How do I mount tires on rims myself (old school way)

I'm not diasgreeing with you in theory (I don't know enough about it to be able to). Like you , I have a friend who runs a medium size tire shop (~$1M in tire sales), and it's what he has used for years. I don't know the relative cost of soap vs tire lube, but will ask him. For some of the big ag or construction tires that require 4 people to install, he has a 5 gallon bucket of blue smurf $hit that is used, but for everything else it's soap. I've seen lots of corrosion from the outside in, but almost never from the inside unless it's a tubed farm tire run in the poop all the time. Air filled as well.

arne487 said:

Exactly. Not sure where you got $35.

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I must be seeing things, I thought your other post said 35 not 5. Time to get my eyes checked again.

Fix_Until_Broke said:

I'm not diasgreeing with you in theory (I don't know enough about it to be able to). Like you , I have a friend who runs a medium size tire shop (~$1M in tire sales), and it's what he has used for years. I don't know the relative cost of soap vs tire lube, but will ask him. For some of the big ag or construction tires that require 4 people to install, he has a 5 gallon bucket of blue smurf $hit that is used, but for everything else it's soap. I've seen lots of corrosion from the outside in, but almost never from the inside unless it's a tubed farm tire run in the poop all the time. Air filled as well.

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Not that I want to hijack this thread, but in my experience, a LOT of industries do things, and even do things with complete approval that are extremely wrong. My own pulpit is regarding rebar in concrete: 100% guarantee of failure. Civil engineers use textbooks and tables and computer programmes to build structures that are 100% wrong and destined to fail. Meanwhile, almost everyone misses that Roman concrete structures seem to last centuries, whereas we have trouble with decades.

Sorry for the rant, but that is what I see in several industries regarding what common practice is vs. what is technically correct to do.

Pat Dolan said:

I am REALLY trying hard not to jump on that straight line...aw shucks...you guys MOUNT tires down there? No wonder you need so much KY!

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Kentucky Jelly? the truth will be revealed..........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWAR1IGdZTI

arne487 said:

...I won't ever let Wal-Mart touch one of my cars again (goodbye pinch weld), but I'll still take wheels and tires in for them to mount.

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^ +1 Same here. They mount tires in a jiffy!