solid inner tubes? removal?

[clerkkent]

I acquired an old 60s Murray/Hawthorne bike, and the tires are some 80s mt bike tires that look really old & mediocre, so I want to replace them. The tires aren't flat, the tubes have no nozzle, they feel solid and weigh a ton. How do I get these tires & tubes off? hacksaw? blowtorch?

 

[A.S.BOLTNUT]

I just went through this my self , i took a regular hand saw and cut right down till i got to the rim then popped the bead up with a screwdriver and clipped with some wire cutters on both sides , then peeled it rite off. you gotta Man handle those thing's !


Ralph

 

[bmxerpete]

I had to remove a set of those solid inner tubes from a bmx wheelset, but I didn't want to ruin the tires. I took an old screwdriver and bent the tip slightly, and then filed down the sharp edges. I basically made a big tire lever and it worked fine. Just pry up the one side of the tire and pull the solid tube out.

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Soak for an hour in hot water and they come right off without damaging it, just watch for ant nests! My last one had a whole bunch in it.

 

[deorman]

The evil thing should be destroyed. :x

:shock: :lol:

 

[outskirtscustoms]

I only try to save them because local drunks who come to me every weekend to fix their bike after they crash it into something or run over something and blow a tire love them. Never get a flat again $20 each installed. :mrgreen:

 

[Bendix]

I just went through this my self , i took a regular hand saw and cut right down till i got to the rim then popped the bead up with a screwdriver and clipped with some wire cutters on both sides , then peeled it rite off. you gotta Man handle those thing's !


Ralph

+1 on this technique. :wink:

 

[clerkkent]

After one hacksaw, 2 flat blade screwdrivers, 1 small bolt cutter, a lot of elbow grease, and a few colorful metaphors, I finally got them off. The good news is that should I ever need to wrestle an anaconda, I will have some practice under my belt. What are these things? A premolded inner foam, or the evil ancestor of slime?

(oh, I found some abandoned wasp nests inside the tires)

 

[A.S.BOLTNUT]

8) Good For you !, told you just man handle those Bad Bears !! :x