Removing tyres from wheels...

[mginty]

I am doing a resto on my van and am going to get the wheels dipped and blasted ready for paint so I need to take the tyres off the wheels as the place doing the dipping don't do it. Is this something I could do myself or should I just take it to a kwikfit type place? I'm fairly inexperienced in mechanical terms but I would have thought taking the air out and levering them off might be within my abilities?
cheers

 

[clyde]

You could fight with them yourself but if you go and sweet talk a smaller type tyre shop and give them some waffel about
"buying some new tyres from them when you get the wheels re done" and they should do them for nowt. Theyve always done mine.
Remind your painter not to put to much paint/powder on the inner lips as they will struggle to get a seal when you put the tyres back on.
Also remind the tyre fitters to balance them with the weights on the inside and to treat the rims with kid gloves as you wont want to chip the powder.

 

[mginty]

cheers bud! Been a hectic few weeks as have been organising t'other half's birthday. will give it a go.

 

[scott wilson]

good advice fella 8)

 

[Clem]

We have a machine in the workshop that does this, its only when you use it that you realise just what pressure is required!

 

[RICH-I-AM]

Go to a Formula 1 tyre centre. They have a special shoe(think its called) on their tyre machines made out of a plastic. That stops the rim getting scratched on removal and refitting.
In my experience you can bung the manager a drink to get em done :mrgreen: