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Tyre Bead Breaker

salty_monk

salty_monk

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$20 from Harbor freight in the sale.... Perfect for our size wheels. Bargain!

Here is Nessism demonstrating how well it worked on this old front tyre / wheel...

Dan :)

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Nice and compact. I built a fairly large bead breaker out of 2X4s that works along the same lines. Takes me longer to dig it out than to have the tire off the wheel. This would be a nice alternative.
 
Not bad. Is this an in store sale price or is it from a coupon you found? It's hard to keep up with the coupons they post in different magazines and temporary in store discounts.
 
Steve said:
Do you have to remove the brake disks to use it? :-k

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I think you could use it without removing them although a length of 2 x 4 either side to support the edge of the wheel would certainly help make that work so you're not pushing against the disk.

Dan :)
 
Nice little tool...I have been using a 8" c-clamp and it work too
 
What are you, some kind of nutter? I think it's really dodgy that some blokes on here are not able to get their heads round the English language! ;) :lol:

What's the US equivalent? "you people" perhaps? :)

It's funny the number of differences there are. One thing that I have found funny is that Americans like to use the "big words". (This is a generalisation not a rule).

For example Lacerations & Contusions where as I would say cuts & bruises... :D

It's definitely an interesting subject although some people are surprisingly sensitive about it for some reason that I don't get?
 
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salty_monk said:
It's funny the number of differences there are. One thing that I have found funny is that Americans like to use the "big words". (This is a generalisation not a rule).
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Says the nutter who throws out a 6 syllable word. :D
 
:lol: :lol: Slightly off topic but I guess the bead breaker & Nessism's leg are getting good press :D
 
Nessism & I have used that trick plenty of times... on a couple of sets of really old ones we had both of us swinging off the end of a 6 foot piece of wood.

For $20 this tool seems to be a lot easier, especially single handed.
 
Wow, I always just broke em down with my hands. Once or twice a hammer. GS wheels must really hang onto tires.
 
crackerman said:
Took me 5 minutes to get the wood together and was easy to break the bead using a 3 foot two by 4 a cut piece of wood and you truck.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XArpY_hSdk
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Next time I have a few things out of the way of my bead breaker I'll snap a pic. It's just a long wooden ram bolted to an upright with a base to set the wheel on which also protects the rotors. Might cost $10 to build. I have about 30" of leverage so it makes breaking the bead a no effort job.
 
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