stretched tires at 10psi

[dubcivic]

Hi i just picked up a pair of 16x8.5 wheels with falken 205/40r16 tires with a slight stretch. i just checked the psi and all of them were in the 10psi range. Since the tires are stretced and the air pressure is so low could any of the beads of came undone? or will i be ok just putting around 40psi in them and put them on my car

thanks

[MrDanguy]

Why not put some air in them and check if they leak...? Seriously can't be that hard.

[320icar]

if they were just sitting around, NO the "bead" would not come undone. if you have ever changed a tire, yo would know that the tire bead actually snaps onto the rim. and if you want to remove the tire you have to break the bead with a machine that looks like a huuuge clamp with a sharp end.

the only way to un bead a tire is to have it at low psi, and drive really aggressively.

[MrDanguy]

We unbead tires by airing it down to pretty much nothing, laying it on the ground, grabbing a rod and placing it a half inch or so away from the lip, and driving up on that rod with a truck, works everytime.
Once the bead it broke, step on the tire a few times, then use screwdrivers to wedge the tire off.

Easy and free.

[320icar]

.... or you can do it properly

[MrDanguy]

I've been removing tires using this method for 10 years, my dad has been doing it for 40+.
Just because you don't know, doesn't make it improper.

[320icar]

i dont mean to offend, and if you've been doing it for that long problem free then im sure it works just fine. i just assume that if you have to drive a TRUCK onto a piece of rod, then there is a more correct and probably safer way of doing it.

[MrDanguy]

No offense taken. We've never had any problems (safety included) doing it that way and I plan to continue doing it that way.
Of course there's a safer way to do it... but I'm a redneck at heart, safe isn't in my vocabulary.

[benz88]

That's the old school way with spoons. We do that with Steel wheels and tractor/Semi tires. Some steelies with truck tires but would never do that with an aluminum wheel