Dirty; every one of those methods are NOT "better than you found it". There simply isn't a fast and non-dirty way to remove tires from rims with basic tools. And breathing in smoke and wearing out cut-off wheels seems something that should be avoided in my judgment. So I cut the stem with some type of razor blade or remove the valve, then I put a 4 foot 2x6 or 2x8 piece of wood behind my back drivers side tire and back up onto the board that I placed the other end of it on top of the scrap tire that I put lying down on the ground, just before its rim edge (I even trimmed out the end of the board to match the round of the rim) - breaking the tire off its seat with relatively no effort and little cost, even after driving off the board, repositioning the scrap tire to get the rest of the tire off one side (especially on stubborn rusty rims), then flipping to the other side of the scrap tire and repeating. Getting the tire off the rim is the tricky part I guess, but with the one side of tire placed in the right area between the sides, it's relatively easy to pry up part of the tire over the rim and keep going or then cut the steel wires in this raised part and maybe even easily cut up the sidewall with a razor knife for some extra flexibility to get the one side of the tire off the rim. Then the other side of the tire can be pried out the same side of the one cut tire side. = no damage to rims, next to no wasted metal, little to no smoke inhalation, little to no wear on cutting tools, and probably took the same amount of time. What you think?
This is amazing. Just earlier today, I was removing tires from rims for the first time ever. I spent about an hour taking five tires off of five different rims, all aluminum, and all low profile tires. The bad part is, I spent at least 20 minutes wrestling with the first one is until I realized you need to take the tires off from the front of the rim base, not the back. After that, I spent between seven and five minutes on each tire afterwards. And that’s just using a crowbar and a large screwdriver, as well as some soapy water. I made $90 off of those five rims alone in. I call that a win.
Thanks for the tips Vince. I have a 4Runner and a 2X4 a crowbar and a long screw driver so I'm all set then for the next set of aluminum rims and tires I find. I screwed up on a set I found about a month ago. I brought them to a tire place that I trusted and had them do the removal. I figured they would do it for $20 or so and didn't even ask how much, I just left them overnight and told them I'll pick up and pay in the morning. Well $60 latter I had them separated. Got $80 for the rims.so only made $20 on the whole deal. Next time I do it myself.
@@vincedibona4687 i guess also cos i cut the tyre in half it makes it easier to dispose of a tyre in the wheelie bin (in 2 halves)...one per week. In this country no one takes tyres for free...
I recently started scrapping as a side hustle. My parents showed me how to do it and it was the one of the ways they made money when they first came to this country. I recently pulled the engine out of one of my project cars and decided to scrap the rolling shell myself. My final task is to scrap the wheels that have tires mounted. thank you this video helped me out for my specific situation. 😅
I just use my hydraulic tyre removal machine I got for free, when I cleaned out a closed auto repair shop. As a full-time scrapper I regularly get up to 30 car wheels a month (far from all with aluminium rims); plus 4 extra (5, if any spare) every time I scrap an old car, as well as 2 (sometimes 3) from every trailer/caravan. The valves are brass, occasionally stainless steel. They are pyrolyzed, thus turned into pure brass. Internal parts are removed and sorted as iron or stainless. Wheel weights are zinc, older ones are lead. They are kept in separate fractions, melted (ferrous parts are removed), and cast into bars. Finally, in the beginning (12 years ago) I used your "third method". Works great on motorbike tyres too. Bicycle tyres are just pried off with a large flathead screwdriver.
Good information, I am going to start picking up rims and tires. I did not bother before as I had to get rid of the tires, I have a recycling depot now that lets me drop the tires off for free.
I use a Diablo Carbide Thick Metal Cutting recip blade and slice straight through the tire and bead. It usually takes about a minute. The metal cutting blade is awesome because it will last forever and I don't have to worry about having an angle grinder.
Funny you put this out today - I just turned mine in today with tire on - they give less but it is far less hassle too. My second method is going to the used tire store and giving them the tire if they will take it off the rim - win win. My last method is to go to the same tire store with a crappy tire and slip the guy a fiverr and getting the tire taken off the rim - but then I have to figure out what to do with the tire. Depends on the day which approach works best. Happy Hunting.
It sounds like your situation is much different than mine! I don’t think my scrapyards will take them with the tire on and it would be rough to lose $5 on each. Tools aren’t cheap though so I understand sometimes you haven’t got the choice
Hey @thubprint I only use the saws all. Cut across the thread first, then a straight cut through each side of the rim to cut the bead. One tool takes about 2 minutes per tire. I’ve used this method for 14” all the way up to 22”
I once cut up 50-70 unmounted tires, this place would take them free if they were cut completely in Half. Sawzall and bolt cutters since they were unmounted. Later paid to get rid of the other 50 or more, my dad had a HUGE collection of junk tires. When I scrapped about 20 alum wheels with tires, I sold/traded a few other nicer wheels to a guy with a tire machine and he did them as part of the deal.
