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01-22-2009, 11:54 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bend
Posts: 295
|  tire glue question! Help me!  I got a new set of blue claws and now i have been trying to get the stock tires off the rims. Problem is, The factory glue is really really on there and i am just tearing the tires off and still part of the darn tire is still on the rim...its getting old fast.. DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A WAY TO MAKE THIS JOB EASY?thanks, Jeff |
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01-22-2009, 01:22 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Where there are no rocks.
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|  I've had the stockers off and on again 3 times. So far so good. All i do is put a little tension on the tire, pluuing it away from the rim and slide a exacto blade along the rim as close as i can get it. leaves a little rubber behind but not to bad. maybe theres a better way but it works for me |
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01-22-2009, 01:41 PM
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| I wanna be Dave   Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Detroit
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| Boil them in water for 10 minutes. Let cool and they should pop right off. |
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01-22-2009, 01:49 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: RAMBLIN
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may i suggest Vanquish lh 1.9 procomps. | |
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01-22-2009, 02:10 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hiatus..sutiaH
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01-22-2009, 02:18 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: RAMBLIN
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01-22-2009, 02:23 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bend
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| so if i boil them for 10 min....this wont like melt the wheel? sounds like a silly question but i dont know.... |
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01-22-2009, 02:57 PM
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| TN State Champ 2011  Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chattanooga
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| No... the melting point of plastic is higher than the boiling point of water.  |
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01-22-2009, 04:29 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ukiah
Posts: 404
| one good idea DONT USE A HEAT BLOWER i did it and partially melted a hex had to reheat and mould around a 12mm hex bolt thank god i had one |
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01-22-2009, 04:39 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Memphis
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| I took a knife too it. |
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01-22-2009, 04:56 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Northern
Posts: 313
| I did both the boiling and cutting technique. Be careful boiling the tire. I noticed the tire compound really becomes soft. If you boil, grab any part of the rim, not the tire. I used a pair of tongs to remove the wheel and noticed the tongs were damaging the tire from grasping. |
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01-22-2009, 05:51 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hiatus..sutiaH
Posts: 1,640
| Should have added that I did the "Drink a lot of beer" way of getting the tires off. Lets just say that the stock tires are not usable, lol. But they came off! |
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01-23-2009, 04:11 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Colorado Springs
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 Woo hoo!! I did something Doc didn't do!! I managed to get the stock ones off, clean the wheel, add weight, put in the PVC bead lock mod, and get the stock tires back on. When I was taking it off, I was pulling on the tire to stretch a little, then go a little at a time and cut them off, which of course did leave some glue and a tiny bit of rubber behind, but nothing that time and X-acto blades couldn't fix. | |
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01-23-2009, 04:40 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hiatus..sutiaH
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| Well Sinaavi, we'll see those talents put to the test at the comp you WILL be going to!!! |
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