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Diy Tire Swap - Bead Breaking


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Another option I'm considering is getting a bottle jack, and using a long 2x4 under the header of the garage.

Tire should be pretty well warmed up now, though. So I suppose I should go out and give it another shot. My problem is that while I can push the bead away from the outer lip of the wheel, it is still on the first horizontal "shelf" if you will.

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Drive over with car.

Logsplitter.

Yikes !

Why not just thrash away with a sledge hammer, better yet a splitting maul.

Bulldozer track ? :goofy:

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No dice with the clamp, nor the 2x4 method. All I've accomplished so far is lifting my car up in the air...

Leaving the tire in the sun while I try a new recipe for lunch, pulled carnitas.

I suppose I'll bug the neighbor to see if she minds me using her truck.

if you doing weird stuff like running a car over, I hope you removed the rotors if a front tire
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Rotor is toast from something else, but I've still got it up on some wood planks.

Broke the first bead with just some tire irons, second one is proving difficult.

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Since I changed both my tires Saturday morning, I remembered that some people did not think the irwin hand clamps worked...

2013 06 15 09.48.41

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