looking for a manual bead breaker

hydro70guy · Jul 12, 2017

I am looking for a manual bead breaker and saw the BeadBuster brand looks solidly built. Wondering if anyone has one, or any other models or styles that wirk well. I do not do a lot of tire work, like the idea of one to break beads while still on a tractor. Most work is on smaller tires wagons ATV car and truck. Do have to tackle replacing 4 tires on rogator soon. Also how do these work on tougher rusted on tires.

Joe

old · Jul 12, 2017

The slide hammer type work real well and for some one that is a novice they are one of the better ones to use.
I own a couple of tire hammers but I also did tire work for a living at one time so I know what I am doing plus I have an air powered truck tire bead breaker which work real well and I pulled it out of a junk pile and fixed it up. I have toyed with three idea of gettign a bead cheater type but have not wanted to spend the $$ to get one

Butch(OH) · Jul 12, 2017

I have an ESCO and it has easily broken anything I have tried it on. Northern tool has them. The slide hammer type that Old mentioned work well too. A plain old bead sledge works great but you neeed a good aim or you bend the rims up.

casecollectorsc · Jul 12, 2017

Gemplers has a manual bead breaker. Think I gave $135 for the one I got. Same principle as the hyd. ones only you use a ratchet and socket to operate.

old · Jul 12, 2017

Good aim or another hammer to hit the tie hammer with which also works on some of the hard ones. Of course one of the biggest keys to break one down is a good bit of dish soap and water

neverfear · Jul 12, 2017

Be careful hitting hammers together, they will chip and throw shrapnel. I've seen it,wear safety glasses.

guido · Jul 12, 2017

Hello hydro70guy,

Check Northern tool. The one made by Esco looks like what you want. Model 70160 handles tires from 38 to 42 inch,

Guido.

old · Jul 12, 2017

I have seen it on sledge hammers or other such BUT NEVER on a tire hammer

hd6gtom · Jul 12, 2017

Joe those brands are not too bad. I wore out 2 or 3 of them. You will need 2 bars about 12" long to drive between the tire bead and the rim. That will move the tire far enough away from the rim that you will be able to insert the breaker. You need tire lube, not dish soap - it simply is not slick enough. You can get decent bead lube at any NAPA store. If you are going to tackle rotator tires, good luck they are usually very very tough. If you have not done any rears it might be best to take the rogator to the pros. I spent 22 years doing this, when i first started I listened to a guy brag up slide hammers for breaking tire beads, if you are doing farm rears, don't waste your money. I bought 1- used it once and set it in a corner. 22 years later when health forced me to sell the shop, I found it still there rusted solid.

old · Jul 12, 2017

Been doing tires since I was 16 and dish soap is what we used back then and I still use it. You just have to sit back and let ti soak in. As for what you say about moving the tire a bit I have to do that for my truck tire bead breaker to work on some or the clamp that pulls the 3 part foot in will just jump off. But few even know what this tool is and I have yet to find any one who even has a clue about this tool I found and fixed

BarnyardEngineering · Jul 13, 2017

(quoted from post at 17:06:19 07/12/17) I have seen it on sledge hammers or other such BUT NEVER on a tire hammer

I don't think tire hammers are hardened as much as regular hammers.

Texasmark1 · Jul 13, 2017

I made one:

1 ea 6" C purlin 6' long.

1" fabricated angle iron bracket welded vertical, 18" long with a 6" strap hinge attached at the top. The other half of the strap hinge welds to the end of the pipe listed below.

2 ⅝" 6' drill pipe

18" length of angle iron formed to fit wheel of choice. Slit the horizontal part every couple of inches and bend it around a desired wheel. Even though it isn't formed to fit other wheel diameters, it still works on them.

Using more angle iron, fabricate a suitable bracket to attach the above formed material to the pipe as explained below. The bracket works best if supported at the center and both ends of the arc.

Drill a hole in the drill stem and the bracket and mount with a suitable bolt (⅜") allowing it to swing freely, about 10" back from the hinge point on the pipe.

Get an old 1/ ⅞ -2" trailer ball and weld to the purlin such that the wheel cannot slip down the purlin as you apply pressure.

Has worked for me many years.

A picture is worth a thousand words. Here it would help. Not going to waste my time unless somebody is genuinely interested as my ability to move from click the shutter to posting a legible copy on here is lackluster.

Oregon Tractor Jack · Jul 13, 2017

I have one of the ESCO type of manual bead breaker mentioned in an earlier replay. They work fantastic. They are not rated for impact guns though. I have had mine for years and have never had any trouble with it. Lube the tire with Murphy's Oil Soap and start breaking the bead. I have even used this on tires and wheels that are still mounted on the tractor. Works great. I barely have to use my slide hammer when I am breaking down a tire.

OTJ

guido · Jul 13, 2017

Hello hydro70guy

This would work too!

Guido.

PJH · Jul 13, 2017

Cheap

fixerupper · Jul 13, 2017

My brother in law lost an eye hitting one hammer with another hammer. The piece of schrapnel went clear through the eyeball and stopped in the back of the socket.

old · Jul 13, 2017

As i said a tire hammer is a different type of hammer and made to be hit. Yes one should never hit one sledge hammer on another one or other such hammers but tire hammer are not the same as other hammers are

Dean · Jul 13, 2017

I use a slide hammer. Works every time.

I watched adds for awhile and bought mine from Northern Tool when it was 50 % off. Cost $50 + shipping a few years ago.

Dean

neverfear · Jul 13, 2017

Well...either way, I'll throw on a set a safety glasses just so I don't have to wear an eye patch for the rest of my life and go around saying "I read it on the internet". Not doubting you old, but I get nervous smacking hardened steel together regardless of rockwell.

old · Jul 13, 2017

Oh I have been around enough splitting wedges and know to keep them ground off or yep what curls down will break off and fly but the tire hammers are made a whole lot different then most hammers and I have never seen one of them do the things most hammers do

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