Easy Coker Airfoil tire change

[bugman]

Originally posted by U-Turn
[B]Quite seriously, you should be able to put the tire on with no tools and no lube. The bead-in-the-channel thing is the trick. Recall rim or not.

Bring your Coker to a NYUC meeting, and I’ll show you in person. [/B]

Is that same offer good for an AUC meeting? I’ll have to change one out someday and am not looking forward to the experience.

[U-Turn]

Originally posted by bugman
Is that same offer good for an AUC meeting? I’ll have to change one out someday and am not looking forward to the experience.

I’d love to come down sometime to see you guys, but breath-holding is not recommended looks into wallet with a frown.

[harper]

Originally posted by One on one
I used shaving cream as a lubricant on the tire.

Soaps and detergents (like shaving cream) are water soluble and usually have lots of water in them. This is a corrosive mixture for both steel and aluminum. If you’re going to use any lubricant use one that is not water soluble. Silicone spray, Vaseline, even olive oil would be beter.

[One_on_one]

Originally posted by harper
Soaps and detergents (like shaving cream) are water soluble and usually have lots of water in them. This is a corrosive mixture for both steel and aluminum. If you’re going to use any lubricant use one that is not water soluble. Silicone spray, Vaseline, even olive oil would be beter.

O.K. that makes sense. But I’ve heard that oil will eat away at rubber. Which leaves Silicone spray. I recall hearing John Childs recommending the use of Silicon Spray in the past.

[john_childs]

Originally posted by One on one
O.K. that makes sense. But I’ve heard that oil will eat away at rubber. Which leaves Silicone spray. I recall hearing John Childs recommending the use of Silicon Spray in the past.

Darren Bedford is the big proponent of silicone spray.

Silicone spray is most useful for getting the sidewalls of an ultimate wheel nice and slippery. I just recently started using it on the Coker tire to make seating the bead a bit easier. The silicone spray is not harmful to the rubber or the tire.