Tire bead break trick you guys taught me.

[Huffa]

We had talked a few months back, about how to remove tires (including breaking the bead) from wheels.

Some of you mentioned (pure genious!) drive your vehical up on tire at the very edge of rim and proceed to turn wheel with the circumference of rim while moving forward. :Bounce It worked like a charm! Had to do it 3-5 times back and fourth & move the position of the tire a bit, but it only took about 5 minutes or so and both sides were done.

Now this was on original 84 225 tires and those from the factory are usually the hardest from what I have heard.

I used my Toyota 4 runner which has quite good meaty sidewalls (31x10.50) and thats what you want if possible, a tall sidewall. Too small a side wall and you could scratch the vehical rim.

The tire iself (to get off rim) was easy to get off on one side with tire irons but took a bit of ummmmph for the other side. I just kept stepping on it with my foot and finally got enough room for it to pop right out. That side I didn't use any irons, just foot and some tugging.

I would have NEVER thought of this and who ever did, THANKS !!!!!! :beer :beer :beer

[sandrooster]

Did you use any WD40 sprayed between the wheel and tire? 5 minutes sounds like you had a fight on your hands. With practice, you'll get it down to about a minute. Then you can start charging $20 per tire. :Bounce

[Trike Dude]

"With practice, you'll get it down to about a minute. Then you can start charging $20 per tire."


This and the thinking behind it needs to be changed to:

Then you can help people you know and don't know and teach them how to do it in one minute.

[Huffa]

Did you use any WD40 sprayed between the wheel and tire? 5 minutes sounds like you had a fight on your hands. With practice, you'll get it down to about a minute. Then you can start charging $20 per tire. :Bounce

No fight at all and I was just learning the "routine" so wanted to take it slow till I saw what was going on. I used my wifes jeep Liberty at 1st and found the rim just got too dang close. She sees a scratch on that and I'm in big :rolleyes: TROUBLE (can't blame her either). 4 runner worked much better as the rim is much higher off the ground.

Next time it should be easier but admit I did not use D-40 and should have.

[350x'inNY]

ol' Swinehart has you all beat.... :naughty:

[Huffa]

You implying there is a better way yet? :confused:

[350x'inNY]

Yep..... I'll let John tell you!

[jeswinehart]

but not everybody gets to drive their work trucks home with hydraulic outriggers - about 16 tons worth. smokingwrench has done it for along time also.
i have done every wich way possible from driving trucks of the edge of tires ( and also using a small bed mounted crane to pull on the rim ) to outright saw-z-alling the tire right off. plus a few non-working methods that had to be as funny as watching a monkey screwing a football if some one had been watching.
i have a tire to break in the morning before heading over to dizasters place to have holics frame welded up. i'll snap off a couple of pics as to what 350xin'NY is refering too.

ya know those old bumper jacks that cars used to have in them,,, they would work perfect for a easy + cheap bead breaker tool. i hate working on tires but at least there is easier ways to breaking those beads loose,,, that part is the worse imo.

[CodyRx7]

Hmm. Seems like a lot of work to save.....$5?

I just rode my Mojave with 25" Super Swamper tires to Walmart, had them swap out 4 tires, bead sealant on both sides of the 4 smaller (better size for quad) tires, and remove a screw and plug the hole in one........total cost $20.50. (including tax)

[88 Turbo Coupe]

How much (if any) damage is done to the lip of the rim?

[Huffa]

Hmm. Seems like a lot of work to save.....$5?

I just rode my Mojave with 25" Super Swamper tires to Walmart, had them swap out 4 tires, bead sealant on both sides of the 4 smaller (better size for quad) tires, and remove a screw and plug the hole in one........total cost $20.50. (including tax)

That is dirt cheap and hard to believe!

So any Walmart will do that?

[Huffa]

How much (if any) damage is done to the lip of the rim?

No damage what so ever. You want the vehical tire to ride around just beyond the edge. Too far out from edge and it won't grip it right to pull it down.

[3 weelin geezer]

Whatever happened to good ol' redneck 2x4 teknalugee?

[jeswinehart]

but heck it works. on bent handle bars + frames + tires.
i had the tire done and realized i was to take pics ,,, but i think you folks get the idea.
that holics frame i'm tweeking by the way ,,,

[timex69]

i tried the vehicle driving over the tire and it worked fine but i just started going to a new school and they have an automotive lab with at tire changer so i just take my tires their to change. Its free n i get to mess around with different tools so i like it.

Alex

[Huffa]

but heck it works. on bent handle bars + frames + tires.
i had the tire done and realized i was to take pics ,,, but i think you folks get the idea.
that holics frame i'm tweeking by the way ,,,

Great idea! Is that a company truck? Do they know your doing side jobs with it? :D

[rddlsn8k316]

I Have a shop locally that does mine. Every time I take one to him and he gets through I ask him how much he says a couple dollars. He uses a homemade tool. I am gonna make me one. It looks like an oversized chisel but has a piece of steel tubing over it to use to hammer off the bead. Works great about 2 min per set of tires.

[Huffa]

I Have a shop locally that does mine. Every time I take one to him and he gets through I ask him how much he says a couple dollars. He uses a homemade tool. I am gonna make me one. It looks like an oversized chisel but has a piece of steel tubing over it to use to hammer off the bead. Works great about 2 min per set of tires.

Well when you make it, be sure to share it (a picture) with us! :beer

[86250RZ]

I Have a shop locally that does mine. Every time I take one to him and he gets through I ask him how much he says a couple dollars. He uses a homemade tool. I am gonna make me one. It looks like an oversized chisel but has a piece of steel tubing over it to use to hammer off the bead. Works great about 2 min per set of tires.

That is a very common tire tool, almost all tire shops that deal with big truck tires ( dump truck, 18 wheelers ect. ect.) have one including us, they have been around for over 20 years and we have 3 of them. By the way, if you have any problems with the driving over the tire with your truck trick ( i.e. sidewalls of 3 wheeler tire give in before the bead breaks loose) just leave about 2 psi in the 3 wheeler tire and it will make it much easier by making the sidewall more resistance to caving in. Hope this helps

[Huffa]

Good tip. :beer

Wouldn't of worked for mine though because they were so dry rotted and cracked that there is no way they would hold air.

[86250RZ]

Here are some pics of the tool. All you do is pull the inner bar up and slam it back down, you may have to do it 1 to 5 times on average depending on how well the beads of the tire are stuck to the rim. The last pick is the one I prefer for atv tires under 10" rim diameter, if its 10" or better I'll throw it on the ol trusty tire machine.

[Blown 331]

We've got that same tool. My dad got it in the 60's.

[86250RZ]

last pic, The one I prefer for anything under 10" wheel diameter. Pay no attention to the messy shop, its been crazy around here the past couple of days.