:confuse:I had a front tire that would lose air overnight i will dismount tire it clean up rim should be good to go. Wont take long ya right. 2 hrs later only got 1 side off bead had various tools hammer screwdrivers jack etc. had in vice no go got 2 pieces of 2x6 put tire on top jack on wheel jacked under my 1 ton gm no go hard to beleive after 45 plus years tire would be that stuck on rim. Gave up tire is very soft do not want to ruin it, so called about a tube should be in today, will try and wiggle it in the 1 side want to keep oem tire
I know what you mean. I use the tongue on our tilt bed trailer. I just put the tire on the tongue so when the deck comes down it pushs the tire off the bead, prying with a screw driver if it's bad.
I use a hydrolic press, but before I have use everything I could come up with, usually a bumper jack under a truck or farm machnery. It's a pain and I agree with "coldone", take it to the tire store. Mine would probably do it free but its too far to drive to town.
The neighbor asked to help him change his tires on his Gt , always willing to help , besides fighting to get the tires off it was worse trying to get the beads to seat. 3 hour job and when we were done he said " maybe I should have spent the $5 ea the tire shop was going to charge to mount them " ACHHHHHH
You should of been here when I removed the front tires from my John Deere. They had sat outside on the tractor for about 8 years, flat and had been filled with fix a flat. I ended up having to buy one of those Harbor Freight mini tire machines. I spent about 4 hours breaking the beads. It was so hard that I even put blisters on my hands from working the tool! The rims were really rusted on the inside!
well now i don,t feel so bad just a little tire wont take long. I think the 45 years on rim has a lot to do with it. did not get tube yet, will get it today
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