Removing old tire from wheel

[onefarmer]

I had to use the sawzall/grinder idea last year. My Bead Cheata just wasn't up to the job and I didn't care about the tire.

 

[Dennis P]

Thanks for the advice everyone. Yes, I have a long handle heavy hammer bead breaker.Trying to get tires that are 50+ years old off a rusty rim can be tough. Sometimes I want to save the tire. Just curious how others are doing it.

 

[504]

Last fall I did what I never thought I would do. After a week of beating and cussing the rear tire on my 656. I called the tire truck and told him to bring a boot and new tube. THe bill was $200.00.

 

[495man]

I don't have to do rears much, but implement/wagon tires.

This works well.

 

[r.w.b.]

i removed a tire from a very rusty rim last week. drive 2 tire spoons in bead seat about 5 inches apart. then mix up some dawn soap in a squirt bottlre use lots of dawn like quarter bottle.pour dawn in gap between tire spoons and around the bead. wet tire hammer n WHACK BEAD BETWEEN BEADS WHILE THINKING OF WHO DID YOU WRONG. it will break down

 

[mlauk]

I use the BeadBuster.

 

[Bruce(OR)]

I picked up a backhoe with a hyd thumb awhile back. I believe i have a tire or two around here that need breaking down and with that toy it might be fun to play with.

 

[NDIHC]

50/50 mix of Murphy's tire mounting compound and water spread over the bead area of the tire and a duck bill hammer is what I've always used. If it's really stuck add some more tire goop in the bead area after you get the duck bill driven in between the bead and rim.