TY so much. I'm trying to scrap the whole vehicle. I don't think I've driven it in this century. This is the 1st video I found and it's perfect. The tires sat so long they split across the middle on their own, even the steel belts. Only the bead hangs on. I was doing exactly as you describe. I just haven't cut deep enough. The rims are the cheapest chrome mags from the 80's and rusted beyond polishing. Worthless. I may just cut all the way around the tire and just leave the beads. I'm just going to roll it on the rims anyway.
M8 I have found the best way of dismounting tires off the rim , I call it the tire place , where tires are sold.. I pay a small fee for the dismount , and they recycle the tire. Keep up the good work. God bless y'all.
Oh I can see why that would be better, a lot of people do have to pay for disposal. I might have been able to get a discounted rate with this big stash too
I owe ya one. I wasn't getting through the bead. I just cleaned a rim that I probably had for 6 years and 3 more. I'm sure I'll get 70$ U S. Keep it up👍
When prying the rubber of the rim, you have to put the opposite side into the deeper part in the middle of the rim. Some newer rims do not have that, but it s rare.
Corded Sawzall with a carbide blade is the ticket. Plunge cut into the sidewall then cut through the bead. Flip the wheel, stand on the tire so it doesn't vibrate and rip through the tread and other bead. Peel the tire off the wheel and you're done. Once you get a rhythm down they take about minute. I did 53 the other day in an hour with one blade.
So i bought a reciprocating saw but it wouldn't cut the rubber! I'm sure i fitted a metal cutting blade... I used an angle grinder with usual cutting disc to cut tyre but it smoked the rubber heaps! You made the recip saw (zoosall?) look so easy!
Angle grinder definitely gets the rubber super hot! Not sure what the issue with the recip would be, I just adjust my angle till the teeth find some grip and it usually does it on its own from there
@@thubprint thank you for taking the time to reply mate! Yeah you made it look so easy.. Well i have a large grinder...i think it's like a 200mm disc instead of the usual 100mm one...so I'm just gonna drive that thru the bead and nearby rim in one go - either side. Will be a bit of smoke lol. Hopefully that will be all i need 🙂
Basically you line the jack foot up on the tire close to your rim and what I to is put it under my truck hitch so when I start to lift my truck the weight of my truck breaks the bead. You can find videos on RU-vid of it being done. It's a little more time consuming but it does save the rim
I changed my first tyre on a 15in rim the other day. Was alot easier then I thought.. the trick is to get the tyre in the lower part of the rim so it gives it move room at the top
I spent a while stripping 5 rims. Hacksaw, sledge and utility knife and bolt cutters to cut the steel ring on perimeter of tire. Got to the scrapyard " Oh there is chrome over the aluminum rim- not Aluminum price"
Method 3, using Sawzall with good blade, cut straight line on sidewall of tire through edge of rim until bead pops do both sides. Good blade will last 20-30 wheels. No huge prybar needed since you have a cut on sidewall at most a screwdriver is all that is needed. Only time needed to cut a little of the tread is on super low profile tires wit no sidewalls
I think you must be on to something there, if a really good sawzall blade can get straight through the bead that would be my new #1 method. It might be the cordless sawzall that’s causing me problems
Metal cutting disk on a circular saw. Plunge right in to the tire and rim. Takes about 5 seconds per cut and is a 100 times safer than using a hand grinder!
Yes, great improvement over the previous edition of tire-tearoff. Oh and it's Princess Auto, not Harbor Fart...er Freight (promote Canada). I got my tire changer there, and yes, it is a space hog in my shop.
Princess auto, of course! Basically the same thing. I’ve been wanting to remake this vid for the longest time, the previous one was kinda long and boring. Not like, “boring” but durdled around before giving any useful info
ive used the red harbor freight one, soon as you hit truck tires that thing folds right up. so now I have no bead braker. Ive used the carjack and wood method. but its time consuming because you need a rachet strap
You should create an Amazon wishlist. Maybe for different tools (although you don't want the harbor freight tool. Maybe there is something else that you wouldn't necessarily spend your own $ on but would be beneficial for the channel).
That sawing part is more faster and easier with just a kitchen knife on the side of the tyre, there is no metal in the middle of the side. Cut 1/4 of the tire, cut the bead from the outside in the middle of it and yank the tire out, 3 minutes per rim.
