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Old 08-18-2012, 01:42 PM   #25
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Re: How to take off rear tire and rim

A small bottle jack between the spring and frame will usually push the axle down far enough to get the tire off. With the 255-60-15's on the back of the 48 I've had to do that with the springs I have. On those trucks with the huge tires or my bud's pro street 48 with the big Mickey Thompsons on it a tilt bed seems to be the prudent way to do it.

I've seen a lot of 55 Chevy guys with wide tires have to let the air out of the tire to get it on or off the rear of car. We even had to do that in the tire store when we put wide tires and rims on those with the rear axle hanging down because the car was on a hoist.
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