Re: Split Rims

[josad@domain.elided]

> Very carefully on the remount. Essentially, you "unmount" the rim by 
> deflating the tire and then prying one end of the retainer out and up and 
> just keep working it around until it comes off. To put back on, start one 
> end and with a mallet keep working around until it pops into place. When 
> you go to inflate, that rim can pop off if it wasn't seated properly so 
> truck shops inflate them in a cage. I inflated mine by using a long 
> barreled chuck on my air filler and pointing the 
use a clip on chuck, and stand away from the tire, never in front of or behind it, and make sure that it's in a cage.

retainer side of the 
> tire away from me. I often thought, but never did it, that laying another 
> tire on top of the retainer would asorb the energy of it coming off.
> John Hofstetter

The school I was going to (just completed) had a safety video where they show a split rim with a VW bug resting on it blow up.  lifted the bug a good 10 feet.

Joe

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