So after watching many ways to remove tyres I realised that recip saw + grinder is the easiest - if you're scrapping the wheels that is...and we all are, right? Lots of methods about breaking beads involving driving up wooden beams or using bottle jack under towar or trolley jack & tiedown straps. But really, if you don't mind the small cut in the wheel, then breaking the bead is a waste of time 🙂 I had 6 wheels and kept putting the job off as I wasn't sure if it would be as easy as Thub says. But man, once I started, it took less than 5 mins per wheel. Yes it REALLY was that easy! First using an angle grinder slice through the bead (and a little rubber and rim of course) on one side then flip wheel over and repeat. My grinder is a big 230mm dia disc type...a cheap $100 Ozito but man I've used it heaps for scrapping and once it spins up it really slices thru stuff like butter! Then use recip saw (with short metal blade) to rip thru the tyre from the cut on one side to the cut on the other side...a simple straight line cut. Cutting the bead BEFORE cutting the tyre saves having to make those extra short tyre cuts along the circumference to peel back the tyre. Well it worked for me. Keep up the great work!
Sounds like I should get one of those bigger wheel tools! Others have suggested I get a high quality blade for my reciprocating saw and then it’ll go straight through the sidewall and the bead. I’m gonna try that for the next batch for sure
Great if you're throwing away the tire and the rim. But not if you want the rim to use again. Cut a hole in the tire like you do skip the grinder!! Use a pry bar to pry the bead away from the rim then cut the tire with bolt cutters. Then it will be easy to get the tire off and save the rim
I usually take the valve stem out, put a car ramp on the edge of each rim on top of the bead, and drive my truck up on em to pop the bead. Flip and pop the other side, and then pop em off with a couple tire irons. Can have two tires at a time done in a few minutes and don't hafta cut nothin
I grind/cut aluminum most every day.. rub candle wax to your cutting disk and it helps to keep the disk from clogging up as much. A bit Smokey though...
First one is best. I would add once you have taken flap out, soapy water on bead near where you are to cut, but lever the bead away from rim with a pry bar if you can then you are only cutting bead. Will save on disks used. May be able to resell if no mark made.
what's one of those things weigh, aluminum wise? i rarely see anything like this, you must have a couple choice tire/wheel shops in your travels. i keep getting so much stuff from houses i haven't really branched into business dumpsters yet, i got this massive radiator at a house, a good 40lbs of aluminum i'd guess. keep 'em coming, your vids are always informative.
I’m not sure on the weight exactly, I tend to get $15-20 each. I am fortunate that good scrap comes my way once in awhile! This particular stash was building for quite awhile and most of them I purchased for scrap or received in payment
Oh I WANT to so bad! It’s not easy, and when I did dailies for a bit the quality definitely suffered. I’ll see how dumpster diving in the snow works haha!
2 more for you..metal cutting blade ..it will punch the side wall and cut the bead takes about 1min to get tire off rim...or go to HF and get a tire changer.they are cheap and you can sell the good tires and rims..
Just a suggestion, but if you are doing a lot of tires, buy a used tire machine, it will save a lot of time, faster and cleaner. I picked up an old Coats 1010 for $65.00.
This while require a vehicle and a piece of lumber. Lay 2x4, 2x6, etc. (whatever you have) along the bead and drive the vehicle onto the board. The weight will break the bead. Be prepared to alternate and repeat up to 4 times, but usually after 2, the pry bar method will be a breeze.
I've seen a few ways, the guy who lived next to me for a while would drill into the tire then cut the bead with the reciprocating saw. I started using just the angle grinder to slice through the entire thing but I hate doing it and can't recommend it as easy. I've done a combination of all of them, and tires are one of my least favorite things to scrap but the payoff tends to be nice
Thub, thanks for this, I'm new to scrapping and have been enjoying your videos. Maybe you've already answered this somewhere but what do you normally do with the tires? I thinks it's around $5 ea. to dispose here in the states. Thanks
I just use the cheapie sleeve from Canadian tire. Better ones would last much longer but I wait for the sale and at 50cents each I don’t cry too much when I break one
You’re welcome! The one thing I wish I’d included was trying a really expensive reciprocating blade to cut through the whole thing with one tool. I didn’t even think of it at the time but that may be the true fastest way
The trick to getting tires off the rim with tire irons is to use lots of lube. My way to scrap rims is to break the bead with my hi lift jack and truck bumper and then pry the bead down enough to slip my sawzall between the rim and bead and cut the bead. I think your way is better as my way requires more aerobic exercise with the jack handle…
A cpl months too late. I got so frustrated with a tire and rim awhile back i said its not worth my time and re-threw it away! Lol. Just one, but still.
I have a Smith electric knife sharpener and a good blade. once sharp the blade cuts through the side wall very quickly.Then cut the bead with a grinder.The remaining tire bits can ,in some places,be put in the regular trash.Check lcal laws first though.
What about the civil unrest method of forming a street protest, lighting a big pile of tires on fire, and picking up the rims the next day after they cool down?
