Re: demounting tires

Posted by Old Pokey on October 18, 2005 at 17:26:10 from (216.99.198.229):

In Reply to: Re: demounting tires posted by Harley on October 18, 2005 at 13:42:49:

Cant argue with that. If they dent or bend the rim, they also pay for it. If the home shop repairman pinches the tube, it'll cost him a new tube and all the pain in the butt to do it all over again.

Now having said that, I still do some of my own tire dismounting and mounting simply cause I can. I use a tube deflater to suck all the air out of the tire so I can get the soap solution further into the bead. Then I use a sledge and a wide dull chisel and pound at a steep angle to the bead to get it started. Then as the chisel gets closer to the rim, I angle it out a bit to push more on the tire. Once the tire is deflated with the deflater, there's usually a good spot to get started.
I do pick and choose though which tires I do myself as some of the rear tractor tires have a bead protector molded in. Those are really tough to get even a tire hammer started. Those tires usually require the hydraulic bead breaker as it will grip the rim and push at the spot where it is designated to do so on the tire.
I should also mention that I did used to work at les schwabb many years ago. But I am by no means an expert. I just remember a few of the tricks that some of the very well seasoned tire experts taught me. That tube deflater is one trick I swear by. It has saved me a lot of time on repairs on machinery. I used it to deform a tire on the combine so i could replace a shaft on the feederhouse without removing that huge and heavy tire from the combine.

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