i had a bent rim which went flat, i want to take the tire off because the tire is still good, is there anyway to do that without taking it to a repair shop? and can a repair shop deny you service if you ask them to put the tire back on a rim that you bought yourself?
2007-02-05 05:51:18 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
You can but it takes lots of time and hard work. You will need a hammer and a tire iron. Put the tip of the tire iron under the lip of the tire and gently go around the tire pushing the tire iron with the hammer. You will be good and tired though.
Put some Dawn dish liquid around the edge of the tire to make it easier.
2007-02-05 05:55:55 · answer #1 · answered by shirley e 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A good repair shop would do this for you, even if you didn't buy your parts there, but expect to pay the price, which, by the way, isn't that much. We live on a farm and my husband changes all the tires himself on everything from the car to the tractors and the combine (huge tires). All you really need is a tire iron and some muscles. Be thankful the tires are small, I hate watching him use the "tire popper" (That's what we nick-named it). It looks dangerous, but he assures me it isn't. You need to pop the bead, run the tire iron around the rim until it comes off and do the same with the other side of the tire. Putting it back on is basically the same thing, but only in reverse.
2007-02-05 05:57:03 · answer #2 · answered by cowboys21angel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They won't deny you service it will cost about 10 dollars to remove the old tire and put it on a new rim. (not including the balancing fee.) But, if you really want to try and remove it your self. Use soapy water and put on the edge of the rim and use a crowbar to pry the lip of the tire off of the rim. Once you get the first side of the tire off of the rim flip it over and soap the rim up again then use the crowbar to remove the other side of the tire lip. This is not easy to do but if you get someone to help u it might be a little easier.
2007-02-05 06:09:54 · answer #3 · answered by johnblaz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can be done, but you'll get a workout doing it, and you'll spend some time struggling at it. A tire shop will probably charge you almost as much to must put it back on a new rim as they would to take it off the old one and put it on the new one. Save the hassle, save the blood pressure, spend a few bucks.
2007-02-05 05:58:43 · answer #4 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its really hard to take off a tire by yourself without damaging the tire but i guess its possible you would probably need at least 3 tire pry bars and maybe an extra set of hands. i would just take it to the shop and save the headache. any tire shop should mount a tire for you for like 5 dollars - if they refuse just go to another shop
2007-02-05 05:57:12 · answer #5 · answered by noah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
taking a tire off manually is a total bltch if u don't have the right pry bars to do it with and some experience.i would definitley take it to the tire shop.they'll probably only charge u about 5 or $10 and as long as u pay them they won't refuse anything (as far as tire repair,that is.)
2007-02-05 05:58:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It can be done with three crowbars and a lot of swearing and cursing. I'd take the thing to a shop, and ask them what they would charge for moving the tire; it won't be more than a few dollars, and it certainly beats the aggravation that you will incur trying to do it yourself.
2007-02-05 05:55:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your name is Clark Kent, and you wear a blue suit with a red S on your shirt underneath your clothes, you can try to take it off manually.
Otherwise m'man... you're gonna need tools. Anyway, the whole thing should run about $12 to $20 what's the big deal?
2007-02-05 05:56:04 · answer #8 · answered by rob1963man 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all you need to do is break the bead...place the wheel under a car and run over the tire only...that will break the bead and you'll be able to pry the tire off with a lug wrench (tire iron)
2007-02-05 06:12:15 · answer #9 · answered by Robert P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be hard to do so manually, and if you do you might scratch a rim or something, but I don't even think that's the matter.
2007-02-05 06:00:07 · answer #10 · answered by mrhuangsta 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