I just got new tires about a month ago, and found the original rims for my truck. I wanted to go to my uncles shop to swap the tires, but I didnt know if it would damage the tire when taking it off the old rim. Basically, you pull out the valve in the stem, let the ait out, and then a hydrolic press pushes on the side of the tire until it pops off that side of the lip.

If anybody knows if this would damage the tire, please tell me!

- Rick -

 

The only way it will hurt the tire is if you get some incompotent person running the machine. The actual process does not hurt the tires at all.