e-man

Okay. This might be a stupid question, so bear with me. Is it possible to remove a tire from a rim without a mounting machine? I was thinking that it might be possible if you let all the air out of the tire first, and then used some kind of a smooth tool between the tire and the rim to work it off. Has anyone done this?

e-man

Mr GS400

It can be done but why in the world would you want to. It would take a considerable amount of really hard work and you'd most likely ding up the rim and possibly cut into the bead on your tire. In fact just breaking the bead from the rim is a really tough job without the 'professional' tire removal jig. Save your self a lot of work, bruised knuckles and rim/tire damage but taking it into a tire shop or service station.

My humble opinion but I think I'm right.

Good luck . . . . .

Neo

iTrader: (3)

If it is just removing the tire, many places will charge $5-$10 per wheel. I think that is worth all the time, trouble, and potential problems you may run into.

rominl

iTrader: (4)

theoretically it can be done, but you will need a lot of great force to sretch out the tire to get it off the rim, provided that you don't scratch the rim accidentally

Cadd

That's way too much. Balancing each wheel is $5 - $10.

If you have the wheels unmounted already, most of these places would remove all 4 tires for you for $10 - $12.

Neo

iTrader: (3)

The place I go to charges $5 so I just added a buffer. They know me and I trust them to be careful with my wheels. I was just making a point that at even my high end cost of $40 (which is unrealistic), it is still worth the savings in time and potential aggravation of damaging the wheels.

Cadd

Agreed 110%. I have no idea how to take tires of a wheel (same way like a bicycle tire I'm assuming). But if you damage your wheel, it'll cost WAY MORE than $40 to get it repaired/resurfaced. And just say you won't damage your wheels in the process, is the amount of time/sweat/muscle worth saving a few bucks?