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Alan K

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What has anyone used for tire mounting lube on the farm? I know they make mounting lube but for the amount of tires I do I was wondering about a cheaper alternative rather than having it just sit on the shelf. I have heard about using dish soap but haven't tried it yet.
 
For the past 20 years or so, I've used Rim Grease from Gemplers.

It makes mounting easier but, more importantly, prevents the tire from rusting to the rim so that the tire can be easily removed 10 or 15 years in the future.

Use only a small amount and I would not recommend it for pullers or tractors that are used for heavy tillage.

Dean
 
I rember in the tire shops years ago the dobber they used was soapy water.
I also used Murphys oil soap on the cheap tubes I bought, after using nothing on one and pulling the valve stem out.I have had no problems with using Murphys oil soap pulling valve stems
John
 


I have some rim lub that I use, and also use dish soap and water. I mix the soup heavy per water and use a plastic quart bottle with a 3/16 hole drilled in the cover. That is what I use most of the time.
 
i have tryed dishsoap, but murphy's soap is the catsazz. im sure if you go to your local tire shop they would give you a couple gobs out of their pail. usually when something is invented for specific use, thats the best thing to use. you sure dont want soapy water inside the rim rusting it up.
 
Good old dish soap works well and up till the fancy tire lubes came out that what was used in tire shops and gas station for decades and many still use dish soap since it is cheaper then the tire lubes. If it is a problem tire straight dish soap but most of the time a mix of say 5% soap to 95% water. I do tires all the time including split rims
 
Rim slip works great as well as soapy water. But up here in the frozen North with an un heated shop those products will freeze up solid and be useless when you need them this time of year. The alternative I have found that works well and is cheap is used anti-freeze. Maybe not quite as slippery as rim slip but pretty good. And it doesn't freeze. As far as I know it is not harmful to rubber.
 
I bought a product call "Rim Eze" at co-op for about 20 bucks a gallon. On my antique tire machine it works much better than the dish soap I used to use for mounting and dismounting tires that have been on rim for 40 plus years.
 
I Like Cyclo Breakaway lubes and will not freeze. It is a penetrating oil. I have used it for 20 years with no ill affects to tires or rims. Soap will rust the rims over time. Murphy's soap works good and it seems that is what most of the tire shops are using around me.
I do all my own tires from lawnmower to rear tractor tires.
 
Used to use diluted dish soap.Now I just use it straight. Have also used GoJo,but is not as good as soap. For the really tough ones,try Vaseline....
 
Where do you get Cyclo Breakaway? I use to use it all the time but can't find anybody around here that has it or can get it.
 
When it is really cold I use alcohol based carb cleaner.
Most of the time I use rim grease depending on what I am doing.
 
I got a pail from my tire guy, and found that it was just the gelled, or grease version of the liquid Murphys' vegetable oil soap you can get in the grocery store. So now I just have a little bottle of the liquid. As mentioned below, often it's cold enough here that even the liquid doesn't flow.
 
Myers Tire Supply sells an aerosol for mounting tires that is really handy when you get to a tough spot. Too expensive to use all the time but great to have available.
 
i have used wire pulling lubricant at times, works better than liquid soap diluted with water 50-50.the wire pulling lube isnt suposed to damage rubber
 
I have Dawn dish washing soap sitting around. Mix it on heavy side soap to water. Recently worked on several steel rims that were a pain to break seal. Then had aluminum wheels that were a breeze to break the seal. Afterward I spray the entire rim with the Dawn mixed with more water. After setting a day or so the built up grime cleans off. Amazing what that stuff will do.
 
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