Beargrease Tire Mount lubricant

[Phippsburgh]

A hunter friend of mine says to use bear grease to lube up your bead when installing your tire. I had often wondered about water based soaps not drying and causing the bead to rust and stick on when you want to remove it years later so my question is this: what about something like vaseline? I know there is a professional grade tire lube in a 5 gallon bucket, but for a guy who does this at home and maybe once a year, at most, what kind of inexpensive alternative can there be? (I do not have access to any bear grease )

 

[pikewi]

I was going to try bear grease on the last one I did, however the bear was a little more than reluctant to give any up. I went with the stuff from TSC

 

[Duner Wi]

Next time you are in town ask the local tire shop to fill your coffee cup with the grease from 5 gallon bucket. That is what I do. Couple of bucks and away you go. Never tried bear grease. Have used brake fluid tho and seems to work.

 

[Mike OH]

I haven't changed too many tractor tires, but over the years I've used Murphy pure vegetable Oil Soap straight from the bottle. Seemed to work great and it doesn't take much to do the job.

 

[old]

Any grease oil or other thing based on crude oil will soften rubber and that it turn can make it stick extra tight to a rim so when you want to remove it again that in turn can make it a bear to remove. Dish soaps etc that use water lets the water evaporate and that in turn leaves a dry power sort of stuff behind and that is so small in the amount it causes no problem. Back when I worked at a gas station we would use Dawn dish soap a couple drops to a qt of water. Even Murfies (sp) soap which is sold as a tire lube is a water based type of slick em and it is slick

 

[rossow (mn)]

I have hand-mounted tubeless tires for years using a couple of tire spoons and a little regular dishwashing soap mixed with water, and I've never encountered any problems later.

 

[Den N Ms]

Some tire bead lubes

 

[souNdguy]

napa sells a tire soap called ru-glyde.... it's a vegi based soap.. non corosive and decently fast drying. good for setting beads and mounting tires. I love it.

soundguy

 

[ZANE]

For years I've been using cooking oil to mount tires. It also works good to seal leaking beads at the rim. I have an old Slime bottle that I put the cooking oil in. Take the valve core out and put about a cup full in a full size trailer tire etc and then air it up and run it. Works every time for a leaking rim seal.

I use used oil too. It seems to work better than new. Guess it's the saturated fats????

Zane

 

[crazylocha]

Used to carry Murphy's oil soap to pop blow-outs off the rim when was OTR. Had one guy give me half price on an install on side of road because his 5 gallon bucket flew off tailgate. Used mine and crowbar to seat one with a tiger tank. Worked great.

Suggest All of the above over the bear grease. Smells every time gets wet. I mean it [b:d95e9dfe0f][i:d95e9dfe0f][u:d95e9dfe0f]REALLY SMELLS[/u:d95e9dfe0f][/i:d95e9dfe0f][/b:d95e9dfe0f]. Much harder to find too. Couple of sources I have that I don't ask too many questions about where they get, probably cheaper to just get the 5 gallon bucket than try them. Like the coffee cup idea. Work at a big box retailer that has tire and lube. Should be easy for me to talk my way into.

Soundguy, Rossow, did you all use regular tire bars or oversized (similar to Big truck size) bars to do yours? Have a rear need to get changed soon.

 

[souNdguy]

I have a 30" and a 36" iron.. short one is a spoon, longer is a curved spoon. also have a? 48" that has one side as a beveled spike with a partial lip, and the other side as a 2 pronged hook type lip. do have a crowbar that I've rounded the edge on intentionally to help with particularly stubborn tires. need to get a slide hammer one of these days.. just ain't got around to it yet. keep tellin myself I'm gonna quit playing with tires.. and here I have 2 14.9-28 that are leaning against the fence that need to be broke down, and work onthe rims, then re mount them.. and get them back on their tractor. it's wearing wimpy lil 11.2-28's right now...

soundguy

 

[Hobo,NC]

If its your own I spec you could use anythang you wanted to,,, I use a lube that DOES NOT CONTAIN SOAP ARE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (whoops hit cap lock)its the best I can do by the book and hope it lowers my liability if a issue arise...

 

[working dog 7]

i I use clear silicone outa caulk tube .Seals rough rims .No rust or leaks.

 

[Brian Jasper co. Ia]

I worked at a Goodyear tire shop years ago and they used Freylube. Workes great for mounting and it also seals the bead if the wheel is rusty or you have an alloy wheel that is corroded. That Freylube is good stuff.