How To Remove A Tyre

[Ji Gantor]

This is the method I use to remove a motocross tyre, If you have a better way or have had an experience that may help please post your constructive comments.

This is the off off technique, because you lever the tyre bead off on both sides.
If you have time place the wheel out in the sun for an hour or so. The heat from the sun will soften the rubber and make it easier to handle. Next place the wheel on top of your tyre changer. This can be a purchased one like mine, home made one or a stiff bucket.

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Step two,
Assemble all the tools required.
I use a combo spanner to remove the rim lock and tube valve stem nut,
Tube valve remover,
Window cleaner,
Rubber mallet
3 Spoon tyre levers and a
Tyre opener lever

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Step Three,
Remove the tube valve and the valve stem nut.

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Step four,
Loosen the rim lock nut and push the rim lock bolt in towards the tube. Some times the rim lock is rusted in place so I give the bolt a tap with a rubber mallet to free it up.

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Step five,
Use a bead breaker or a tyre iron and work your way around the tyre breaking the bead. Then flip the wheel over and do the other side. When finished place the wheel back on top of the tyre changer with the sprocket side down.

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Step six,
Using some kind of lubricant, I use a window cleaner, lube the tyre on both sides.

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Step seven,
Place three tyre levers under the tyre's bead at 180 degs from the rim lock.

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Step eight,
Starting with the middle tyre lever pull back towards the hub, while using your hand try and push the tyre into the well of the rim on the opposing side. This is not easy to do when the tyre has been on for years.
The reason I use three levers is because when you have popped the bead over the rim the middle lever falls out without scratching the rim. Using the free tyre lever (the middle one that just came out) work the bead off the rim all the way around. Never use a screw driver as a tyre lever, it will puncture your tube and scratch your rim.

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Step nine,
Flip the wheel over and repeat steps seven and eight on the other side

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Step ten,
Using your hand (I like using my tyre opener lever) pry open the tyre and remove the tube.

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Step eleven,
Take the wheel off your tyre changer and with your foot or hand push the rim into the tyre. This should form a gap between the tyre and the rim on one side.

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This is what the rim looks like when it is pushed into the tyre.

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Step twelve,
Take the wheel off your tyre changer and place on the ground with the rim in tyre side down.
Get a good hold of the tyre at the top and push it off the rim.

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Now that the tyre is off the rim the real work begins.
I now have to clean the internal parts of the rim and give it a couple of coats of paint. It is always a good time to spray CRC around your spoke nipples and turn them left and right. This will remove some of the dirt on the threads and make them easier to turn when truing the wheel.


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[E74]

Well, you could have provided a little more deetail than that!...