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Old 15-02-17, 15:15
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Default Are you trying to save the tires?

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

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Old 16-02-17, 09:55
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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
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 !
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Old 17-02-17, 03:07
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The chainsaw was effective , if anyone passing by noticed what I was doing The bead lock is in there, I can see it . There is no hope of removing these tyres with a conventional bead breaker .

Now what to do next . I need to cut the last inch or so of rubber to gain access to the wire . The angle grinder .
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Old 17-02-17, 09:15
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This is hard work and not the sort of thing to be undertaken by the faint hearted disciples out there. I am in need of a weeks rest before I tackle the next one.
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Old 17-02-17, 10:51
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Default Removing rusted on tyres

Hi Mike,

Nice work. I must admit I felt a bit squeamish reading about the use of a chain saw to remove tyres here on the forum but after seeing the wall thickness of your RF tyres compared to conventional 9.00 x 16" I can see the advantage over a reciprocating saw. See attached photo for comparison. I could only envision the disaster if chain accidentally meets steel rim, or if it kicks back, hence my concern.

I can only vouch for my standard military tyres but my Ryobi reciprocating saw goes through the tyre carcass like a hot knife through butter. I Used a medium pitch wood cutting blade in it. It still does the job on standard tyres and a lot safer and easier to control than an angle grinder or chain saw in my humble opinion. Just drill the four 3/8" or bigger starting holes as I mentioned in a post last year on the subject.

I used a hand chisel to cut the bead wires but to do it again I would use an air chisel. It would sure speed up the process, save the knuckles, and they are cheap to buy now.
As always, I bought an air chisel after I had removed 10 tyres. Some people learn slowly!

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Old 24-02-17, 20:51
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found this in a 1944 construction magazine.
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Old 25-02-17, 00:28
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Default tire removal

For shear brute force and ignorance a 50 ton press is real handy for pressing original run flats off rims.
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