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Are tires getting more difficult to remove and mount ?
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<blockquote data-quote="David Morrow" data-source="post: 1419178" data-attributes="member: 413"><p>Well, I finally gave up and took the rim / tire and new tire to the dealer. Even with getting the opposite side of the tire down into the well, and lots of lube, I simply could not get a grip with my removal tool; there was just no room. Something was going to break or I was going to get hurt.</p><p></p><p>But, I did come up with a partial solution. It's cloudy and cool here today so there's no sun to warm up the tire. So, here's what I did:</p><p></p><p>- Get the biggest garbage bag that you can find; I had some of those big orange "contractor" garbage bags. The wheel and tire easily fits inside.</p><p></p><p>- Next, "borrow" a hair dryer, and wrap the bag opening tightly around the end of the hair dryer.</p><p></p><p>- Wrap a bungee cord tightly around the bag opening and hair dryer to seal the bag end. Some air will need to escape, so not too tight.</p><p></p><p>- Turn on the hair dryer. They seem to have varying heat levels and I had to turn this one up to high but better ones might be best used on medium heat so as not to melt the bag.</p><p></p><p>- The bag will inflate. After about 20-30 minutes the tire was unbelievably toasty and very pliable.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately for me, that still wasn't quite enough. But it would work nicely for someone with more patience or a less stiff tire.</p><p></p><p>- Carefully clean the hair dryer and return it to wherever you found it. Mum's the word. And don't mention my name.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.ldrider.ca/webphotos/tire-warming-bag.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="David Morrow, post: 1419178, member: 413"] Well, I finally gave up and took the rim / tire and new tire to the dealer. Even with getting the opposite side of the tire down into the well, and lots of lube, I simply could not get a grip with my removal tool; there was just no room. Something was going to break or I was going to get hurt. But, I did come up with a partial solution. It's cloudy and cool here today so there's no sun to warm up the tire. So, here's what I did: - Get the biggest garbage bag that you can find; I had some of those big orange "contractor" garbage bags. The wheel and tire easily fits inside. - Next, "borrow" a hair dryer, and wrap the bag opening tightly around the end of the hair dryer. - Wrap a bungee cord tightly around the bag opening and hair dryer to seal the bag end. Some air will need to escape, so not too tight. - Turn on the hair dryer. They seem to have varying heat levels and I had to turn this one up to high but better ones might be best used on medium heat so as not to melt the bag. - The bag will inflate. After about 20-30 minutes the tire was unbelievably toasty and very pliable. Unfortunately for me, that still wasn't quite enough. But it would work nicely for someone with more patience or a less stiff tire. - Carefully clean the hair dryer and return it to wherever you found it. Mum's the word. And don't mention my name. [IMG]https://www.ldrider.ca/webphotos/tire-warming-bag.JPG[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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