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breaking rear tire bead

Do you have any wedges for splitting wood? That's what I use. Drive them down in between the tire and rim.
 
Fastest and easiest is to take it to a PRO and have it done. That said it depends on your skill level. Me I use a tire hammer or a machine I own for doing it. Using a loader while it works some times often time it does not work or you destroy a tire doing so. You can also buy a slide hammer type bead breaker that works well
 
(quoted from post at 09:54:09 04/23/15) whats your easiest and fastest way to break down the bead on a rear tractor tire?
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Skidsteer with pallet forks....if that don't do it I use the backhoe, loader bucket on the tire and bridge the tractor with the hoe. Leverage and weight. Now if you have money to burn buy a screw type bead breaking tool for around $650....
 
I call the tire shop at the local Farmer's Co-Op. For $50.00 they'll send a guy out with a pneumatic press that he puts over the tread and has the bead broken in seconds. He puts a tire iron in where the bead is broken, moves the pneumatic press a little ways, and breaks some more of the bead. He can have a tire off the rim in less than five minutes.

Thank you Maury County Farmer's Co-Op.

Tom in TN
 
"Tant no easy nor fast way" IMO,it makes about as much sense as doing your own prostate exams.
Adding insult is risk of ruining or at least damaging a rusted wheel. All things considered,a slide hammer desighned for the purpose is the best overall. Best money you will likly spend this month is hireing it done.
 
We have a bead tool and unlike another poster, we only paid a couple of hondred dollars for it. We use it several times/season and it is being used on 34 and 38 inch tires. It never lets us down. It was an excellent investment.
 
On the tractor I have used 2 bridge planks and a high-lift jack, all I needed to do was change the valve stem. I have broken off 2 of them while cutting brush, but that is the only problem in 750 hours of use!
 
I have that same bead breaker but I got mine from Northern Tool.... for a LOT less money. 129.00 plus shipping. I have used the crap out of it. http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/category_automotive+tire-equipment+bead-breakers
 
It must be technique because I have a tire guy that weighs about 130 lbs and is about 5'6" tall and he can take a tire hammer and have almost any tire loose on the rim in about 10 minutes.
 
I needed a tire taken off of rims and I laid the tire and rim on the ground and used my hilift jack hooked under the edge of the trailer. The rim was rusted bad with CC. Once the foot of the jack was below the bead seat I took a hand held bead breaker and one hit with the maul and the bead was broke down. If the Coop charges 50 bucks to take off a tire I made good money for less then 15 minutes work.

Bob
 
thank you for all the suggestions.ive done them mostly as rrlund suggested, with splitting wedges.ive got four to do(38")over the next couple of weeks,and was wondering about other ways.the homemade slide hammer sounds interesting.im too cheap(poor) to pay to have them done,besides buying the tires is bad enough.iwas thinking of building a hydraulic one.i have 8" and 10" cylinders and plenty of steel.any pictures or ideas?
 
I see no one else has mentioned this...I normally just lay the tire down on the ground and use another tractor to drive around the rim to break it down. With a tricycle tractor with descent breaks it only takes about a minute to break the bead all the way around once you get the tire on the tire.
 

I use hand held bead breaking tool, if that get to be too much work , I use a hydraulic cylinder & some parts off an old john deere plow
bolted together. Looks Like a CAPITOL H . Cross bar of the H has a series of holes.. Lay the cylinder on ground & place one end of the open
H around the tire as close as I can to the bead. Start the tractor & use it's hydraulics & squeeze. It's a 2 man operation on some tractors
but on old John Deere the handle is right there for ya. It works for me....
 
I had to to do that once on my super c, my neighbors owned a garage at the time so I took it to them and the put it on the machine. That is the easiest and fastest way to do it I think.
 
I use the lip on my loader bucket. Sometimes I have to smack it once or twice with the sledgehammer. These are 10 ply 16 inch truck tires. Spooning them off the rim is another issue.

Rick
 
It's easier to work with the rim still mounted to the tractor. Not only will you not drop the tire on yourself taking it off the tractor, you don't have to figure out how to get it back up off the ground when you're done.

I've done tires on the ground and frankly it is MUCH harder. The big problem with working on the ground is when you put your weight into it, the tire comes up off the ground on the other side..
 
Here's not the safest way but it works if you're careful. Handi-man jack and a chain, wrap the chain around the tire and rim, put the foot of the jack against the bead and start jacking, just be careful the jack doesn't slip.
 
I use a slide hammer made for beads from northern tool, it gets used on a lot more stuff than just beads. It was a great investment for a little money. Also I never unbolt the rim from the tractor, just jack up the tractor and play with the tire.
Slide Hammer
 
use to back the old farmall 450 up to it with a block of wood and use down pressure to push the bead down
 
(quoted from post at 09:54:09 04/23/15) whats your easiest and fastest way to break down the bead on a rear tractor tire?
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fastest and easiest is right on the tractor with a tire hammer.
but on what kind of tractor?
 
Jack hammer with a flat blade in it works fast and easy.
If I don't feel like starting up the compressor I use a home made slide hammer.
Wrecking bar provides the power.
 
This works for me.
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Years ago I pulled a old truck tire bead breaker tool out of a junk pile. I have since opened it up and cleaned it up and have used it now for 3 decades to break down tires. Cost was zero unless you cal my time worth something
 
Pick up the phone and call the tire guy.

You asked for easiest and fastest... Not the cheapest... :wink:

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
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