Removing tyres at home. Possible?

[eltax91]

Hi all, hoping someone can help me with some experiences.

I have an old defender which I off road and have recently acquired a set of bigger tyres, which came on some 16 inch alloys. I intend to have the bigger tyres fitted to my steel wheels.

For transport reasons, I would like to remove the tyres from the alloys. It will also mean I can get the alloys sold sooner too.

So, is there any way to break beads at home with minimum risk of damage to tyre or alloy? I will get a garage to do the fitting/ balancing.

So, any home brew methods I can try?

[mahesket]

I did a couple off some old wellers for a mini. angle grinder through the wall then chisel the band into the centre of wheel and angle grinder through that.

Only works if you dont want to use the tyres again though

[Classic Grad 98]

This gets asked all the time. There isn't really a way to do it which represents a good investment in your time, it is hard work.
If you're already paying a garage to re-mount and balance them, your actual saving from removing them yourself will be negligible.

[frosted]

YouTube is your friend on this one . A friend told me to run the tyre over with a car , never tried it . I did however mount a tyre with FIRE

[xe mini]

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=us...

[Bill]

Duplicate thread, unfortunately we can't merge them easily, so please use this one: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...