You need to remove the valve stem to do any kind of breaking down of the tire. To get the rim out of a tire, you have to break the bead around the rim. Usually a machine is used to apply a lot of pressure on the side of the tire while turning it under a roller.
You can do this without a machine, but you will need some tools first. There are "spoons" which are pry bars with the end rolled over. The end hooks under the rim and then you push down forcing the bead away from the rim. You need a few of these spoons and as soon as you get one in place and while pushing down on the tire, you insert a 2nd spoon and do the same thing. Eventually as you work around the tire, you will break the bead away from the rim. Unfortunately, after one side is done, you flip it over and do it again. Finally, each bead has to be forced over the rim so it is free from the center of the tire. I used to change race car tires this way and don't envy you. I had a sledge hammer to help break the bead, but it is pretty dangerous. Too far from the rim and the tire would bounce it back at you. Hit the rim and you damage it and sting your hands real good. ----- Original Message ----- From: Carl To: [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 3:36 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] a question of tyres i hav some tyres that i'm goeing to use to gro potatos but 2 of them still hav the wheals in the center how can i remove the wheals? i'm in the north east of the uk you can get me on skype with carlf16 or email [email protected] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
