Is it a big job removing a low profile tyre?
I have leaking rims I was told is due to fitters using the wrong type of lubricant in the good old days. (It's a 12 year old Mondeo.)

Apparently, all I need do is take the tyre off and sand the rims, repaint them and replace the tyre with something less corrosive than soap.

Weatherlawyer wrote:

Is it a big job removing a low profile tyre?
I have leaking rims I was told is due to fitters using the wrong type of
lubricant in the good old days. (It's a 12 year old Mondeo.)

Apparently, all I need do is take the tyre off and sand the rims, repaint
them and replace the tyre with something less corrosive than soap.

not at all if you can make a diy bead breaker
http://preview.tinyurl.com/oxkfjll

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"Weatherlawyer" wrote in message
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Is it a big job removing a low profile tyre?
I have leaking rims I was told is due to fitters using the wrong type of
lubricant in the good old days. (It's a 12 year old Mondeo.)

Apparently, all I need do is take the tyre off and sand the rims, repaint
them and replace the tyre with something less corrosive than soap.


If you can spare a few bob, take the wheel to a tyre place and have them
remove it properly.
Then pop to a local bead blaster and have then do the rim then have it
powder coated.

Although they're painted originally, and rubber plus new lubricants for
fitting are good a solid base to start on is always worth doing.

On Sat, 5 Oct 2013 13:59:26 -0700 (PDT), Weatherlawyer wrote:

Is it a big job removing a low profile tyre?

If you have suitable tyre levers not that difficult but if your
levers are a bit short reasonable physical strength is required.

Easier to take 'em to your local garage and ask them to take 'em off
and refit after cleaning up and painting. If they know you it
probably won't cost anything.

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Cheers
Dave.

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Dave Liquorice wrote:
Is it a big job removing a low profile tyre?

If you have suitable tyre levers not that difficult but if your
levers are a bit short reasonable physical strength is required.

If the tyres have been in place for a long time breaking the seal between
tyre and rim can be near impossible using tyre levers. Even more so with
low profile tyres.

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On Mon, 07 Oct 2013 11:25:54 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

If you have suitable tyre levers not that difficult but if your
levers are a bit short reasonable physical strength is required.

If the tyres have been in place for a long time breaking the seal
between tyre and rim can be near impossible using tyre levers.

Blunt bolster and lump hammer but yes breaking the seals both sides
can also be hard work. Hence take 'em to the local garage and let
their machinery take the strain...

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Cheers
Dave.

In article o.uk,
Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Mon, 07 Oct 2013 11:25:54 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

If you have suitable tyre levers not that difficult but if your
levers are a bit short reasonable physical strength is required.

If the tyres have been in place for a long time breaking the seal
between tyre and rim can be near impossible using tyre levers.

Blunt bolster and lump hammer but yes breaking the seals both sides
can also be hard work. Hence take 'em to the local garage and let
their machinery take the strain...

The only way to be sure. Those machines can exert enormous pressure. And
are designed to avoid damage to the tyre.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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On Saturday, 5 October 2013 22:35:29 UTC+1, Mark wrote:
Weatherlawyer wrote:



Is it a big job removing a low profile tyre?

I have leaking rims I was told is due to fitters using the wrong type of

lubricant in the good old days. (It's a 12 year old Mondeo.)



Apparently, all I need do is take the tyre off and sand the rims, repaint

them and replace the tyre with something less corrosive than soap.



not at all if you can make a diy bead breaker

http://preview.tinyurl.com/oxkfjll



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I had thought of g-clamps but the amount of tyre available on a low profile is daunting.

Thank you all for the help and advice. I ended up taking them to a garage and specifying that I didn't want to be screwed over like I was elsewhere the last time.

They were very good but I had to buy new tyres for two of them. It feels so much better now though. They are still up -so far.

Thanks once more.

On Tue, 8 Oct 2013 16:44:56 -0700 (PDT), Weatherlawyer wrote:

They were very good but I had to buy new tyres for two of them. It feels
so much better now though. They are still up -so far.

New ones on the rear I hope.

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Cheers
Dave.

On Wednesday, 9 October 2013 22:18:03 UTC+1, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Tue, 8 Oct 2013 16:44:56 -0700 (PDT), Weatherlawyer wrote:



They were very good but I had to buy new tyres for two of them. It feels

so much better now though. They are still up -so far.

New ones on the rear I hope.

The garage put them on the front. A few days later I bought 4 wheels for 80 quid off a fellow in North Wales . Cost me £30 to go there though so... Never mind. Had a day out in the cold, damp, windy, bloody windy, not quite old home town. Boy it was windy. It reminded me of home.

Did I mention how windy it was?
******* hell it was windy. And cold too.

****!