Lubricant for removing 18.4X34 rear tires

FarmerHR

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I need to remove a 18.4X34 rear tie from the rim while it is on the tractor. Could you help with suggestions on what lubricant I might use to make a tough job as easy as possible. Our local tire company uses fuel oil.
Thank you for your help.
 
You can get tire soap at the farm stores. Are you going to use a hammer to break the bead? I have started using a handli man jack with a chain around the tire. It works pretty slick. May take someone to hold the jack while you jack if the tire is on the tractor.
Josh
 
For off I use hi alcohol content carburetor cleaner.
Lubricates where I need it and evaporates fast.
For on I use tire paste/tire grease, It is for tires ,lubes and inhibits rust.
 
Simple dish soap works well and is what we used in any for the tire places I worked for over the years. I just broke down a tire yesterday that was on one of my tractor and has most likely not been broken down in over 20 years and it popped right off after I let it soak for an hour or so but it was also off the tractor and laying flat
 
I just use liquid soap for washing dishes, diluted with water, but it is very important that you get it back in to the kitchen before the wife finds out!
 
Thank you for all the input. It is very helpful to me. Plan to go to our local farm store and see what they have. If that does not work, plan to try dish soap and soak it as well as I can. I believe it is the original tire and probably has not been removed. Looks pretty rusty. josh in pa could you give me a little bit more information on your process? Does the chain go through the top of the jack and around the tire ? Is a handyman jack the same as a high lift jack ?
Many Thanks for all the help
 
Since you plan to leave it one the tractor if you can at the top try to pt a chisel or screw driver between the tire and the rim in the bead area so that the dish sop can seep down in the right area.

As for the jack idea all I can say is that is the amateurs way of doing it and can/will get a man hurt or dead. If you cannot do it the correct way pay some one to do it your health is not worth a tire. I have worked at more then one place doing tires and I have done most every type there is other then air plane tires so I know the correct way. Shoot I have a 1.49X38 broke down right now waiting on a new tire. I soaked it for 30-60 minutes and it popped free with my tire hammer in less ten 3 strokes but as I said I did tires for a living a number of times in my life.
 
Lubricant isn't going to help you with the initial breaking of the bead. The seam between the tire and rim is so tight, and as you said, rusted, that nothing is going to soak in there.

Brute force is your only option. Best bet if you don't have professional tire tools is a handyman (aka hi-lift) jack and a chain as mentioned above. Don't know if a hammer will do any good on a badly rusted tire. Never had much luck with it myself. Usually just beat the rim until it was all bent to heck. Could never hit in the right spot.

Once you break the bead you can soap everything down to your heart's delight to get the tire off the rim.
 

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