removing offroad tyres from rims

[James]

man this isnt easy.

soak em in acetone? boil them in water?

how do i get off-road tyres off rims. i just cut one off, and there's like a tonne of glue in em that is damn hard to get out.

considering just bining the rims and buying new ones, probably easier..

?

[Bowling Ball]

Acetone. Leave them in acetone for around 24 hours, after that they'll just peal off. Using a rag soaked in acetone finish the clean off (there will be bits of glue in the bead channel on the rim)

I have a pile of Losi buggy rims/tires if your interested.

[James]

yeh, could be interested :) I'll try acetone for 24hrs... wont eat the rim?

[Bowling Ball]

acetone doesn't eat rims with a high content of nylon in them.

I found out the hard way about Proline Monter rims ... they look really funky now (i'll take a photo later)

[anson]

I tried to rip the rubber off a set of stock glued rims for the rc18t. Ended up with lots of stuck rubber in the beads. So I boiled them for 15minutes in a water filled wok. Let them cool and then used a small flat head screwdriver to peel the excess rubber off. It came off easily once I got the tip of the screwdriver under the rubber, as the glue is hard and brittle.

[imported_admin]

this is big brother.

use a file to file off the rubber stuck to the rim.

[Bowling Ball]

This is BB

Matto ... Stop smoking the pot!

[James]

f*ck using a file.

I'm told boiling water to peel the tyre off the rim (if you want to keep the tyre), and then acetone over night and the glue just comes off...

[Bowling Ball]

Just drop them in Acetone *period*. That's tire and all. Don't worry about the acetone going black, it will still do the job (one sealed bottle did me a whole year)

[bazz]

well guys do you want the good news or bad news, the bad news is i @#%@@up my speedy last night, the good news is there is a chemical you can get from a plumbing stoer that cleans tyres off rims no worries. strips them bare, no shit. but the stuff leaves the rims a little red. but it works awesome. if you leave them in too long you will melt the rim as well. trial and error is a bitch.... if anyone is interested pm me and i can find out the name of it.it is not cheap but leaves acetone for dead.

[50 lemons]

you could try using CA debonder. don't know how well the stuff works. i have been told it turns the CA in a soft snot like substance temporarly and you can then scrape the rims clean