The King

Im looking to tape up the inside of my tires on my new LST-2. How do i go about removing the tires from the rim, arent they glued on? Does dipping this in boiling water work? What glue do you suggest for reinstalling the tires?

The King

blackrain

boil them in a pot of hot water they should come right off

Nismodriver

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Have you actually performed this method? I would be concerned with melting or warping the wheels. I could see hot water, but not boiling.

You could try a heat gun or hair dryer. For reinstallation, I use Extra strength CA in the purple bottle, part number IC-2000. It cures in 20-45 seconds and is rubber toughened specifically for tires.

John

Ken448

put them in the oven at 400 for 10 minutes and they will pop right off.. YES, I HAVE DONE THIS MYSELF NO, IT IS NOT TOO HOT.

proof for ya right there Yellow wheels dont come stock

blackrain

yes i do it all the time when i get new tires and dont want to buy new rims just put them in a big pot let them boil and get some oven mits and every once in a while check on them and try and pull them off rim until they all come off wont effect tire or rims i even boil my rims and use some colored dye and make them different colors you can only dye white rims though

jefx

I've boiled my tires off before as well. It won't harm anything, but it isn't quite as easy as it sounds. After boiling, they won't just "pop right off", you'll need to still apply a bit of elbow grease to pull them off of the rim. The boiling water will help to break down the glue so that the bond will be more easily broken, but you still need to break the bond. Stubborn sections may need to be reboiled several times.

Longhair

I've also heard many people having good results with the oven.

The trick is to PRE-HEAT the oven to temp, turn it off, and then put the tires in while the oven cooling.

10 mins and it is done.