How to Remove Studs From Snow Tires
Removing studs from snow tires isn’t an easy process. While it isn’t physically difficult, it does take a long time to do. This is because there is only one way to remove these from your tires, just like there is only one way in which you can put them on to begin with.
Things You'll Need
- A chair
- A pair of long-handled, narrow-headed cutting dikes
- Break the tire down from the rim. Alternatively, deflate the tire by removing the valve stem core. Either way will make the tire more pliable and easier to work with.
- Sit down on a chair. Understand that since this process is going to take a while you will get a backache if you are bending over the entire time or you will get a sore knee if you are kneeling the entire time.
- Stand the tire up in front of you, resting it between your legs for support.
- Remove the dikes by grabbing one stud at its base, under the carbide tip. Use force to pull it out. Make sure you don’t cut the tire’s tread.
- Work your way around the entire tire as you make sure to remove each and every one of the studs. Understand that a lot of tires will actually have more than 100 studs in their tread, so if you have a lot of tires that need to have their studs removed, it will take a long time to do so. Also, realize that this is actually the only way in which you can remove the studs.