After two ours of trying I had to take a fawkin break before I lose it!!
I cannot get the two rim halves close enough to get a nut on the bastards!
I'm trying to mount TSL 40's on the mag run flat style Hummer rims.
Any slick ideas?
The only way I can thing of , is to fab a couple plates with a length of threaded rod to pull the halves together.
Thanks.

why couldnt you put your tire and rim under the bumper or something and put the base of your Hi-lift on the center of the rim and jack it up till it pushes the centers together?
if that dont work your all-thread idea will work too.

My 39.5 tsl's went right on. Mine were dismount stacked up for some time before I did them, so the beads were close together before I started.

Mounted my 42's with no problems

place tire and inner rim on upside down 5 gallon pail........ get buddy to stand on outer ring while you tighten the bolts...:D

Been doin the search thing - no luck:(
Thanks for the replies.
I hate you guys with " no problems " :flipoff2: :D
Tried the blocking the rim up and fat buddy trick - no workie!
I like the jack idea- will try it next.
Thanks guys:beer:

I do as the AirZuki does. I haven't had any problems with 42's. Hell...if you lube the back bead it might even set the rear while on the bucket.

If all else fails, stack them on their sides in the sun until the beads are all smashed together. ;)

I've mounted and remounted mine twice... 39.5 Tsl's

Once I figured out the 5gallon bucket trick is was easy...

I have 39.5 Swampers, 42 Swampers and 39.5 Boggers on hummer rims. Both Swampers went right on.

The studs were just barely coming through the outer flange (bias ply rims) on the Boggers. On one I just got two nuts started and slowly pulled the flange down until I got the rest going. The other 3 I used a 3/4" threaded rod. I drilled a hole through a piece of 2x2 scrap tubing for the inside piece with a nut welded on the back side and used another scrap 2x2 on the outside with a clearance hole. I welded a piece of pipe 90 on top to make a T handle. It worked slick for pulling the two pieces together.

BTW I switched to Radial rims and the studs are a lot longer on the radial rims. No fitup problems on the radial rims.

Bet you have been storing the tires upright - leave them laying down for a week or so (the warmer, the better) and the beads will naturally close in on each other. Shoot - a few weeks ago when I went to mount one of my 42's on a hummer rim I had to pry the beads apart just to get the magnesium beadlock ring in there :p

when I mounted them on my 42, I had no prob, you just go to be smarter than the wheel.:flipoff2:

Still no fn luck.
the rims measure 8 1/4" inside the lip at the bead bend and the tires with the run flat in them measure 8 3/4" wide at the same point:confused:
the beads on the tires are about 7/8" thick. Is that normal?

I have the rims blocked up on 6x12's with my highlift holding my 3/4 ton 3 foot off the ground:eek: ( like to see the 5 gallon bucket do that !! )

Are the beads on 10 ply TSL's thicker than 6 ply? The PO said they were 10 ply but they have 6 ply on the sidewall.

Any constructive ideas are welcome:D

your 100% sure they are 16.5 tires?

you never know?

YEP 16.5 x 39.5

This may not help at all as I've sold my hummer rims and don't remember if they have this feature but I remember having the same problem on a set of 16" aluminum Hutchinson beadlock wheels. There were two or three extra holes in the rims (both halfs) that you could line up and insert some 1/2" all thread or long bolts through. Add some washers and crank down on some nuts and now you can get the rim half nuts on to the studs.

BTW, Interco tires are notorious for having extremely thick bead areas. So much so that they don't always seat fully on regular rims.

Tom