Tyre Bead Breaker

[salty_monk]

Slightly off topic but I guess the bead breaker & Nessism's leg are getting good press

[crackerman]

check this link for a simple bead breaker

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

[salty_monk]

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.

[979roadrunner]

Wow, I always just broke em down with my hands. Once or twice a hammer. GS wheels must really hang onto tires.

[Billy Ricks]

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

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.

[Nessism]

Used Dan's bead breaker a couple of times today and it works well. With a disc attached the wheel needed to be supported with a couple of pieces of wood so the base can slide under the disc. The bead breaker doesn't lay flat on the ground then, it angles up from the ground to the elevated rim, but it got the job done.

[1948man]

On a rear wheel, the rotor side worked perfect. With the rotor down, I was unable to break the bead even using the method Nessism describes above. I'm not sure if Ed was doing a rear tire or whether it would matter. I finally got "tyred" of trying and used the 2 by 4 lever method which finished the job on the other side of the tire.

[salty_monk]

I suspect you need to lengthen the back tube where the pivot is for the lever. This way you could lay it flat supported on the pieces of wood & still have the correct angle of attack.

A longer handle may also help too (as would bolting it to the floor I suspect).

Dan

[1948man]

Yeah, I guess I just to experiment around a little.

[spchips]

4x4 with a bit of 2x4. My toolbox is heavy enough to use as a tire breaker pivot point.

[1_v8_merc]

Haha i would have broke that damn HF tool.

I had to lay a jeep on top of my tires to break the bead.

[shirazdrum]

I use whatever i can get my hands on, i probably know a million and one different ways to take the tire off but you can't beat a good tool in a garage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOfKUIIpWq4

[FreshStart]

Plural: All Y'All

Round here the plural is "you'ins"

Edit: my wifes says its spelled "you'uns" better call Websters

[1948man]

It's reassuring to know there are hillbillies in Colombia. They even share our customs when it comes to tyre woes.

[Joe Nardy]

The bead breaker on the No-Mar Classic works fantastically well.



The design is great and it is so nice to be working at waist level rather than on the floor. It isn't cheap but as a wise man I knew said, "A good tool is worth whatever it costs."

Since I change 20-30 (or more) tires a year for myself and many others the No-Mar has paid for itself several times over.

Thanks,
Joe