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Old 11-24-2011, 12:50 AM
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What does everyone use to lubricate the beads and rims when dismounting and remounting tires? I've always used liquid dishwashing detergent, but these contain water, and I find the rims rusted a few yeas later. I considered petroleum jetty, but I don't like the idea of putting anything petroleum-based against tires.

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What does everyone use to lubricate the beads and rims when dismounting and remounting tires? I've always used liquid dish washing detergent, but these contain water, and I find the rims rusted a few yeas later. I considered petroleum jetty, but I don't like the idea of putting anything petroleum-based against tires.

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they sell a soapy stuff specifically made for mounting & dismounting my buddy owns a shop and it comes in a gal. jug & its blue works great & he has this tar black sticky stuff seals tires grate never leak after using it
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Old 11-24-2011, 02:44 AM
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PB blaster, lol. JK

I normally use dish soapy water like you. But I have used other stuff when needed. Used motor oil even. Then I guess there's the petroleum thing but I have never had an issue with that. I have even used used motor oil to load tires before with no issues with the petroleum reacting to the rubber. Before I catch grief I currently wouldnt recommend it because of the environmental problems as well as the mess when you change them. I wonder if vegetable/cooking oil would be ok and not corrode? Maybe that spray stuff? Pam I think its called or other no stick sprays for fryer pans? Actually I wonder if vegetable/cooking oil stuff would be ok to load tires?
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As a professional medium truck and heavy equipment tire tech or 12 years, I would recommend you use the "watery" dish wash soap solution. It will evaporate and go away. It wont rust your rims. We use sort of the same thing, it is called Murphy Soap but it is very concentrated. We water it down to mount tires, and leave it concentrated to pack the beads for the stubborn ones.

I wouldn't use grease or oil, as I have seen motor oil make older tires swell in the area it has touched or made contact with, which leads to separations and that is bad news.

good luck!!!
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Here is the stuff that you are supposed to use.

We owned a garage several years ago and always used Ru-Glyde for mounting tires for the same reasons stated above. You can get this stuff at any NAPA store.

http://www.agscompany.com/lubricants/canadian/213
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Here is the stuff that you are supposed to use.

We owned a garage several years ago and always used Ru-Glyde for mounting tires for the same reasons stated above. You can get this stuff at any NAPA store.

http://www.agscompany.com/lubricants/canadian/213
30+ years ago when i was still in school i took a summer class at local vo-tech in basic auto mechanics, i still remember the tire machine and the jug-o-rurlyde, it was your friend in mounting and dismounting tires. glad to see once they found something that worked they still make and use it. that was one of the best courses i could have taken back then because back then 95% of cars still had points and condensers and it really comes in handy working on these older pieces. two years ago i was working on a car changing drum breaks and someone showed up asking what i was doing and he claimed to have taken a auto mechanics course and said he had never seen a set of drum breaks, am guessing now for basic auto they teach how to check fluid levels and call the garage
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My son-in-law knows everything about computers (26 years old).

Well he wanted to change the drum brakes on his 5 year old Toyota (rears).

He had to call me for help, I think he was amazed that I could talk him through it on the phone.

If I had to do it again, I would use Skype.

I just had to reline those new fangled disc brakes on my Quiet Line!!


I typically change garden tractor tires dry, I am too tired to go get lube after all the time I had to spend getting the rust off those 40 year old rims!!
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Larry do you own stock in PB?





Great stuff!
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well i use Pledge or silicone spray works good
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I recommend a heat gun -- mounting a tire in 80 -90 degrees temp as easy as pie, usually you don't even need the machine bar (mounting ) --50 degrees way different story as the rubber hardens -- also the black bead sealer is a good lube and then helps hold air ,I have used a little RTV silicone at times too

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