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Changing wheelchair tires with solid inserts
There are a couple tricks to changing pneumatic wheelchair tires with solid inserts.
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  • @carmenmathis201
    @carmenmathis201 Před 2 měsíci

    You did a great job.

  • @carmenmathis201
    @carmenmathis201 Před 2 měsíci

    My tire doesn't look like that. It was solid black rubber that began falling off in chunks.

    • @ronfriedrich2802
      @ronfriedrich2802 Před 2 měsíci

      What you have are solid rubber tires, not pneumatic tires with a solid inserts. There are many videos on replacing solid tires on CZcams done by professional repair shops, which guided me in that task on a friend's chair. It's likely some of those videos show up on CZcams's suggested viewing list on this page. Or search "replace wheelchair solid tires." That repair requires a special tool (I built my own rather than buying one) which stretches the tire as the tool rotates around the rim. My problem is that my son's chair uses pneumatic tires with solid inserts, not solid tires. The technician working for my vendor told me he would charge me for a new very expensive inserts because he would need to destroy them to replace the tires. I knew he was wrong, because his predecessor managed it just fine without damaging the inserts. I could not find any vids on YT demonstrating the entire process, so I figured it out on my own... with success.

  • @crazydavetails
    @crazydavetails Před 9 měsíci

    Thank you

  • @GMUHistorian
    @GMUHistorian Před 9 měsíci

    My current wheelchair is the first one I've had with solid tire inserts, and this is the first time I've needed to replace the tires. I'd managed to forget the tires didn't have a tube, so when I started the tire replacement I had absolutely no idea how to do it. Thank you so much for this great, very clear step by step explaination! I also really appreciate the silion spray trick. Replacing a wheelchair tire is never completely easy (or fun) but your instructions I think make it as painless as possible.

  • @nsbob70
    @nsbob70 Před 11 měsíci

    Boy does that look like a struggle. especially the putting them back on bit. I've been in a chair for coming up on 37 years now, and have always had pneumatic tires. I got a new chair about a year ago, and they accidently gave me the solid core tires. Was actually kind of nice not having to worry about keeping them aired up for a change, but sheesh, I'm afraid to give this a try! And as a few others have said here, having someone do it does cost a ridiculous amount. I'm worried of screwing up a new tire trying to put them back on. Funny, cuz over the years, I've made sure to have a whole bunch of innertubes 'in stock'..

  • @ruger8412
    @ruger8412 Před rokem

    Need some tire spoons. Metal on rubber & aluminum = destruction

  • @dougbrown7150
    @dougbrown7150 Před rokem

    Have you ever tried this on spinnergy spox? Was it an issue

  • @gustavohernandez8526

    Yeah i will do my moms tomorrow she said they charge her 200 to change them

  • @NessieNomsChu
    @NessieNomsChu Před rokem

    Is it possible to put on a pneumatic tire onto the old spoke? Or do the tires come with specific spokes per airless/pneumatic tire? I was able to secure myself a secondhand wheelchair and am trying to learn what i can modify or change on it myself for less $$$!

    • @ronfriedrich2802
      @ronfriedrich2802 Před rokem

      These are pneumatic tires with a solid foam inserts that take the place of an inner tube. This is different that solid rubber tires. In order to install a tire with an inner tube, the wheel rim must have a hole for the filler valve stem.

  • @ylaw2092
    @ylaw2092 Před rokem

    Greatttt jobbb 👍👍👍👍

  • @johndavies2093
    @johndavies2093 Před rokem

    👍

  • @scottssharpening
    @scottssharpening Před 2 lety

    Where can you get the solid insert? I have 25" rims.

  • @sigfrid1221
    @sigfrid1221 Před 2 lety

    Excelente información

  • @dougbrown7150
    @dougbrown7150 Před 2 lety

    Plastic tire levers will do the same job with way less damage to the wheels. 2-3 rounds with the screwdrivers will ruin the seat of the tire and create sharp spots for your hand to catch

  • @tuckergeek2
    @tuckergeek2 Před 2 lety

    I too also THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @gerardoticzon1586
    @gerardoticzon1586 Před 2 lety

    San po pwde bumili o magpa palit ng gulong ng wheel chair?

  • @akaline0895
    @akaline0895 Před 2 lety

    Thank you so much for posting this!! It’s getting increasingly difficult to find a repair shop that will do this for me without charging a ridiculous amount.