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Rogerborg
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PostPosted: 11:10 - 23 May 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

So you cut a sidewall off. You've still got two sidewalls on the rim. What's changed?
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PostPosted: 13:40 - 23 May 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hmm, maybe. The inner ring of the sidewall isn't magically enlarged though, and it's still got to come over the rim. I'm willing to give it a try next time.
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PostPosted: 15:06 - 23 May 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

Livestreeeeeam iiiiiiiiiit.
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PostPosted: 14:33 - 24 May 2017    Post subject: Reply with quote

jnw010 wrote:
Jontyrider wrote:
couldn't you just angle grind a circular split right in the middle all the way around parallel to the wheel and then both split sides off?


Give it a go and let us know if any of the following happens: the angle grinder grabs and flies out of your hands, the disc shatters and tries to kill you, the tyre catches fire.

Maybe none of the above, but using an angle grinder has to be the messiest way of removing a tyre.


I've used an angle grinder and yeah, all of the above happened. Plus lumps of hot rubber flying around, and the odd slip of the grinder into the wheel. Awful business.
It's not recommended as a removal method unless you just want to destroy things.

I snapped the bead on the replacement tyre too, when putting it on. That was an expensive mistake, and I couldn't work out why it wouldn't hold air until a tyre fitter took the tyre off again.

I suggest that everyone takes off and fits a tyre at home, just so they appreciate their shop tyre fitters a little bit more.
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