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PP from Pa

03-14-2005 20:01:49




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Is there such a tool that can be purchased for an air chisel that will work for a bead breaker? I ground down an old chisel and it works very well. If it were curved like a bead breaker and about an inch and a half wide it would work very well.




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Mechanical Mike

03-17-2005 12:41:21




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 Re: Bead Breaker in reply to PP from Pa, 03-14-2005 20:01:49  
You can use the old style car jack, the kind that goes on your bumper. The base is shaped like the bead breaker on tire machines. Set the base on the tire and find a bumper or heavy bench to go under and start jacking away. I keep an old car jack for this pourpose only.



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T_Bone

03-16-2005 23:55:17




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 Re: Bead Breaker in reply to PP from Pa, 03-14-2005 20:01:49  
Hi PP,

I use a firewood splitting wedge with a rounded edge and a single jack. Just tap once then move 3" to 4" and smack once right at the bead to rim joint with the wedge pointed almost vertical. About 12" to 18" and the bead will pop right off.

For smaller tires I bought a HF manual tire changer for $30 last year. It gets the job done but stubberon beads still get the wedge and hammer with alittle dish soap.

Large Tractor tires are much easier to change than the small stuff, like my drop center dually's.

I can patch a tire/tube quicker than I can drive to town or pay the $75 travel charge for the tire man.

T_Bone

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Weirsdale George

03-15-2005 08:01:07




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 Re: Bead Breaker in reply to PP from Pa, 03-14-2005 20:01:49  
Never heard of a bead breaker like you describe. I bought from Gempler's something they call a "Bead Cheata" (catalog number G62173). It is a bead breaker that clamps to the wheel rim and you use a socket wrench to break the bead. What is nice about this tool is that you don't need to remove the rim assembly from the tractor to break the bead, then you can remove the tire from the rim.



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hay

03-15-2005 06:11:42




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 Re: Bead Breaker in reply to PP from Pa, 03-14-2005 20:01:49  
i used to use a slide hammer bead breaker, but it's so darn heavy and clumsey and was not air operated. never seen anything to be used with an air chisel, but maybe something could be adapted from a crowbar/prybar edge?



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fixerupper

03-15-2005 04:52:48




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 Re: Bead Breaker in reply to PP from Pa, 03-14-2005 20:01:49  
I've never seen one, though it's a good idea, especially for those rusted ones. In a pinch, I've used a steel post driver on a crow bar. It's clutzy, but it gets the job done.



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Tyler from UT

03-15-2005 21:23:44




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 Re: Bead Breaker in reply to fixerupper, 03-15-2005 04:52:48  
Ok you older guys need someone younger to help you out i work for Big O tires as a tire buster so im a pro at busting those beads i have heard of those ones that clamp on the rims and by turing the bolt it drives the tire off the rim. Now if your looking for a cheap way to bust the beads you can take a sledge that has a flat thin head on the back and use that swinging it into the tire right next to the rim will do the trick but if the back is tired the 3/4 ton truck will do, have someone guide you just right next rim and nine times out of ten that will do the trick. Now if both of those fail take it to a tire store they have powered bead busters thats how I did the rear tires for are AC CA. Hope this helps and hope I didn't upset anyone by calling them older I'll be thier someday;-) - Tyler

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Dick L

03-16-2005 13:48:25




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 Re: Bead Breaker in reply to Tyler from UT, 03-15-2005 21:23:44  
A dozer blade works good as well but most people dont have a loose dozer sitting around just to break down beads on old tractor tires. Another thought that might work would be the outriggers on the backhoe, then again I would bet that most would not have a backhoe sitting around eather. I am still bettin that the fastest and cheapest way would be to call on a tire shop.



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Big Jim

03-16-2005 22:20:53




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 Re: Bead Breaker in reply to Dick L, 03-16-2005 13:48:25  
I've broken quite a few beads by sliding them part way under a truck bumper and using a handyman jack. When I worked for the school bus company, we had a little air over hydraulic rig that worked really slick. It weighed about 40 pounds and had a spade on a ram and an adjustable hook. Didn't took like much but it broke any bead I ever tried it on.



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Chester

03-18-2005 08:44:23




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 Re: Bead Breaker in reply to Big Jim, 03-16-2005 22:20:53  
For car and light truck tires, lay down the wheel and put a 2X8 on the bead and drive your car up on it. Will break the toughest of them.



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