how do you put a car tire back onto the rim?

Question

i have a new tire and i need to put it back on the rim. I dont have a tire machine and i dont want to take it in to pay someone for 5 minutes of labor.

Answer 1

Use grease, some pry bars and a good mallet. With some luck, lots of sweat & cursing, you'll get it done. Now was it worth saving the few bucks, and besides, you still need to balance the wheel/tire or it's still not much use.

Answer 2

I work in a garage, and I do many tires. It is impossible to do it without a machine for the average person. You need to stretch the steel bead to fit over the rim. Depending on the tire size, I have done tires, taking off the car, taking off the rim, putting new tire on the rim, balancing the new tire, and putting it back on the car. I can usually do it in about 15 minutes. I've had some where the tire is so stiff or the design of the rim has made it so hard to seat the tire, or to get the tire on the rim. I've had them take up to 30 minutes to get the tire on the rim and seated, every so often, and thats with the machine. Don't cheap out, pay someone to put the tire on. You can damage the tire when putting it on otherwise. Either way, you still need to get the tire balanced, so you'll have to take it to a shop anyway.

Answer 3

If you really want to save a few bucks you need to put a soapy solution on the tire bead and put on one bead at a time. you will need a couple of tire tools and a lot of muscle. you take one bar and pry the bead over the rim and while one tool is still in you put the other in and keep going until the bead is half way on and then you do the other side the same way. You will only do that once and then the service station will seem like a real bargain.

Answer 4

Its almost impossible to do this properly and without damaging the rim without a tire mounting machine. But I have seen it done with some tire grease,a towel, and a crowbar.
The grease is used a lubracation, the towel is placed on top of the rim to prevent the crowbar from scratching the rim. And the crowbar is used to pry the tire onto the rim.

Answer 5

Spend the 5 bucks. Without the proper tools, you can do more harm than good, and I'm sure you spent more than 5 bucks for the tire. Plus you have to balance the tire before you can drive the car. And if you don't own a tire machine, then I'm positive you don't have a balancing machine.

Answer 6

In all my years of working on cars, I have never seen a human being do this himself,... until one day in Mexico, where there are no machines for this kind of thing.
The man was a real strong brute. He used a pry bar that was 6 feet long. It took every bit of his energy. It took 20 minutes to complete the job.
I could never have done it, and I LOVE TO SAVE $$ and do my own work..
Please pay someone for the 5 minutes work. You'll be glad.

Answer 7

Theres a special tool that looks like a crowbar with one flat side to put it on. Buts its hard. You have to be careful not to poke a hole in the tube while doing it. wetting it down helps.I have only done 5ton and duece tires though.

Answer 8

you can do'it yourself ,and with te money you spare,pay a doctor to repair your hands.and remember that you arenot payng for the 5 minutes, you pay for the know how, and allso fo balancing the tire,and for this you need secial equipment,dont do'it ,and your car will rok and roll.

Answer 9

I always go to the tire store. I wonder about your logic. You are paying for equipment and knowledge. Did you ever have your tonsils out. It doesn't really take that long, and.......