Glue for big rig tires?

[Brenton]

I’m working on a Revell Peterbilt truck and I’ve been using Tamiya extra thin cement and Plastruct cement to build the model but I’ve had no luck with either glue in making tires stick to the rims. Should I be using super glue for the tires and rims????

Edited March 11 by Brenton

[StevenGuthmiller]

You shouldn’t have to glue the tires to the rims, unless there’s some strange issue.

you glue the front of the rim to the back of the rim, squeezing the tire in between.

 

 

 

Steve

[Brenton]

I’ll try that to see how it works. It just seems that some of them are a little loose and have more olay in them and I was looking to secure them 

[Swamp Dog]

CA glue (super glue) thick or a medium will do the trick.

[peteski]

I'm also surprised that tires have to be glued to the rims. Usually that is not necessary.  But as David mentioned CA glue will work.

[gotnitro?]

Another option is stuff some tissue inside the tire making it bulge out against the rim, most of these older kits had sunken tires 

[bobss396]

1 hour ago, gotnitro? said:

Another option is stuff some tissue inside the tire making it bulge out against the rim, most of these older kits had sunken tires 

My brother did a 1/25 scale truck (flat bed wrecker) and ran into the same thing. I said wait...

I ran out and brought in a small diameter pool noodle, which are foam.

He sliced the noodle up, placed one for a fit check and it was perfect. Pipe insulation is another option.

Be careful with CA glue around chrome, as it may fog it.

[peteski]

1 hour ago, bobss396 said:

My brother did a 1/25 scale truck (flat bed wrecker) and ran into the same thing. I said wait...

I ran out and brought in a small diameter pool noodle, which are foam.

He sliced the noodle up, placed one for a fit check and it was perfect. Pipe insulation is another option.

Another option to fill the tire is to use backer rods from a hardware store.

They are made from a foam material similar to pool noodles and some pipe insulation. They are available in multiple sizes and a length of it can be stuffed into the tire to spread out the sidewalls.

 

But at this point we don't even know what is the actual problem that makes Brenton want to glue the tire to the wheel.  He just mentioned "loose", not that the tire sidewalls  are too narrow at the wheel.

Edited March 12 by peteski

[bobss396]

2 hours ago, peteski said:

Another option to fill the tire is to use backer rods from a hardware store.

They are made from a foam material similar to pool noodles and some pipe insulation. They are available in multiple sizes and a length of it can be stuffed into the tire to spread out the sidewalls.

 

But at this point we don't even know what is the actual problem that makes Brenton want to glue the tire to the wheel.  He just mentioned "loose", not that the tire sidewalls  are too narrow at the wheel.

The problem with those is no center hole. I'd look at pipe insulation, heck... head to the boiler room and chop a piece off something.

[peteski]

4 hours ago, bobss396 said:

The problem with those is no center hole. I'd look at pipe insulation, heck... head to the boiler room and chop a piece off something.

No Bob, I'm not using those sliced like a donut. Those backer rods come  in fairly small diameters.  I cut a length of a backer rod and stuff around the inner perimeter of the tire. It fills it up nicely and probably easier to do than stuffing a donut-shaped piece of foam.

[Brenton]

Thank you guys for all the help! I finally got everything to set up. The issue was the tires at the back of the rig would move and come unaligned, making them look warped and I was constantly having to readjust them. Plus the instructions on glueing the rims was a little confusing at first until Steve suggested his idea earlier in the thread 

Thanks again for everyone’s help and suggestions!

[Bills72sj]

8 hours ago, peteski said:

No Bob, I'm not using those sliced like a donut. Those backer rods come  in fairly small diameters.  I cut a length of a backer rod and stuff around the inner perimeter of the tire. It fills it up nicely and probably easier to do than stuffing a donut-shaped piece of foam.

I do that to all my truck tires. It is sad to see nice builds with the tires beads not seated to the rim. I use 3/8 backer rod. Sometimes, I slice it lengthwise if it is too bulky (AMT tires)

[bobss396]

15 hours ago, peteski said:

No Bob, I'm not using those sliced like a donut. Those backer rods come  in fairly small diameters.  I cut a length of a backer rod and stuff around the inner perimeter of the tire. It fills it up nicely and probably easier to do than stuffing a donut-shaped piece of foam.

I got it... I'm a little slow at times.

[stavanzer]

And, Backer rod comes in Reels. One Reel will last the average Truck builder 2 lifetimes.