Redneck Bead Buster

[Lamonster]

This is a little OT but it would work just as well on a bike tire or Spyder tire as it did on my trailer tire.

I went to use my trailer and I had four bad valve stems so I bought some of the steel stems from an auto parts store but I still had to break the bead to put the new ones on. That's when I got the idea to leave my trailer hooked up to the truck and use the trailer jack to bust the bead. It worked so slick I can't even believe it and it saved me a trip in my truck to the tire store to have them change them out.

Hope this helps you guys someday. :doorag:

 

[fleet]

Confused

I guess I'm a little slow .... but help out an old fart with a little more info as to exactly what you did.

 

[Lamonster]

I guess I'm a little slow .... but help out an old fart with a little more info as to exactly what you did.

Have you ever had to bust the bead on a tubeless tire? It takes quite a bit. All I did was slide the tire under the jack and cranked it down to bust the bead so I could put the new valve stems in. This is what a tire machine would do if you took it in.

 

[fleet]

I comprehende' taco bell. Gracias amigo !

 

[jedd]

:2thumbsamn innovative:doorag:

 

[Magic Man]

Hey Lamont!

Is this one of those...

You might be a Red Neck if.... kind of stories? LOL! :thumbup:

MM

 

[Lamonster]

Hey Lamont!

Is this one of those...

You might be a Red Neck if.... kind of stories? LOL! :thumbup:

MM

A man's got to make due with what he has to work with.:dontknow:

 

[cisaacs]

I have used the old style bumper jacks to do exactly what you are talking about. I have one better for getting the bead to set, a true red neck tool. We could not get the bead to close to take air so one of the guys pulled out a can of starting fluid. He sprayed inside the tire and a trail on the ground away from the tire and lit it. The sudden explosion pops the tire right out onto the rim. It did not seem to safe but fits right in to the redneck tire changing methods.

 

[one2doo]

Get er done!:2thumbs:

 

[Magic Man]

I hate to say it, pps:

But I have done the starting fluid in a tire to bead ATV tires myself!

Works good but is a bit wild when it goes off! :yikes:

MM

 

[jwfranklin]

This is a little OT but it would work just as well on a bike tire or Spyder tire as it did on my trailer tire.

I went to use my trailer and I had four bad valve stems so I bought some of the steel stems from an auto parts store but I still had to break the bead to put the new ones on. That's when I got the idea to leave my trailer hooked up to the truck and use the trailer jack to bust the bead. It worked so slick I can't even believe it and it saved me a trip in my truck to the tire store to have them change them out.

Hope this helps you guys someday. :doorag:

when I was a little boy, over 50 years ago my dad used to mount his own tires, We bought our New tires from Sears mailorder. that is the way he broke the bead loose, then turn it over and brake the other side. Then take the tire tools, 2 ground down old leaf springs to get the tire off. I forgot to mention these were tube type tires.
After mounting the new tires, and pumping them up with a bicycle pump. He would have the car jacked up & put the wheel back on. I would get in and spin the wheel to 30 mph. since this was open rear end, the other side would not turn, and since all power was going to this wheel it was actually turning 60, and where it stopped at the bottom would be the heavy side and he would put a weight on top and try it again until the tire was balanced. This was before I learned to actually drive. But he taught me to drive the truck in first gear in the cornfield when I was 7 as I was to small to lift a 2 bushel basket of corn into the truck. YES I am a redneck, and proud of it.

Wayne

Did I mention my Dad was also a Harley rider from back in the 40's when there were only 2 motorcucles in the county. Now we are the second largest county in Ga.

 

[Roadkill]

Here's my bead breaker...

+I simply use a C-clamp.

Ride on.
Roadkill