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Originally Posted by Bob Carriere
On the harder dry rubber a chain saw does a nice job...... take a section off so you can get close to the bead area...... finish with a hand grinder and cold chisel to cut the steel bead cord....... and yes the grinder will smoke and stink.
Once the bead gets broken the remaining section will pell off with the chisel.
Careful not to attack the rim.
Good luck
Cheers
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I have been thinking along the same lines. I have a small electric chain saw , I find stuff like that in the Warragul op shop .
The old rubber is very crumbly in nature, I had a go with a hand saw and it cuts into the tyre relatively easily . Either the chain saw or a reciprocating saw should be effective. Once the bead is expose , then a small grinder will break the wire.
re: the " S " mark, interesting . Yes the two arrows above/below , I have seen them as well.
After driving around the WOT2 to events years ago, one day we discovered one of the old RF tyres on the back , had no air in it !
BTW Terry, nice idea the device for breaking the bead. Did you discover the Whitworth size nuts !