thestratcat

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har!! I was going to title this the "naked woman thread" but figured I'd get into some trouble for it

I've got four brand new tires and four shiny rims.. I want to mount my nice tires to said rims, but every time I do this they come out off, can someone share their tricks or tips on mounting tires?

thanks!!!

brownstone101

wash the beads of the rim and tire with some rubbing alcohol then mount them and make sure they seat realy nice then u can lift up a little part put a drip of ca nt work it in make sure its all mounting nice still then opposite were u CA ed then lift that up drip lets dry(3-7 secs then check it make sure its secure and repeat x4

o yes trim the corners of the fome so it fits realy nice i trim the inside fome corner so the bead isnt stressed but thats me but u just need to trim the top fome

brownstone101

o yes u know the wall of the bead? make sure its ca ed to the all of the rim bead lock u see if its just the bottom it will come off u just need it to mount too 2 sides bottom bead and outside bead ten it shouldnt come off use supper thin ca its easyer

xxx-nt warrior

i just bought blades front tires witch way do they go.

PillowPants

heres a good tip... DON'T GET THE GLUE ON YOUR FINGERS! IT'S A MO-FO TO GET OFF! (And it feels kinda gross...).

InfinitySpeed04

One time I got the glue made by Losi on my fingers, had to peel of skin to get that crap off. Fingers hurt for like a week.

tommythecat

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Use a drop of CA at equally spaced portions around the tire, that way they are easier to remove if needed. I second the prewash with rubbing alcohol suggestion, it is always a good idea to prewash with alcohol before bonding.

If you find they want to roll off when cornering hard (my rusty has this issue) you can glue them all the way around, just know that removing them will be very difficult if you ever want to replace your tires without replacing your rims. But I guess that is waht they make CA debonder for.

MountainCat

A suggestion I would make is after the glue is applied quickly put a hose clamp on the glued side of the tire... not too tight ... just enuff to add equal pressure all the way around. Got this from a magazine and found it to work well on my Savage tires.


MC

46u

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All so if you have chrome wheels make sure you take the chrome off where the tires bead on the wheels. Chrome is very slick and even CA will not hold to chrome. It never hurts to rough up the wheel where the tire beads. [8D]

*_Torque_*

well its not going to stay on perfectly so jus take ur time and hope for the best..

MountainCat

Has anybody heard of "beadlock wheels" that fit the Nitro mt's/mt2's/18ss's?

*_Torque_*

how much r they?

InfinitySpeed04

Where do you get them? I have never heard of them must be something new!

tommythecat

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They are just like beadlocks on a real car. The clamp around the bead of the tire. On real cars they are mostly used when the power of the car and the traction of the tire are enough to make the tires spin on the rims, but in RC they are used mostly for easy tire switching. They tend to be a bit pricey for decent ones and are also pretty havey, and rotating mass at the wheels is not ideal if you are a performance nut. But they have their purpose and work well for it.