Tire Mounting Lubricant
 

Which are good and which to avoid. THere seem to be so many.choices. Not MB specific - I am looking at tire replacement on a few implements . Seems like all my stuff is getting as old as me all at once :)

Awwww ........... dun make me beg ! One of you guys knows.....

soapy water?

Soapy water. I believe there is also a product called Tire Lube. Also a product called SlipTac, sold by Amazon.

Some say soapy water causes rim corrosion. There are many products available. I was hoping to narrow the field to better ones, or at least which ingredients to look for.

The technical description for what you want is a non-persistent lubricant which is safe for rubber. Tire lube is what most folks use, but it does degrade certain rubbers, so may not be ideal. (My company installs rubber boots on our products and we've used tire lube for over a decade, even though it does harm the rubber slightly).


The solutions I've used professionally for installing rubber components are a bit expensive (at least in the quantity usually ordered), but I'd reccommend P-80.


https://www.ipcol.com/products/assembly-lubricants/


I think I've seen it sold in a $6 tube, which might be plenty for a bunch of tires.

Thanks to you and the previous responders.

I did some searching before I asked here. It was the plethora of available types and brands which is a bit overwhelming.

I'd like to understand the differences and make the best choice - not really a money thing. having rim leaks is a pain.

here is a general search / first cut https://duckduckgo.com/?q=tire+mounting+lubricant&t=ffab&atb=v275-1&iax=shopping&ia=shopping

Then click the walmart box and see how many there are at Walmart alone!

I have downloaded about 2 doz tire catalogs and some contain some good information besides the tire specs, like how t use lube. They want it almost everywhere. basically the entire rim from well outside across the entire interior to well outside the other side. and then on the rubber inside and out the bead area and well beyond. I guess they figure in the process of mounting you will contact everything with everywhere else, which sorta makes sense if you remember the last time you wrestled a tire onto a rim.

I'll MAYBE go find witch catalog that was in and grab a screen cap for you some time.

Ru Glyde works great whenever Ive used it for rubber to metal installation - when it dries, it makes the rubber kind of stick to the metal. For this reason I use it on some swaybar bushings installations too. Once the car settles on the ground and the lube dries out, the rubber holds the bar real tight.

From Michelin

So I am starting to look at MSDS's Started with RuGlyde ... https://www.sosmetal.net/MSDS_SDS/211345.pdf


Ethylene Glycol is a Michelin no no . I wonder what the other tire manuf's exclude. This is going to take forever :)

There is 1-5% of EG in Ruglyde. I think you will be hard pressed to find something completely vegetable based that can remain stable and not go rancid.

In some parts of asia I have seen used cooking oil used for tire mounting.

I prefer ruglyde though, its a multipurpose lube for rubber mounting.

FedEx dropped the tires. I wonder if that green tire slime would be a good idea?