Dont bake your tires!

[Clod4life_2]

Thought i could unglue the tires by putting them in the oven.....NOPE

http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad278/Hqout5/IMG_20110622_151414.jpg

http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad278/Hqout5/IMG_20110622_151451.jpg

 

[darkchylde415]

ya know when i first started out i baked and boild tires they were sc ones but never had a problem, i havent found a way to do clod ones succesfully yet they always end up warping the rim

 

[kevin107]

my friend just did this with a Short Course tire without issue.. we were going to put it as an article on my blog..

 

[william g]

you can get the tires to fit a 3.0 wheel, like an imex for the kongs or similar

 

[carcrusher]

Traditional tire removal methods DO NOT work for clod rims. 95% of RC rims are nylon, but Tamiya's are ABS plastic. For example, I remove my tires by soaking them acetone, and everything comes off perfectly clean. Do that with a clod tire, and the rim will dissolve into nothing. Same thing with baking/boiling - the rims do not have the same thermal characteristics as nylon rims, thus making the process much more difficult.

 

[Clod4life_2]

^^^

Wow I didn't know that.
It just sucks, now i gotta buy a new pair of tires and wheels. $50.00 mistake

 

[criminallyclod]

I heard it helps if you wrap them in tinfoil. what about a heat gun? and slowly remove it inch by inch just putting enough heat on there to loosen the glue? worth a shot if your gonna ruin the wheel anyways lol

 

[Clod4life_2]

Ya well luckly three of the tires came right off with out heat, but now I'm just on the look out for one extra puller tire. Imexrc seems to be sold out, just my luck.

 

[william g]

Ya well luckly three of the tires came right off with out heat, but now I'm just on the look out for one extra puller tire. Imexrc seems to be sold out, just my luck.

Imex has been out of most clod tires for some time now.

Put that tire and 1 other on Imex jumbo kong wheels so you can have something to run till you find a pair.

 

[quick5pnt0]

Traditional tire removal methods DO NOT work for clod rims. 95% of RC rims are nylon, but Tamiya's are ABS plastic.

Bingo! I found this out the hard way when I boiled my brother's Tamiya touring car rims a few years back.

 

[BlueIce12]

I just looked at the Imex website and it says the Clodbuster Imex pullers are in stock.

 

[Clod4life_2]

I just looked at the Imex website and it says the Clodbuster Imex pullers are in stock.

Yeah thats what i thought, so i placed an order, but they emailed me with a refund saying they where out of stock. And when i asked, it didn't seem like they were gonna be back anytime soon

 

[ClodMonster]

Maybe try ebay.

 

[BlueIce12]

That sucks, maybe they should redo there website so everyone doesn't have to be dissapointed i am glad i didn't order anything yet.:bang

 

[ClodMonster]

I found these for you. I don't know if these are what you are looking for.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=imex+tires&x=10&y=19

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_kw=imex&_kw=tires&_dmpt=Radio_Control_Parts_Accessories

 

[Clod4life_2]

Thanks for all the suggestion guys, but yeah I've been hitting up Ebay pretty much every hour. Still no luck, As soon as i see some Pullers on there im jumping on em