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Bead Breaker Tool

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Rod (NH)

10-06-2006 17:24:05




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Breaking the beads on tractor rears is usually no fun. I've used the tedious brute force method with sledge hammer and steel wedges before. But that's hard work. The older I get the more I want to avoid the muscle and sweat methods. Several years ago I purchased a bead breaker tool from Gemplers called the "Bead Cheata". I used it for the third time today. I had previously used it to change both rears on my AC-B (11.2x24) and today I used it in changing one rear on my Oliver 77 Ind (16.9x26). That tire hadn't been off the rim in about 30 years and I knew it wouldn't let go easily. However, with the bead breaker it had no choice. It was actually an enjoyable process with no muscle and no sweat required. I'll be using it again sometime in the future when I have to replace the other side. Here's what the bead breaker looks like in action (click on the thumbnail for a larger view):

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It is basically a mechanical jack that is specially configured for breaking tire beads. You drive it down between the bead and rim with a heavy hammer, clamp it to the rim with the cam lever and use a standard ratchet or other wrench to turn it down. It's easy to use and makes very simple work of it. You can break the entire bead from a single location. You do not have to reapply it in mulitple locations and work around the rim. The tool is pricey but if you do your own tire changing alone the old fashioned way, manually with tire irons, it takes a lot of the hard work out of it. I highly recommend it.

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Bill in Colo

10-07-2006 21:00:18




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 Re: Bead Breaker Tool in reply to Rod (NH), 10-06-2006 17:24:05  
Deere had them last year on the Christmas tool list, treated myself to one, one of the better tool investmenst I've made.



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T.R.K.

10-06-2006 18:39:39




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 Re: Bead Breaker Tool in reply to Rod (NH), 10-06-2006 17:24:05  
I have one and I like mine too. The only time I have still had problems was on 12 ply 26" motor-grader recaps on an orchard tractor. I ended up driving 2 cold chisels between the rim and the tire to get the tire to spring away enough I could drive the Bead Cheata in between them. But it pushed the tire off just fine once it was in!

T.R.K.



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