Yes, it seems that seating the bead would be one of the bigger challenges
- The small ether explosion is a trick I never tried, but saw. Fortunately
with the set of Harley rims I had were laced (spoked) so they were tube
tires.
One thing we used to sometimes do on car tires at the service station was to
strap a big ratchet strap ("come-along" did they used to call them?) around
the tire circumference and crank it tight, which sometimes would make the
beads squeeze outward toward the rim.
WD40 is nice to make things slippery on the bead, but if the
tool handles get it on them, it is a problem. So soap is nice.
When I was busting tires, aluminum wheels were much less common than now,
and we had teflon adapters to go over our tools when working with a set of
aluminums, and sometimes we would not accept aluminums if they were too nice
and expensive looking, and the customer looked like they were overly ready
to pounce should a minute scratch appear.
Question is: do all tire shops now use teflon-tipped tools? I would think
so, as aluminum rims far outnumber steel these days. I asked a tire shop
this recently, and, as usually is the case, I think the kid just told me
what I wanted to hear (same with "we NEVER use impact wrenches".)
Brian
83 240D
On 8/27/06, redghost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I figured out that paying $10 per wheel was a waste, so PnP rims (with
old rubber) got the PnP scissor jack and van for bead breaking. Then I
use the large die grinder with cutting wheel on the sidewall, spoons to
yank the bead away from the rim, and go to town. Breaks bead creates
enough room to get rubber off the rim
On Aug 26, 2006, at 11:48 AM, Jim Cathey wrote:
> It sucks even worse when trying to break the bead on the former
> spare, which had sit on its side in the rain much too long. There
> was rust bonding the bead to the inner surface. It took an hour or
> two to break it loose. Though somewhat corroded, it's still usable
> as the spare wheel, IMHO. After that, getting the (ruined) tire off
> the wheel was comparatively easy.
>
> So, an entire morning gone and I have half the dismounting done,
> with two mounts left to do after that.
>
> I hate this already!
>
> -- Jim
>
>
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1972 220D - Gump
1995 E300D - Cleo
1987 300SDL - POS - DOA
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