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Can anyone tell me the best way to break the bead on my tires for dismount??
Breaking the bead on tires??
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Stand on the tire near the rim lip?
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i had my 250lb friend do that it dint work.... u need a derimmer
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Set the tire flat on the floor, get a 4-6 ft plank of wood and set it up like a ramp on the tire without touching the rim. Now get in your car and drive up the plank, this should break the bead.
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pay the 10 bucks to have someone else do it. its a pain in the a$$
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Definately!!!!
I have a slide hammer, a bead breaker, and I have done the hammer and screw driver thing................they all suck!
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^^^ second that ^^^
took me and my friends 3 solid hours to break and mount 8 tires on my xx and 400ex
took me and my friends 3 solid hours to break and mount 8 tires on my xx and 400ex
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I use a skid steer, and put the bucket on the tire and use the weight of it. I have seen people use jacks as well, put the tire under their truck and jack on the tire and start jacking the truck up till the bead breaks. Best way is to just take it to a service place, it will cost some money, but as B.courtney said, 3 hours for 8 tires....thats worth 40 bucks to me, so I will let someone else do it in 15.
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Well I took it to NTD and the kid started taking them off and left claw marks on the inside of the rim. I told him I did not want the rim all scratched up. He told me oh I figured it's on the inside and no one ever see's it. So he took the rest of the tires off after I showed him how to bite aluminum rims on the inside of the lip to prevent scratches. When he was done he looked at me and said "well we got em off that was easy peasy" I just looked at him didn't say a word turned around walked out and didn't pay him a dime.
Harbor Freight toools has a tire machine perfect for atv tires thats only $49.99
I picked it up because our last ride, we destroyed four rims. changed the rims in about an hour, so it pretty much paid for itself.
http://www.harborfreight.com/portable-tire-changer-34542.html
I picked it up because our last ride, we destroyed four rims. changed the rims in about an hour, so it pretty much paid for itself.
http://www.harborfreight.com/portable-tire-changer-34542.html
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I have something similar and it destroyed the powdercoat on my brand new wheels. Now I just use it for the lawnmower.
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So I'm getting ready to have my razr's mounted. Any words of advise on how to keep from getting my wheels all screwed up? I'm gonna take them to a tire shop that says they have a machine to mount them that won't scratch the wheels up.
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