Abbylind
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Ive been trying to replace my worn out MTs since April.
Got a set of 90% MTRs from Faith Tire via eBay. He sent an extra 70% tire for a spare (Nice!) After trying 2 of the tires I found they both had sidewall punctures.
Faith Tire is good seller and sent me two more tires....unfortunately out of the 7 tires I got only 2 would hold air...Faith was again a good guy and refunded half of my purchase $.
I wish it was easier to tear the bad tires down. Unfortunately its a bear removing the PVC inserts. I ended up cutting the tires up so I could get the inserts out.
I got 2 more 90% MTRs from another vendor and so far so good.
One trick I will pass along. I had trouble removing the inner wheel from the old MT tire. I usually place a jack stand on The face of the rim (stud side) and hit the top of the stand with my sledge to break it loose...no dice.
I needed a "press" to push the rim out...ah ha! I have one its sitting on another jack stand! My M1008!
I pushed the tire rim combo with the jack stand under the truck positioning it so the front of the rear leaf shackle would push on the jack stand when it was lowered.
I removed the supporting jack stand and lowered the truck... POP! the inner rim came out!
SAFETY FIRST! You are lowering the truck down without any support other than the jack. Keep all appendages clear and no family members or pets running around the truck! YMMV
Got a set of 90% MTRs from Faith Tire via eBay. He sent an extra 70% tire for a spare (Nice!) After trying 2 of the tires I found they both had sidewall punctures.
Faith Tire is good seller and sent me two more tires....unfortunately out of the 7 tires I got only 2 would hold air...Faith was again a good guy and refunded half of my purchase $.
I wish it was easier to tear the bad tires down. Unfortunately its a bear removing the PVC inserts. I ended up cutting the tires up so I could get the inserts out.
I got 2 more 90% MTRs from another vendor and so far so good.
One trick I will pass along. I had trouble removing the inner wheel from the old MT tire. I usually place a jack stand on The face of the rim (stud side) and hit the top of the stand with my sledge to break it loose...no dice.
I needed a "press" to push the rim out...ah ha! I have one its sitting on another jack stand! My M1008!
I pushed the tire rim combo with the jack stand under the truck positioning it so the front of the rear leaf shackle would push on the jack stand when it was lowered.
I removed the supporting jack stand and lowered the truck... POP! the inner rim came out!
SAFETY FIRST! You are lowering the truck down without any support other than the jack. Keep all appendages clear and no family members or pets running around the truck! YMMV