Just picked up the front end of a motorcycle. The rim appears to be aluminum, and my scrap yard won't take the tire. What is an easy way to remove the tire from the rim if I don't have a specific tool for that purpose?
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Just picked up the front end of a motorcycle. The rim appears to be aluminum, and my scrap yard won't take the tire. What is an easy way to remove the tire from the rim if I don't have a specific tool for that purpose?
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You could invest in a decent grinder or sawzall and cut it off that way
There's nothing more fun and more effective than hitting something repeatedly with a sledgehammer
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I have both....just wasn't sure if that was the easiest wayOriginally Posted by Scrap man
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Short of a rim crushing machine, that's by far the easiest way. I'd recommend the sawzall over the grinder.
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I use the grinder to cut the bead on each side then sawzall for the rest of the tire/steel belts.
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Thanks guys--that's what I'll do!
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Try Youtube...So easy a Caveman could do it.
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Hey if your still having troble. Take a sawsall and cut the tire across. Make sure you break the bead. Then take a crow bar and pop the bead out. It may take 2 people or two crowbars.
God is great, scrap is good, and people are crazy
Its better to be scrapping and thinking of God than sitting in church thinking of scrapping
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