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Noah M escribió:Well I remember there was a thread about this not too long ago with lots of questions and we all rambled on and on as usual and it went from this to that and the answer was never really given so i thought i would take some photos and show you guys how I do it, I know there are lots of different ways, but this is what I do with the tools at hand.




First. Cut the top of the tire off down to the rim with your trusty sawzall



Second. Cut out a "v" in the rubber down to the steel bands that run around the tire on the bead. I use a long blade on the saw as it is more flexible than a short one and will bend along the "valley" of the rim and i can cut very close without cutting the rim, and the friction takes some of my rust off





Third. Use an angle grinder with a cutting wheel (i know its tiny but it gives me better control with it being a small wheel. We dont want to grind the rims! )
Cut until you see no more sparks and then you know its cutting the rubber and only has 1/8 of an inch before we hit rim so you stop there. It has been my experience that 75% of the time I feel the tire let go when i cut through the bands and know right away to stop, but the no spark method also works a treat. I also leave the tube in place so that i dont accidentally grind the rim



Fourth. Use a bar to break the 1/8 of an inch rubber that remains



Fifth. Pull it off the rim, you can see i missed two wires on this one but they were easily broken with my bar.



Sixth. Dispose of rubber properly and then look at your wheel in horror as you behold your rust and realize that now you need to throw her in the sandblasting booth, or take her out in the yard for a sandblasting like I do since I have no booth.



These are the tools I use, I use the hammer to pound my bar under the rubber when the rubber is rusted or stuck on the rim..which is most times. I have removed alot of tires this way and have yet to damage a rim. But I am careful and dont try to hurry. It takes me about 30 minutes to do 5 wheels.
You can see that when this wheel was put together the tube protector was pinched. I find this to be the case quite frequently, and on wheels with no tube protector I have seen the tubes pinched! This is an example of how you need to be careful when you reassemble your wheels. If you dont, it could lead to some unpleasent events.
Hope this helps some people out and saves you $10 a wheel at the tire store, please donate your savings to Ron
Aloha!