Tire Mounting Hints & Tips: Difference between revisions
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*Be sure you're using enough lube. You can't use too much, but you can certainly not use enough. | *Be sure you're using enough lube. You can't use too much, but you can certainly not use enough. | ||
*Quite a few members recommend [http://www.agscompany.com/ | *Quite a few members recommend [http://www.agscompany.com/lubricants/automotive/166 Ru-Glyde] tire mounting lubricant. "This stuff is so slippery that the tires almost jump on and off the rims by themselves." Also available in [http://www.agscompany.com/lubricants/automotive/167 concentrated form]. | ||
*Be patient. When you have the tire half-way off/on, and it seems like it won't go any further, just sit there and wait. The tire will stretch, and you'll eventually be able to make more progress. You may have to sit there for up to 2 minutes while the tire is stretching...and then thwoump! It will slip right on/off when a couple minutes earlier it wouldn't budge. | *Be patient. When you have the tire half-way off/on, and it seems like it won't go any further, just sit there and wait. The tire will stretch, and you'll eventually be able to make more progress. You may have to sit there for up to 2 minutes while the tire is stretching...and then thwoump! It will slip right on/off when a couple minutes earlier it wouldn't budge. | ||