anything out of pot that's boiled tires.

Acetone.

[QUOTE=Scargoes;13563123]But he wants to save the tires for use on another set of rims.

Oh, sorry. I thought he wanted the rims. Tyres never last long enough for me to do it the other way around

After spending year in engineering school and having worked for numerous engineering company ranging from chemical to commercial construction, I can tell you right now that if you value your house, dont bake your tires in your stove. INCREDIBLY stupid.
Second, boiling weakens the bond but you can kiss that pot goodbye. If you want to boil, buy a crappy walmart pot for $5 and just throw it away afterwards.
The best way to get the tires and rims apart without causing any damage is to soak in acetone overnight. Acetone is what they use in hospitals to remove super glue from people. Wanna know how I know? Just soak your stuff in acetone over night. It works great.

bake em ! had to do it ! :p

Thanks for the reply's. My wife loves cooking and cooks all the time so I think the bake option is off the list. Will give the acetone a try. I have 3 sets of new front and rear pre-mounts sitting here and wanting to run a different offset wheel and different color which is why I am asking.

Acetone will essentially destroy closed cell foams. It will also shrink clay compounds. So just fyi if you wanted to know.

And don't soak the tires/wheels IN the Acetone. It's the fumes that dissolve the glue. I use a couple of old wheels and set the wheels/tires I'm trying to de-bond on those. Keeps them out of the Acetone so that you don't need to use any hand protection to handle them, and doesn't soak the foam.

Thanks, I have some old wheels/tires here, so will try it on them first.

Use a cheap toaster oven. 30 minutes at 325 degrees.

Acetone in a bucket with a lid works great. Leave your wheels in for an afternoon and it takes all the glue off. Won't ruin the tires or rims either unless they are painted. Foam usually dries out with no problem. Have to use the lid because acetone evaporates not to mention the fumes.

Yes. About a year ago Trevorstoybox (eBay seller) was closing out a bunch of discontinued Proline Premounts on Protrac wheels. They were litlle more than 1/2 the price of the tires alone. I bought a bunch, unmounted them, and put them (with their liners - see next comment) on the wheels I wanted to use.

Some premounts are glued better than others. The Blockades took easily 3 times as long to get off as the Tazers. Just happens some time.

If that's your experience, you were doing something wrong. I've removed many a tire off a rim and never destroyed a closed cell foam.