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Dismounting rear tires

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Michael Price

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How hard is it to remove the rear tires from the rim?

Id like to get the tires off the rims and paint them and put in new tubes. Ive never removed a big tire like this, seems like the bigger the easier it would be.
 
It's according to how easy the bead is to break. A wheel off the axle can be broken by driving a truck tire close to the rim. Be carefull if you remove loaded tires. Get a lot of help. David...........
 
I put an old stiff set of used tires on 10x38 rims and it wasn't too bad. I don't know if I could've done it with the wheels on the tractor 'cause it was tough enough with the rims laying on the ground. If you have an assortment of pry bars and a helper, you can do it. Breaking the bead on the tires is going to be the toughest part. Try putting a bottle jack or handyman jack on the bead near the rim and try to lift something really heavy with the jack. Hopefully, the jack will push down on the tire bead and push it off the rim before the jack picks up whatever heavy thing it's pushing upward against. Make sense? I hope so and good luck!
 
For some one like me its 1-2 hour to do but for some one who never done it it can be a night mare. first off you need the right tools at around $100-150. Then you need the knowledge of how its done which also takes time to learn. Drop me an e-mail and I can scan a page from an NAA owners manual that will help fill in the blank. By the way doing it can if you do something wrong take off your head and I'm not joking about this tires can and will kill you if done the wrong way. Not to scare you but to help you know it can be unsafe with out the right info. I've been doing tires since I was 16 or so and that was a few decades ago
Hobby farm
 
i don't know whats near you but if you were to take them to a tractor shop they would do it in about half an hour and save you a major headache. i fought one one time for hours until giving up they had it done in very little time and the cost was a slap i the face for the amount of effort i put into it. save yourself the aggravation..they have the tools to do it and someone with the experience to do it quickly. if you do it be careful.
 
just did mine, not a big deal theres a web site gamelers tire( or something like that) with pictures i drained mine ( on the tractor) take em off lay on ground, break bead with backhoe after that look at pictures, did mine with junk tools( just some old iron found laying around)
 
I change my own tires all the time.
To break the bead I drive the front tire of my PU up on to the tire close to the rim. Then I use a couple of crowbars to remove the tire from the rim. I just bought a used tire for a tractor I was selling and had to turn it around on the rim to get the right direction. Took about an hour start to finish. It really isn't that hard.
 
I assume you are talking about rear tires. Depends on how badly the tire is rusted to the wheel and if they are loaded or not. I use a homemade slide hammer type bead breaker that usually works pretty well. I leave the wheels on the tractor, a lot less work and gravity will help you. By "hanging" the tire on the wheel the weight of the tire will help it back on. Once the bead is broken loose just a couple of tire irons and a 3# hammer is all you need. I use the hammer to put the tire back on the wheel, it has less chance of pinching a tube. This has worked for me on tires up to 16.9x30 or 13.6x38. Good luck,
Paul
 
I'm working on a set of 16.9x24's right now. A front end loader with down force works well to break the beads free, use a 4x4 to concentrate the force on one area at a time. TSC has tire irons, they aren't too expensive and are a good investment if you plan on doing it again. Otherwise a couple of crowbars will work to get the tire off.

Be wary if the tire is loaded with fluid.
 
I use alot of dishsoap while doing the job as it makes the tire slide on and off alot easier. I also use baby powder on the tube before I install it. Big or small tires it makes the job alot easier for me.
 
Life is too short, take it to the tire shop.

Of course my tire shop is only 18 miles away. Maybe a differrent answer if you are out in Wyoming or parts of Nebraska.

Gene
 
The way I do it is, jack the tractor up, get the air out of the tire and water if loaded, take the valve core out, run a chain thru the wheel and around the tire, put my hi lift(handyman) jack in there and use the jack to break the bead, you have to be carefull when you do this(works good), when the beads are broke on both sides, take your tire irons and peal the tire off. Done it several times and oh by the way, leave the rim on the tractor and it will be much easier. Let the tractor hold the weight of the rim and its pretty easy once you have done it once or twice.
 
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