Breaking tire bead

[PT20J]

Short of a bead breaker, what's everyone's favorite method to break the tire beads? I tried the plywood circle method in the Parker manual without much luck. I went back to my old standby: beating around the sidewall with a rubber mallet.

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[Niko182]

5 minutes ago, PT20J said:

Short of a bead breaker, what's everyone's favorite method to break the tire beads? I tried the plywood circle method in the Parker manual without much luck. I went back to my old standby: beating around the sidewall with a rubber mallet.

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Stepping on the tire. I put a couple towels under the rim to makes sure it doesnt bend or scratch.

[A64Pilot]

Big hammer, just put the wheel on a rubber pad or similar and some soapy water may help some, I use a steel hammer, just have to be careful not to hit the wheel, if I had a big enough rubber mallet I’d use it.

Cheap bead breakers are available for not much money, just I so rarely change tires I’ve never bought one.

https://www.amazon.com/Breaker-RLV-Adjustable-Diameter-Wheels/dp/B00MBVSMTM/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=small+tire+bead+breaker&qid=1628370526&sr=8-4

[kortopates]

I do as above, but I have to jump a bit too


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[Hector]

Or you could just get a $50 bead breaker from harbor freight and make the job super easy


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[dlthig]

200+ pound foot, size 12.

[Guest]

Just don’t use a hammer and a screwdriver, I’ve seen wheels junked with this method.

Clarence

[N201MKTurbo]

After doing the tire dance for the last 35 years, I finally broke down and bought the Harbor Freight bead breaker. It works great.

[Rick7576]

I just changed the the 2 main tires.  took them down to Tire liquidator or Big O or Discount Tires. talked to the manager and told him the tires were for an airplane.. He broke them down for free in about 5 min. well worth the time and money!! Cheers Rick

[Yetti]

HF manual tire changer.   ATV tires are a bith.   Strap method to seat them.  And pull the valve core and have a chuck that has the core pulled.

soapy water.

[Raptor05121]

On 8/7/2021 at 5:07 PM, Niko182 said:

Stepping on the tire. I put a couple towels under the rim to makes sure it doesnt bend or scratch.

This. I just stood on mine and jumped on the sidewall and it busted out immediately.

[RobertGary1]

Run it over with the car.