aluminum rims

[glenn57]

OK now I'm pizzed!!!!! last time I"ll own anything with aluminum rims. anyone of you rocket scientists got any tricks to remove these rims from the hub. my ATV tire has a slow leak in the front tire, I found it, leaks several places on the outside bead. I have had wd40, liquid wrench and now 3 in 1 oil smothered all over it to try and break it loose. trying to take it off to bring to the tire place but!!!!!!!!!!

any ideas??? thinking of just taking the whole wheeler down there and let them deal with it. I,ve gently beat on it but not to hard not wanting to break the rim.   

[HD]

How's the tread?
I put "green slime" in all my wheeler tires. ...no more flat tires.

[glenn57]

tread is great!!! whats this green slime you speak of???????????

and then there is the issue of them rims need to come off eventually????????

[glenn57]

and will it work at  this this temp????

[HD]

It's a tire sealant, I put it in all my small implement tires.
Hay rake, haybine, wheel barrow, hay wagons, garden trailers, 4 wheelers, mini bike....etc...

You can buy it just about everwhere.

As for getting the rims off sooner or later...I use a product called  "Knock'er Loose" basically, it's penetrating oil. Stuff works pretty  quick. Just spray it a few times and leave it overnight. Take a rubber mallet the next day and pop it a few times.....

[glenn57]

thanks HD!!!!!!!

reckon I gotta be nice to ya for a while now......huh??????

[Rebel SS]

Whenever ya take a rim OFF, run silicone grease or TPF lube around the rim....and on the studs. Keeps the corrosion out and off. Same things as truck and vehicle rims......

[Boar]

Reb, HD...you guys forget who your talkin to right? he cant even fish....

[The General]

Kick the top of the rim and they will come off, it may take many times. One time that didn't work and I grabbed a log and used that.  Just don't use a hammer as you don't want to bend the rim.

[glenn57]

Whenever ya take a rim OFF, run silicone grease or TPF lube around the rim....and on the studs. Keeps the corrosion out and off. Same things as truck and vehicle rims......

that's just it them bombardier products run forever. Other then a little grease and new oil and filter never had issues!

[glenn57]

Reb, HD...you guys forget who your talkin to right? he cant even fish....

boar ... . Go drink your fireball!!

[Boar]

but what good is it if yu cant even get the tire off.. oh can am this and can am that... can am is the best can am is the greatest... can am forever... ummmm can someone help me get the tire off my can am....

[Gunner55]

Green slime works great,like HD said. Our old mower up to lake had weather check issues on the rear tire. We couldn't get the tire of the rim either so we took the rim & all in to L & M. They put a new tire on it for just < $40. Put it back on the mower only to find we had the same issue with the other side. We just pulled that rim & all off the mower & green slimed it, making sure we got the sidewalls good.  That was 2 or 3 years ago & not a problem since.

[glenn57]

looks like a trip to fleet farm sometime this weekend!!!! still wanna get the rims off.  so on the honey dew list it goes for all the tires. clean them up, slobber the hud up with antiseaze and put back on.   

[HD]

thanks HD!!!!!!!

reckon I gotta be nice to ya for a while now......huh??????

I wouldn't be to nice to me....cause I have a "special" post just for you....just waiting for the right time..... 

[glenn57]

 

[Rebel SS]

                     

[glenn57]

                     

don't you and Del gotta go pinto bean shopping or somethin???????????????

[Boar]

You too HD?

[Rebel SS]

                     

don't you and Del gotta go pinto bean shopping or somethin???????????????

He's yer brother, why would I want to go anywhere with him??! He uses kidney beans for his liquid goulash, anyway. Besides, this thread is about ALUMINUM RIMS anyway, ya knob! 

[glenn57]

It's a tire sealant, I put it in all my small implement tires.
Hay rake, haybine, wheel barrow, hay wagons, garden trailers, 4 wheelers, mini bike....etc...

You can buy it just about everwhere.

As for getting the rims off sooner or later...I use a product called  "Knock'er Loose" basically, it's penetrating oil. Stuff works pretty  quick. Just spray it a few times and leave it overnight. Take a rubber mallet the next day and pop it a few times.....

hey HD any heads up on where i can purchase this knock erup............. i mean knock er loose?????????

[HD]

I've seen it at napa, orielly's, grainger, amazon...the boy just picked some up, I sent him a text....I'll let ya know what he says.

[dew2]

 Heres a few places for knockerloose.I never used it but like I said on the other site Kroil is some of the best I have tried
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1T4GGLL_enUS699US716&q=knock'er+loose+vs+pb+blaster&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQyNfIp7rQAhWB14MKHTLECssQ1QIIhwEoAA

[HD]

He said he got the last can at Fleet Farm

[glenn57]

He said he got the last can at Fleet Farm

thanks bud!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HD]

He said he got the last can at Fleet Farm

thanks bud!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No problem. ...stuff works pretty darn good....just as good as kroil, only cheaper. 

[glenn57]

well it appears the green slime worked on the tire. checked it with soapy water!!!! I picked up a can of that bust er loose but that project will wait till spring!!!!!!!! thanks guys for all the advice.......well some of your advice????

[LPS]

So this Green Slime.   It sounds like you should take the tire and rim off the wheeler so you can tip it in all directions to get everything coated.  Is that the trick?  How much in each tire, a whole can?  I have two tires on my wheeler that I constantly put air in.  Just put tubes in the front tires on my lawn mower.  That was a challenge...

[Rebel SS]

Only problem with that stuff is, when ya have to replace that tire on the rim in a couple years....  Ask any tire guy.   

[HD]

Nope LPS you don't have to take the tire off. Just drive around real slow at first or jack that side up and rotate it slowly. They have different size containers for the tire you are putting it in.....and they sell inner tubes with it pre-installed at Nothern Tool....