Nick167

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Well I got this old tire mostly off the rim I cut it off with a jig saw and now there's a strip around the rim on each side that is stuck real good is there any reason we can't burn it off?
 
Heating the rim too much will take the temper out of the rim. Will this have a tube in it? If so carefully use a grinder to cut the bead in one spot once cut they should come off. this will stink and throw carbon black every were. try to not grind the bead of the rim. only way I know of.
Ypop
 
You don't want to burn it off, the heat will damage the rim. Use a cut off wheel in a die or angle grinder and cut through the bead. I have done this on several junk tires to get them off the rim, works good.
 
Do you have a bead hammer? oil it up let it sit a few days and use the hammer... or use a Handyman jack on the tire to break the bead. Grind and bend a lip on the foot of the jack to catch the bead as it applies pressure.
Good Luck
Fat 8)
PS..THIS IS HOW I HAVE DONE IT


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Mineral spirits and soak the bead. Then use a tire hammer and will pop. Don't know why it works but I found it by accident as the last thing to try before the fire.
 
If you have one of those oscillating tools I recently used one to trim away the rubber from the bead wire and then used some nippers to cut the wires.
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I had to remove one like that last night. Sawed in as close to the rim as possible with a Sawzall, and was hitting the wire in the bead. Cut the wire with a good pair of nippers and it finally gave up.
 
When dismounting old tires like that I have really good luck using a good sharp chisel. The steel cable is already under tension so often one or two good blows from a two lb hammer and they let go, good luck, Mike
 
Rims are not tempered. They are just ordinary untreated steel.

However, in the case of alloy wheels.... Aluminum and magnesium are both pyrophoric. They will catch fire and burn if you get them hot enough.
 
(quoted from post at 17:30:26 11/21/14) Mineral spirits and soak the bead. Then use a tire hammer and will pop. Don't know why it works but I found it by accident as the last thing to try before the fire.

Not going to be too long before I try out this method.
 

A friend showed me, and it worked real well: Hit it about three times with a cold chisel and it drops right off.
 
I just did one a few days ago. I used my old electric chain-saw to make a healthy gap to work in and finished up with a small angle grinder and cutting blade, worked great. gm
 

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