Tire Mounting Lube?

[FullRaceMerc]

What do you recommend?

Looking at them many brands are water based. It seems like it might be bad to trap water between the rim & bead. Or am I being overly concerned?

Thanks

 

[wrench409]

Use a product called Freylube. It's vegetable oil based if I recall.

 

[theoldwizard1]

Murphy's Original Concentrated Tire and Tube Mounting Compound

Great straight out of the bucket. Dilute with water and spray it.

 

[tatra]

Frey lube no rim rust. Not a Murphys fan. For dismount soap and water. In winter I used windshield washer fluid for dismount in a spray bottle.

 

[dbabicky]

We use a product called "Rim Eaze" .

 

[WhiffySpark]

We use paste

 

[Techie1961]

The place that a buddy of mine owns that is very busy just uses dish soap. He buys it in bulk and adds some water.

 

[Motorman55]

Windex glass cleaner is what I use.

 

[G-ManBart]

The place that a buddy of mine owns that is very busy just uses dish soap. He buys it in bulk and adds some water.

That's what they use in the shop at work...simple and cheap.

 

[JJThrasher]

Sliptac & Skidd

 

[BD1]

That's what they use in the shop at work...simple and cheap.

Me too DAWN .

 

[Boomer343]

Dish soap will keep attracting water and doesn't dry.

One well known issue with high performance vehicles is with the tire walking around the rim from the ABS functioning if the proper tire mounting lube isn't used.

Hunter Paste was all I ever used.

 

[Jlbc212]

I use RuGlyde from NAPA auto parts. It costs about $15 per gallon. It won't rust or corrode your rims. Most soaps are caustic.

 

[matt_i]

I use Ruglyde, however this is for tractor tires where there is an innertube, but same issues if the bead spins on the rim. Im pretty sure its a thickened glycol product, sort of like high viscosity green coolant.

 

[SILVERPLATE]

When I worked at a gas station as a kid in the early seventies we used kerosene in a bottle with a brush.

 

[Revelations]

Always lube before you mount your rubber. Having a high speed blowout may prove costly.





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[powerwagon63]

Grampa showed me how to change tires with spoons and a hammer. He kept a coffee can full of bacon grease.

 

[AMCguy]

When I read the title of this thread, I thought there would only be one answer and then it would die. I'm surprised there are so many answers.

For me there is only one, RU-Glyde. It is also an excellent tire dressing plus vinyl and rubber treatment.

 

[Raymond Fast]

I use Joe's Bead Lube. It's environmentally friendly and relatively inexpensive. I cut it about in half with water so I can spray it from a recycled Windex bottle. I've been very satisfied with it. It also makes a good leak detector.

Here's the link to the website: http://www.joeskleenproducts.com/joes-bead-lube

I think I ordered it from O'Reilly Auto Parts.

 

[theoldwizard1]

Most soaps are caustic.

Murphy's Tire Soap is vegetable based and non-caustic.

 

[theoldwizard1]

Grampa showed me how to change tires with spoons and a hammer. He kept a coffee can full of bacon grease.

The raccoons kept his tires and rims clean !

 

[bwringer]

Another vote for RuGlyde from Napa. My first gallon lasted me ten years and many, many motorcycle tires. A real live tire mounting lube like RuGlyde has additives to keep it from corroding rims, and it dries tacky so the tires don't slip on the rims. And no, you're not supposed to use a quart per tire or anything -- just swab around the beads and you're good.

Whenever this topic comes up, I'm always astonished at the toxic, ineffective, corrosive, and downright stupid hillbilly substitutes people will use instead of just buying a goddamn jug of the correct stuff. Several have already been mentioned...

 

[drmarkr]

Another vote for RuGlyde from Napa. My first gallon lasted me ten years and many, many motorcycle tires. A real live tire mounting lube like RuGlyde has additives to keep it from corroding rims, and it dries tacky so the tires don't slip on the rims. And no, you're not supposed to use a quart per tire or anything -- just swab around the beads and you're good.

Whenever this topic comes up, I'm always astonished at the toxic, ineffective, corrosive, and downright stupid hillbilly substitutes people will use instead of just buying a goddamn jug of the correct stuff. Several have already been mentioned...

Since the "correct stuff" is Murphys soap and antifreeze, per the MDS. 10-4.

 

[TMcCay]

Another RUGlyde user here. Cheap and easy to find...

 

[Lorydr]

For my bike tires, I use a large, unopened plastic trash bag. It works as well as a lube, being that it has a slippery surface. It's easy enough to pull out after the beads are behind the rim.

 

[joe_padavano]

Yet another vote for RUGlyde. Easy to get at NAPA and never had a problem.

 

[FullRaceMerc]

Thanks for all the input. I ended up getting a gallon of RuGlyde from the NAPA around the corner. They had to order it. Once it arrived I changed several tires on an old manual machine. It is plenty slick for mounting, & seems to dry up quickly enough to not stay slippery for long. Since I offroad it's important that tires don't spin on the rims when aired down. So far it looks like a good choice. Thanks again.

 

[Spareparts]

Another Ru-Glyde user, we use it to mount the pullers tires, but we wipe excess off before airing them up, and we often get down to 6-7 psi with no slip

 

[INSP380]

When I used to work for Sohio, we called it Whale Snot. Not sure what was in the jug, but I used a lot of it!

Steve

 

[Farmall 1066]

Ruglide if I'm in the shop. I've used Armor All, GoJo and Crisco in a pinch.
Never a problem with any of them.

 

[Slackerzinc]

Ru-glyde is my go to bead lube also

 

[Bondo]

What do you recommend?

Looking at them many brands are water based. It seems like it might be bad to trap water between the rim & bead. Or am I being overly concerned?

Thanks

Ayuh,.... You sure are,....

 

[ovilla]

I use Murphys or windex. Both clean up well.

 

[stimpy]

when we mounted semi rims it was Ivory dish soap and gasoline mixed, drys to a glue like substance

 

[homebuilt burner]

Malco Products blue tire lube if you can find it.

 

[Falcon67]

I use Sprayway because it evaps and leaves a clean bead.

Here's a good one - had one front tire on the dragster that kept losing air overnight. 2 1/2 x 22 tire. Pulled the tire, cleaned the rim, installed like other tires - flat next morning. All drag tires seem to lose air over a short time, but not in like hours. Talked to a friend that has been running dragsters forever. Said to let the air out and lightly spray WD-40 between the rim and tire around the bead both sides. Wipe off excess and air up. I'll be danged if that didn't fix it.

 

[Streetbu]

Ru-Glyde for mounting lube. Dawn dish soap inside drag slicks to keep them from going flat when sitting.