Re: New rims, and tires to be installed, but I nee

Posted by Stan(VA). on July 06, 2005 at 21:40:45 from (4.248.251.1):

In Reply to: Re: New rims, and tires to be installed, but I nee posted by Tanner Clark on July 06, 2005 at 09:14:03:

Hey Tanner,
You've received several good suggestions on doing things right (new tubes and washing the tire out with soap and water [CaCl is water soluble]). As far as a shop suggestion... Last time I checked, 2 of 3 shops I called wouldn't touch a rim with CaCl in it; the 3rd would reinstall it (fluid), but didn't want to keep it (and that place was about an hour and 15 mins away).

Other problem is that all I have talked to are working against the clock (which doesn't always jive with things like washing and drying a tire out), so I do as much as I can myself.

If you find a shop to take your fluid, you might take the old tires in, have them de-mount the tires, then you take them home to clean everything up and return in a few days to have them re-mounted on the new rims. They might work with you or you might just have to pay as two different jobs.

The last time we dealt with it the fluid was drained on a driveway to keep the weeds/grass down, then we changed the tire out. That gave us time to clean up the scale inside the old rim, wash out the tire good, then reinstall everything. I have a tire spoon, couple of screwdrivers and use either the Super H or M's 3 pnt hitch to break the beads. The larger tires (36 & 38") can be relatively easy to do especially if the tire is fairly new and the bead rubber is still in good shape.

You need to be real careful though if you are going to remove the rims and try to haul them somewhere. 1- They will be HEAVY (would guess neighborhood of 500lbs a piece). With the weight distributed over a diameter that big, they become very awkward to balance. 2- If one is leaking, it will leak over the back of your truck which will then start rotting just like your rims if it isn't all cleaned out.

I got your email also and will try to respond direct tomorrow with some of the local contacts, maybe that will help a little.
Stan(VA).

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