removing tires from wheels? how to?

Maybe its just an RC urban legend, but I've heard you can use a deep freezer - something that gets down 10-12F to freeze them off. The cold affects the glue, makes it brittle and you can break the bond. Never tried it myself, but I will when I have a chance since I have a deep freezer.

Otherwise I've used the 3/4" of acetone in a paint can soaked for 8-12hrs. Thats always worked, one side at a time, but it can be hard on wheel's finish. Also, its pretty much guaranteed to ruin the liner.

[Arct1k]

Boiling for 15 mins a side has worked the best for me - Although I did just kill a set of mashers with this - The tire got v soft and ripped when being removed.

This has never happened with proline or traxxas tires though

[J3110]

Originally Posted by Arct1k

Boiling for 15 mins a side has worked the best for me - Although I did just kill a set of mashers with this - The tire got v soft and ripped when being removed.

This has never happened with proline or traxxas tires though

That bites. Mine were fine and I bought em maybe 5 or 6 years ago...they sat on a shelf for most of that time.
Did you cool em down with cold water after boiling em and did you lower the temp of the water to a very slow/light boil when boiling em?
To much heat can deteriorate rubber(as you have found), so you don't wanna ovedo it like I did at the track one day:


I drove home on that action(300 miles or so)...and bought new tires the next day. LOL

[brushlessboy16]

what are you replacing badlands with?

[kevin23]

i use 4340 acetone if that is any different,never harmed any of the tires i've used it on over the years

[zeropointbug]

Brushlessboy 16

I was going to use my RD Logic Porcupine tires (amazing traction), the wheels that they were mounted on have cracked and broken and they are very unbalanced now. The porcupine tires have quite a flat tread (not rounded), and they don't balloon much at all, they really have alot of steering traction, almost over steer when you increase the caster angle (front) on the Revo.

[brushlessboy16]

probably not, balloning happens in the center of the tire idk i fa thinner sidewall helps

[J3110]

Yeah, I think you may be right.
Consider the fact that now the bead having been stretched out and I would think the sidewall would have a little more give, actually. I guess I could just ask the guy running em like that. :)
So, aside from 40 series and phaltine types, would you guys say that pretty much all "standard" sized MT tires are prone to this balooning effect?

I know that the stock T/E-Maxx tires are a pretty hard compound and seem to resist balooning fairly well, but any other tire I've had has always been a softer compound, so I'm wondering if they should start belting tires with a harder compound or are we all gonna be duct-belting our wheels from now on?

[brushlessboy16]

or just trim the sidewall instead of stretching it