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Jun 30, 2011 10:31:40 GMT
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HI,
is there an easy way to remove old tryes off wheels?
ive got e borked alloys and 4 steel wheels that need em all removing
Ta
Dan
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lemon
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Jun 30, 2011 12:29:57 GMT
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Hi there,
Either a bead Driver and crowbar or a bead breaking slide hammer and crowbar,
Failing that, £5 or £10 should be enough at a local garage to whip em off??
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More than it should be, but not as much as it could be
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Hmmm, if you find somewhere *really* generous they might just do it for £5 per wheel! All the places I know now charge a minimum of £10 to *fit* a tyre. They've all got wise to the likes of BlackCircles.com and have put up their fitting prices. When I went back to rallying about 10 years ago, my local place would swap a set of six rally tyres for £10 in the tea fund. Not anymore  they now want a tenner each. After ringing round I managed to find one place that wanted £17+VAT EACH!!! If you haven't got access to any form of tyre changer, the 'ghetto' method is to put a short plank on just the tyre (i.e. not over the rim) and drive a car on it to break the bead. Repeat for the other side. Then, as has been mentioned a crow bar, together with plenty of washing up liquid as tyre lube. If you get stuck holding the wheel, you can always fit it to the rear of a car and use the handbrake to hold it still while you lever it off. Obviously, be careful about slipage and damaging the body work. I found it easier to change tyres on steels than alloys, so you want to start on the steelies to 'practice'. If you get desperate and are ever near Stonehenge, I'm not far and have a homebrew tyre changer. |
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my local tyre place charge £3 to remove two tyres and fit one tyre already taken off...(swapping tyres)
£10 to fit a tyre i would walk out of the place.....
not really worth the hassle and agro to remove them yourself take it somewhere 2 mins job done..
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It can be done with 2 hammers (one of which must be a big cross-pein shape for breaking the bead) and a couple of 18-24" tyre levers.
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I'll be impressed if you can find anyone in Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Surrey or Kent that will swap a tyre inc valve and balance for less than £10 a pop. Tell me where they are, and I'll start using them!!
Believe me I have called literally every tyre place I could find on google maps from Poole to Dartford ± 15 miles of the A31, A303, M27, M3, M25 and A2!!
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tdipd
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price your local tyre fitters, not them big name kwikfit wibblepoo, £6 to remove a wheel from the car, pop the tyre off and fix a puncture, then refit. £5 to pop off all 4 tyres from rims brought in at the man down the road from me
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bortaf
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I'll be impressed if you can find anyone in Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, Surrey or Kent that will swap a tyre inc valve and balance for less than £10 a pop. Tell me where they are, and I'll start using them!! Believe me I have called literally every tyre place I could find on google maps from Poole to Dartford ± 15 miles of the A31, A303, M27, M3, M25 and A2!! where did the refit, valve and ballence come from? he only wants the tyres taken off some scrap alloys  £2.50 a pop (that's on or off so) is usuall in N London at a back street garage BUT they do charge £2 a tyre to dispose of em? try running over the deflated tyre with a car that usually unseats the tyre from the rim then all you need is a lever or crowbar  |
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Last Edit: Jul 2, 2011 12:01:54 GMT by bortaf
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Sharp knife and an angle grinder for the beads.
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I use a TL55 bar like the one shown in the link below... thomasmeldrumltd.co.uk/TyreBayToolsandGarageEquipment.aspx....along with a lump hammers and tyre levers. Alloys are a bit of a struggle but steels are a doddle. As a rule break the rear bead first, then the front and strat removing the tyre from opposite the valve first. Some deep dished wheels will require removing of the rear bead first. |
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md
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find a rim with no tyre on it, put it on your car. place the wheel you'r5e removing the tyre from flat on the ground then lower the carr off the jack so that the rim with no tyre comes down on the tyre you're trying to remove. that'll break the bead then just use tyre levers/crowbars to remove it  |
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btw, are these any good Paul? been thinking about getting one myself... |
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bortaf
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i just use a 4Ft gorilla bar now i've sold both my tyre changers |
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btw, are these any good Paul? been thinking about getting one myself... As long as you bolt to floor (I use a slab outside) then even 7.50 x 16 Land Rover tyres aren't a problem ;D I bought, new, off an eBay dealer (local so could collect thus saving carriage costs) and paid less than £30 so worth shopping around. Paul H |
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Last time i was to the local tyre place they charged 10 euros for mounting tyres on 6 wheels.
Become a regular, it helps! ;D
Otherwise take a quick look at one of those "manual" tyre changers, they're real easy to build yourself if you've got a welder.
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they now want a tenner each. After ringing round I managed to find one place that wanted £17+VAT EACH!!!
