removing tires from wheels? how to?

[Sammus]

I've tried boiling a lot and it seems like if you glue them properly then the tires just rip up the sidewall before the glue comes unstuck.

I've taken to pulling the tire real hard and using a super sharp scalpel/hobby knife along the exposed bead. It removes it very cleanly with much less chance of damaging the tyre. Starts to hurt your thumb after a while though :P

without knowing how smooth the surface is I'd probably go with bow ties or gladiators.

that said, I love my badlands though, i reckon theyre the best most versatile ture I've ever used. the the track group voters to stop whinging about tearing up a dirt track. if they dont like a bit of rough dirt why do they race in offroad classes? they should just pave it :P

[rchippie]

I've tried boiling & acetone. I found that soaking them in acetone gives the best results. I use a new paint can with a lid fill it with acetone & put the lid on . Usually 24 hours is enough.

[J3110]

Recently had this issue with my mashers on stablemaxx titans.
I did the boiling method and found that 20 minutes seemed to give the best results. The glue will turn yellow and brittle.
Only problem is the discoloration of plastic and if you have chrome rims, it ruins the finish.
My rims were white and then yellow after the boiling, so I dyed em black and it worked out fine.
Reason I did this was to kill the baloning of the mashers on the BL-Maxx by running a couple rings of duct tape inside the tires...worked like a charm.

There is also some kind of glue dissolver that you can get at hobby shops that I understand works pretty well. Most likely it has acetone in it if that is what appears to work the best.

[kevin23]

Originally Posted by rchippie

I've tried boiling & acetone. I found that soaking them in acetone gives the best results. I use a new paint can with a lid fill it with acetone & put the lid on . Usually 24 hours is enough.

That is the best method i have found also,works great

i tried 100% pure acetone on some stock rc18t tires and it just melted the tires, seriously melted the tires to the point if you touched them they would fall apart in your hand. so be careful.

i liked the scalpel method above.