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Re: Tire mounting equipment

To: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>,
Subject: Re: Tire mounting equipment
From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 19:00:01 -0400
Chris Kantarjiev wrote:
> 
> In the old days, folks did it with long tire irons. You can still
> buy such irons, but you will run into problems: breaking the bead
> of the tire away from the wheel requires a lot of downward force,

  To do this, just put a 4 foot length of 2x6 like a ramp
up the tire, on the rubber only.

  Drive a car up the ramp, pop.

  Worth knowing, because often in restorations you'll want
to blast, clean, and paint a rim that came with a junk
tire on it. No point paying somebody to remove a tire
that is garbage when you aren't getting one mounted that
day either.

-- 
Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/

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