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Post by tiny on May 13, 2015 3:20:43 GMT -5
I use the tyre machine at work to break the bead.
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Post by themajekalbum on May 13, 2015 13:48:59 GMT -5
You guys glueing your tires on?!? I just step (one foot, not full weight)on the tire with it on its side and it pops right off. Even the stock hard as a rock tire unbeaded like that. Maybe the inner bead hump isn't that aggressive.
For getting the tire on I'd recommend the use of three tire spoons, two to hold the bead thats already over the lip and the last to work the rest over the lip. Our local cycle dealer sells smaller blue plastic ones for like $5 a pop.
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Post by 2TDave on May 13, 2015 15:08:57 GMT -5
I use a vise but before I had one I ran over the tire(not wheel) with the car. No glue bro. Get a stubborn stuck bead and you can stand and jump on it all you want. They can be a bitch.
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Post by Fox on May 13, 2015 19:31:37 GMT -5
Yeah some of the lower profile tires are really stiff and the low profile doesn't give you much room to stand on pun intended.
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Post by themajekalbum on May 13, 2015 20:08:53 GMT -5
Tire paste(we use wurth at work). Coat the beads of the tire and wheel. Easy install cuz it's slick and it leaves a film that prevents the rubber from sticking to the wheel.
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Post by FrankenMech on May 15, 2015 12:03:03 GMT -5
I have a HF tire machine with the motorcycle tire attachment. It has an attached bead breaker. I make a tire lubricant out of about 1/3 liquid dish soap and water. If that fails a friend has a full compressed air powered auto tire machine in his garage along with an electronic spin balancer.
In reality tire changing is easy with minimal tools if you can get some leverage, watch carefully, don't get in a hurry, and know what you are doing. I changed thousands of tires working in a service station and for a Western Auto store in my younger days. We didn't have those rubber band tires back then but split-rims were a bitch.
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Post by scooterpimp on May 15, 2015 17:43:17 GMT -5
Im a tool junkie , tire changer , with bead breaker & misc. Adapters. Cost me a bit , but the savings on tire prices without shop markup & stupid labor cost. Or the we dont install tires we dont sell b.s.
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Post by katastroff on May 15, 2015 21:16:56 GMT -5
Rubber hammer to break the beads. Gasoline to get it back on. I'm Canadian.  |
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Post by FrankenMech on May 15, 2015 22:18:59 GMT -5
I found my HF motorcycle tire changer in the open box discount section. It had never been installed, no bolt scratches etc. The only thing missing was the instructions which I downloaded. I figure some dumbass had bought it then realized it would not work without the entire HF tire machine setup even though it is VERY clearly marked. I bought the regular HF tire machine with a very deep discount also so the whole setup cost me around $55.
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Post by thatcrazyguy on May 26, 2015 19:23:51 GMT -5
I think the easiest way to brake a tire bead is to release the air from it, and riding the scoot around with it no air  |
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Post by 2stroked on Jun 1, 2015 19:44:58 GMT -5
I think the easiest way to brake a tire bead is to release the air from it, and riding the scoot around with it no air That can be rim suicide. Unless u plan on using only tubed tires. I used to use a truck and an old bumper jack to break beads. The bottom stand for the jack, makes a great bead breaker, when ya put some of the trucks weight on it. katastroff, I use starting fluid, I'm from Kentucky!!!!!! Watched a guy blow a semi trailer tire about fifty feet in the air like that. I was joking when I told him to use the whole can!!lol plus, I don't think he pulled the pin from the valve stem first. IDK |
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Post by katastroff on Jun 1, 2015 19:57:11 GMT -5
You gotta pull the pin from the valve?  |
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Post by thatcrazyguy on Jun 1, 2015 20:58:17 GMT -5
I think the easiest way to brake a tire bead is to release the air from it, and riding the scoot around with it no air That can be rim suicide. Unless u plan on using only tubed tires. I used to use a truck and an old bumper jack to break beads. The bottom stand for the jack, makes a great bead breaker, when ya put some of the trucks weight on it. katastroff, I use starting fluid, I'm from Kentucky!!!!!! Watched a guy blow a semi trailer tire about fifty feet in the air like that. I was joking when I told him to use the whole can!!lol plus, I don't think he pulled the pin from the valve stem first. IDK I havent damaged a rim in atleast 10-15 times of doing this. But see how it is possible |
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Post by FrankenMech on Jun 1, 2015 21:42:24 GMT -5
I think the easiest way to brake a tire bead is to release the air from it, and riding the scoot around with it no air Besides ruining the rim it can also ruin the tire. Try using one of the other methods mentioned here. |
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Post by muddawg on Jul 4, 2015 17:51:04 GMT -5
heh heh haaa ! what 2stroked said
a car jack under a bumper...
but i must be too fat too ...never needed that for anything smaller than a truck tire
mike
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