My First Split Ring Tire Change


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Posted by Greg Coffin [4.225.212.158] on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 23:00:53 :

Today I took apart and reassembled my first split ring tire. My boys and I are starting to work on the 6x6, and I figured I might as well start them (and me) with the basics.

It took a couple tries to get the ring off, but once I realized I had to push the tire bead away from the ring flange, it went quite smoothly. The Sept 1996 in the PWA helped quite a bit too. We cleaned the ring and rim of loose rust, patched the tube, and reassembled the dirty mess. I chained the tire through all five rim holes, and filed the tire gingerly. No boom or severed limbs.

I've owned Power Wagons since 1987, but this is my first attempt at doing any tire work myself. Sadly the patch didn't hold, so we get to do it again tomorrow!!

Greg Coffin



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