Tire Changing

[Ted in NE-OH]

I need to mount a rear tractor tire on a rim. What should I use as a lubricant.??

 

[glennster]

Murphys oil soap works good, or go to napa and get a gallon jug of ru-glide lubricant for tires. Grap a tire mop when your at napa too , makes application a lot easier.

 

[onefarmer]

I've been using a silicone spray lube lately. I'm tired of the water base products rusting the rims.

 

[old]

Been doing tires for 45 or so years and still use dish soap most of the time. Murphy's soap is good also if you can find it but still hard to beat good old dish soap and a bit of water

 

[troy25]

we always use dawn dish soap for semi tires loader tires and tractor tires, we rub it on the beed by had with a rag and on she goes,

 

[JGayman]

Another item you can use is the cream style automotive hand cleaner. Smear a little around the bead and it will slip right on. Rinses off easily and your hands get cleaned at the same time.

 

[hd6gtom]

dish soap is not slick enough -- as stated go to NAPA and get the good n slick stuff. Farm rears are far easier to mount if the rim is still bolted to the tractor.

 

[rustyfarmall]

The last pair of 12.4x38s I mounted, about 5 years ago, I used P.B.Blaster.

 

[Oregon Tractor Jack]

Ditto on the Murphy's oil soap....

 

[Gary Mitchell]

I've changed a bunch of tractor rears and used a number of "slickeners" over the years. A while back I mounted a pair of 13.6 x 38s on a pair of rims and used a bar of Ivory hand soap to lubricate the rims and beads. I just held the new bar of Ivory in my hand and rubbed the inner edge of the rim, and the bead real well. It took about 1/4th of the bar. The tires almost fell on the rims and it took so little air for them to mount up that I could hardly believe it. I know that sometimes tires can be a little stretched and go on easy but I got these 2 at different times from different places yet they both slipped onto the rims at less than 8 pounds of pressure. I'll never use anything else. gm

 

[gab]

Murphy's oil soap.

 

[Andy Martin]

How big is the rim? 36 and over go on pretty easy so about any lubricant is ok and I mount them dry on occasion.

 

[Ted in NE-OH]

Thanks guys. Went to NAPA and bought the stuff. Now to do it.

 

[T in NE]

I had a heavy pick-up tire giving me fits one day, and all I had handy was Windex.
Fell right apart once I squirted some on.