Changing Solid Rubber Tire

[pequeajim]

I have the new solid rubber tires on the front of my mower deck and (not a fault of the tire), I ran into something and the tire came off the rim.

I am looking for some advice to get it back on? I tried a crowbar, soap and water, but they go on the rim so tight that I need something to spread the tire so that I can push the rim back down in place.

Harbor freight has a couple of tire changers, but I think that they really only work with tubless tires, not the solid rubber like I have.

Any of you mechanical wiz's have an idea for me?

Thanks
Jim!

 

[Clarke]

How about heating the tire in boiling water and then try mounting it.

sg

 

[pequeajim]

How about heating the tire in boiling water and then try mounting it.

sg

I figured out a way to do it with some work. I mixed up some heavy soap and water and used a crow bar to spread the tire apart while I was stepping on the rim with my foot, pushing it down into the tire.

It took me about 15 minutes to do it, but the tire is back on!

 

[MossRoad]

O.K. Now take it off and photo-document the procedure for us.

Glad you got it back on. With it being so tuff to get on, don't you wonder how things like this come off in the first place? It remonds me of when I was a kid and use to take things apart and couldn't get them back together again. Heck, I still do that.

 

[Highridge]

I guess you wouldn't like my solution. I wrestled with the one on my brushcutter for over an hour and got so frustrated with it I took the sawsall to it and zip tied it back on. Ahh, good ole zip ties.

 

[jfh28]

I did the same thing with mine, popped off when I hit an incline with the brush cutter at a bad angle. After about an hour of trying different ways of getting it back on the rim I accepted there was no way I was doing it. Took it to a JD dealer and $10 and 15 minutes later he came back out with it on. Oh yeah, there were a lot of bad words I heard coming from the back shop in those 15 minutes!

Jack

 

[pequeajim]

I guess you wouldn't like my solution. I wrestled with the one on my brushcutter for over an hour and got so frustrated with it I took the sawsall to it and zip tied it back on. Ahh, good ole zip ties.

Boy... I came really close to doing that myself! The trusty crow bar and soap and water did the trick though.

 

[kjm3232]

My tire came off as well on the brush cutter. I spent about a half hour trying to put it on but it wouldn't go on all the way. So i took it down to a tire warehouse and 10 minutes later it was put on for us. they used a press and soap and water.

 

[Youare]

There is an old machine shop that I visit often in the town I work in. Many of the machines are still powered by overhead belts. One piece of equipment is a huge press that is hydraulic however the pump runs off one of the overhead belts.

On several occasions I have watched fork lift tires being changed, which are solid rubber tires pressed on the rims. Once the rim is positioned correctly over the tire many tons of force complete the assembly. The removal process takes almost the same amount of force.

I figure other solid tire wheeel assemblies are put together in much the same way. I have broken the bead on tires I wanted to change with a bottle jack a piece of 2X4 and the carrying beam of my house. I lay the tire on the floor under the carrying beam, place the bottle jack base on the tire next to the rim, and the 2X4 which is cut to the right length between the top of the bottle jack and the underside of the carrying beam.

A little jacking while kneeling on the opposite side of the tire and the bead usually slides off the rim. I would think a solid rubber tire and rim could be reassembled in much the same way. It would just take the proper positioning and holding of the rim or tire and a little push.

Randy

 

[BAGTIC]

i HAD THE SAME THING HAPPE. fOR ME IT WAS DUE TO THE WHEEL DROPPING INTO A WATERING BASIN AROUND A SHRUB JUST AS i MADE A SHARP TURN. iT JUST WIPED THE TIRE OFF THE TIM.MH,