Will a tyre shop be able to remove the bead only on a tyre?

[RR76]

I thought I'd try and be smart and save money and cut the tyre off a wheel. Now I am left with the bead only left on, you live and learn. I could try and cut it off with a Dremel but I phoned the tyre shop and they said to take it in so they can have a look , will they be able to remove it?

[BlindedByTheLights]

Take it there and see? How do we know!

[GreenV8S]

I'd expect it to be quite easy to remove since you don't have to wrestle with the tyre - the question is how much they'd charge you for the bother. Have you tried simply levering it off? You'd need to position the bead into the drop center on one side of the rim and then lever the bead over the flange on the opposite side.

[E-bmw]

RR76 said:

I thought I'd try and be smart and save money and cut the tyre off a wheel. Now I am left with the bead only left on, you live and learn.

That was clever, did you not think about how you would get the only hard bit off with nothing to "get hold of".

Your problem is that tyre removal machines use pressure on the side wall to push the bead off its seat & now there is no tyre that makes it all the more difficult even with a tyre machine.

Take it in to them & all you can do is HOPE that they can get it off without wrecking your alloys.

[Master Of Puppets]

GreenV8S said:

I'd expect it to be quite easy to remove since you don't have to wrestle with the tyre - the question is how much they'd charge you for the bother. Have you tried simply levering it off? You'd need to position the bead into the drop center on one side of the rim and then lever the bead over the flange on the opposite side.

This.

Had to do that with many a tyre, blowouts etc. Or you could use a good pair of snips and cut through the wires a small bit
at a time.