What the hell is this....

[TopCatGr58]

Hey Patrick,

I would try to get a putty knife or other such item down in between the rim/bead and the tire enough to be able to separate the tire bead from the rim just enough to get some wire cutters and cut the bead bands, then the tire should more easily be able to be grabbed with vicelock pliers or such to be able to peel the tire from the rim!?

Like stated, if a heat gun, and or the other chemical approaches don't work, you might even try a small torch on a thin area next to the rim, again burning enough to get down to the bead chord/wires and the rim!

Good Luck, keep us posted on your progress and what worked!
T.C.

[Larrym]

Stihl the Answer?

I think Patrick's trying to borrow his neighbor's chainsaw right about now...

[Incubus]

Got my own, Larry. Looking for a spark plug.

[Incubus]

I couldn't find a spark plug, but I did find my bottle of Goof Off. It was new and unopened. That stuff costs too much to actually use.

Small splash of Goof Off by the rim. Pound the tire by the Goof Off with a one-inch chisel and a two-pound mall. It gave, just a little. Pounded a giant Craftsman screwdriver through the breach, then another one inch away. Repeated, one inch at a time, all the way around the rim on both sides. The biggest problem was I was tearing the tire from the bead, tearing the infernal goop from hell from the tire and the rim and tearing the tire from the terrorist goop that Guantanamo is too good for all at the same time.

But it freaking worked. That was the heaviest MC tire I have ever lifted. I was curious, so I brought it in and weighed myself holding the tire on SWMBO's bathroom scale which must be accurate because it never gets used. It apparently is needed to keep the ceramic tile from floating up in the air, endangering air lanes and posing a peril to air travel and life on Earth as we know it. Feel safe, y'all. SWMBO's got your back. Then I weighed myself without the tire. The difference was in the area of 42 pounds.

I am going to burn this tire, even if the noxious foam from the bowels of perdition should emit toxic gases that make birds drop midflight from the sky. Sorry birds. Blame PO - he is the Bad Guy here. I am going to make an effigy without a face to represent that dastard PO. I am going to throw the effigy on the burning tire. I am going to hire someone from Haiti to do some chants. PO's gonna pay.

I nominate myself as this week's winner of My PO is the Worse Creature on the Face of The Earth and Should Burn in Hell Or At Least Get a Speeding Ticket Award (The MPOISWCOTFOTEASBIHOALGAST Award, for short).

Thanks for the suggestions and the moral support, y'all. Everybody except for MXMIKIE.

Patrick

[Ivan]

So, don't hold back, and tell us how you REALLY feel.

[xs11bobber]

I'm nearing a point where I might find out the effect muriatic acid would have. That, however, would strictly be for thrills as I doubt the rim would survive.

Hey, it could happen. I was thinking muriatic as well. I've used that stuff to etch the clear coat from concrete as well as etch the surface of cross cut welds for measuring. I'm sure if you kept a fresh water source nearby it could work. They sell the weak version at wally world

[MindWebs]

Don't hold back man... Tell it flat out!

How do you really feel???


Good grief... that was a good laugh!!!

I'm sorry that it had to be at your expence, but D@#N that was funny!!

fix a flat ??? are you guy's sure about that?

it looked like Great stuff expanding foam to me...

[oseaghdha]

Maybe

It was this stuff, or similar?

http://www.wingfootct.com/services/tirefill/

[xs11lover]

Succabus, I have plenty of extra rims if you need one, for the cost of shipping.
GW

[Incubus]

When I found the stuff my first thought was that someone did it on purpose to make the tire immune to flats. But if this stuff had this texture when it was put in the tire it would have offered a terrible ride. It was literally the texture of styrofoam. It had no give. It would have been like riding on solid core rubber tires. The litle red wagons we kept around when the kids were young were handly for giving the kids rides, but I wouldn't have wanted wante to try to ride a little red wagon at 80miles per hour. The handling also would have been atrocious, even if that flat spot hadn't always been there.

No, I want to give the PO the benefit of the doubt. I figure he was just malicious or incredibly stupid, not suicidal.

Patrick

[skids]

I think I would have tried a little gasoline to see if it would dissolve. 'Course with that much material, it would have taken a tanker full!

[mn2346]

This reminds me of polyurethane (this is what it is called in Finnish, not 100% sure of the English version), the stuff that is used to seal the windows and other cracks in houses.

Very hard to get out once set.

[Rasputin]

Looks a lot like the stuff they put in "Bobcat" (skidsteer) tires to stop any flats. I would be asking a dealer how they deal with that goo and what they use? It could be useful in this instance.