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Hi guys, I put new rubber tires on my bandsaw wheels, first timer and they are uneven on the wheel. Is there anyway to fix this problem I did a search and did not find anything relating to this problem, although, there is a lot of articles relating to the BS. Thanks in advance for all your help.

First guess it that is remains of some glue on the wheel. The glue can be very difficult to remove. I have to remove the bandsaw wheels and clean the outter wheel surface with my electric 8" fine wire brush. I have not seen any bandsaw wheel that was distorted on the outter surface. I find some that have been wrapped from pulling and pushing on the upper wheel. I recently installed a few sets of the Blue Max bandsaw tires which are the easiest tires I have installed. The Ebay seller included an installation tool that really helps.

You need to determine if the tire itself has varing thickness and if so, I would return them to the seller. Coming from a backyard mechanic background, I am sure I could build a jig to sand/cut the outter tire surface until it was round. Never saw or have the need to do so.

godavid2 wrote:Hi guys, I put new rubber tires on my bandsaw wheels, first timer and they are uneven on the wheel. Is there anyway to fix this problem I did a search and did not find anything relating to this problem, although, there is a lot of articles relating to the BS. Thanks in advance for all your help.

'Uneven' as in lumpy glue, or crooked as in not centered on the wheel.

Either way if glue has set . . . .

Lumpy is likely bad. Wandering may be tolerable.

billmayo wrote:First guess it that is remains of some glue on the wheel. The glue can be very difficult to remove. I have to remove the bandsaw wheels and clean the outter wheel surface with my electric 8" fine wire brush. I have not seen any bandsaw wheel that was distorted on the outter surface. I find some that have been wrapped from pulling and pushing on the upper wheel. I recently installed a few sets of the Blue Max bandsaw tires which are the easiest tires I have installed. The Ebay seller included an installation tool that really helps.

You need to determine if the tire itself has varing thickness and if so, I would return them to the seller. Coming from a backyard mechanic background, I am sure I could build a jig to sand/cut the outter tire surface until it was round. Never saw or have the need to do so.

I install the tire and align it even on the wheel. When I am gluing them, I use a dowel under the tire rolling the dowel around the wheel, I spray the glue ( I believe 3M77) behind the dowel. The Blue Max tires requires no glue. I always sprayed glue for the orange tires when I installed them. I make sure the tire in going back onto the wheel straight behind the dowel.

The unevenness, I don't think is from old glue left behind. Although, I did lay the glue pretty heavy in spots. It looks like the tire did not seat well. I used the contact cement that came with the tires from SS. Bill, I like the idea of using a dowel in front of spraying the glue. I put the contact cement before putting the tire on and I notice that the tire was stretched pretty thin. What kind of glue do you use? Can remove the new tires without damaging them, thanks.

I was totally unsuccessful trying to use the contact cement that came with the Shopsmith black tires. Uneven coating and lumps. Years ago, I used spray on 3M77 as that was what I used to hold sanding disks. I would recommend 3M 17.6-oz. Hi-Strength 90 Spray Adhesive (Home Depot) now as it appears to work with both the black and orange bandsaw tires. I find the dowel helps even out the tension of the tire on the wheel as I rolled it around the wheel and spraying behind the dowel.

I never tried to remove any tires that I had recently mounted and glued. I am sure any suggestions on how to do this would be appreciated. If you do destroy the tires when removing them, I highly recommend buying the Blue Max tires from a Ebay seller. No glue used for the Blue Max tires. Best solution that I have found.

I ordered the tires as per Bill Mayo, BLUE MAX brand and hey went on easy with dowel and no glue. Another good tip from Bill!

I am happy with my orange Shopsmith silicone replacement tires.

Thanks Bill and everyone else for the helpful info regarding the BS tires.

First timer here too! I have my bandsaw wheels extremely clean; stretched on a new tire; not adding any glue yet, and the tire is not the same width all the way around the wheel and parts of the wheel are exposed between the edges; anyone else come accross this issue, or have answers, or did I just get a bunk tire?