Boiling off old tires

[rocco79]

Name dropper

[Eracer76]

boiling works ok, tires don't just pop off though..

oven works a lot better and my c-boas fell off the rims with ease...I didn't like the clean up I had to do on the rims/tires though, glue needed to be cleaned up all over the place and it literally took 2-3 hours to get it all off. At that point I wished I would have just bought new rims....

oven does stink up the house IMO and boiling does mess up a pan...


Roc, eric did the acetone thing on his c-boas and he like them with the hard compound....he said they work good.

I had the same problem with the oven way, it took forever to remove all the old glue.
So I figured I'd try the acetone way, not knowing it would turn my Boa C's hard afterwards
So I was going to buy new ones, but so far they seem to be working ok, even while being hard....After all, I did manage to win the A-main with them on Sunday

[rocco79]

Jeeeeezzzzzzzzz how many times ya gonna say it! LoL!!!!

[Czech-it-Out Graphics]

ur arm must be gettin sore from patting urself on the back so much

[badmojo]

lmao, whatever works I guess

[Eracer76]

Your all just jealous :p:
lol

[Czech-it-Out Graphics]

that must be it

[AddictedtoNITRO]

I did the boil too and it did mark up the pan a lil. It did work but 4 tires took like an hour of boiling water. lol I started to get impatent and started to exacto once they got hot and that seemed to help the water soak into the bead some.

[SLOW REVO]

Why not just buy new rims, Is it realy worth all the time it takes

[Ponch]

Why not just buy new rims, Is it realy worth all the time it takes

Becuase they're saving the tires....

[DAVEC-NITRO-RS4]

yep, it's the tires.

[SLOW REVO]

Well i guess it might be worth the time then.alute:

[DAVEC-NITRO-RS4]

Well I doubt I could have accomplished this between heats at the track, but I tried the Xacto method. I trimmed away the side that was already the looser, back or front of the wheel. After I cut the one side free I was able to clean out the bead with the Dremel wire wheel, install the new foam and reglue the side I cut away. It took about an hour to cut and clean all four MT size wheels. With new foams in there, they are good as new, and ready to sit on bench because I never go to the track.

Thanks Chris for the Xacto tip. No boiling no baking no mess no wife problems! It's all good!

[DAVEC-NITRO-RS4]

The reason I had to do this:



These things were softer than a warm Krispy Kreme donut.

[Ponch]

Time for some ofna moldeds Dave lol.

[rocco79]

Thats what mine looked like to dave..... Just use stock replacements . Ofna foam weighs too much IMO

[DAVEC-NITRO-RS4]

I used white panthers.

[Tex]

that's the best bet Dave, good call

[chris arnold]

the dad gosch x acto method rocks. i did gimpies 1/8 tires at the track last sat between heats. LOL

[rocco79]

Gimpy!