Same here. Good thing was i worked that the shop so i would do my own tires on the machince and then balance them for the cost of the wheel weights
Coats 40 40 ***e changer at home and a hunter systom700 ballancer they charge 15.00 to mount your tire had a 20 20 from racing days also to long to drive into town
Glad to see I'm not the last one in the world to do my own tire changing. I've broken beads by all the means described. Presently I use a makeshift 4X4 lever attached to my garage. If It wasn't raining I'd take a picture. I actually enjoy it and it's good exercise. Kinda like changing my own oil. It's what we do. Gary
I've always done my own...but I have a tire machine in my shop, that my dad bought at an auction years ago...
Bike tires are harder, especially when you have some low profile 300 or wider on a chrome rim. God help you if you scratch it; could be a thousand dollar rim.
no pictures of mine but its a very old old version of the one above, that i have a port-a-power adapted to. had to weld on a few attachment points but igt works well when i do use it
I have a slide hammer bead breaker,Got it used in 1968. Always breaks the bead hit it 4 or 5 times done . It is about 5 ft. long. I use 2 harley s****s to take off the tire. Never took a car to the garage, It does help that i was a mechanic for 36 years.
I work on semi trucks and sometimes to get a truck down the road a few more miles if it has an outside tire flat on the trailer we just pull the flat outside tire off without pulling the rim. Have also put em back on that way. I have one of the slide hammers also, and tire s****s like Little Wing posted. I always do all of my own tires. After doing hundreds and hundreds of big truck tires, car tires are easy as can be.
Hammers and tire irons? Geez, you guys gotta get into the twentieth century! I got myself a Coates Three Star manual machine and one of them newfangled bubble balancers years ago and I do my own too, but the modern way.
I have all the stuff Little wing posted except my bill hammer looks older and more tire experience, also wooden handle, I actually got the hammer from my brother 26 years ago.
when we were kids we had to change our own tires, we were to damn poor to pay. dad had the tire maul, looks like a sledge with a duck bill on the end. i swang that old maul more then i'd like to remember but got our tires changed. i still have one but only use in a pinch now, thankfully i'm not as poor now.
"EBAY has bead breakers new for about $25. I've used them for years to mount 15 x 18 racing tires. Haven't had any problems with them and they are gentle on the rims, even super ultra light ones. " Here's a pic. Break the bead and s**** the tire off. Keen tire irons can be made from old spring leaves also.
this same method works on modern radials? i have a pile of them with bad tires and good rims, want to get the rims off, saves storage space. I store the tires until the city does the once a year pick up anything junk drive, then put them by the curb. I don't know why they charge to dispose, they make mulch out of the old ones now, great for keeping weeds out of your plants.
We have to mount & balance our own. Being broke is a *****. Here is my Coats 10-10 changer and my Micro Precision #60 balancer. Had them both for about 30 years. Got a big box of hammer on type wheel weights, valve stems, and tube patches too.
Did 6 yrs at Discount Tire Co. If I go in, they let me (make me) do my own. Still damn good at it. Faster than any of the techs at the dealershi and NO SCRATCHES!
I have pretty much the identical changer. Always wondered what it was. Mine still works but the center post is loose. Someone tried to repair it by welding but the weld is not too good. Is the center post on yours nice and solid to the housing? I would like to get mine shipshape.
Yep, its rigid. The cone screws on tight against the wheel, with no play. These 10-10 models are known for scratching wheels but the cure is to get the teflon covers for the combination tool and the breaker plate. Here is a good place for coats 10-10 parts and break-down pictures. http://www.panzittaent.com/tirechangers.htm
RK, you're the man. That is great info. You are right about these being rim scratchers. Good to know that with teflon covers they don't scratch. Just to make sure I have it right, the large upright threaded post in the center of the diagram should be securely welded to the casing, yes? As I said, mine broke loose some years in the past and the PO rewelded it, but the weld is not holding it completely steady.
My Dad taught me how to change tires with a manual bead breaker and tire irons when I was just a kid on the farm. I bought one of the bead breakers from Harbor Freight, paid $35 for it. It broke the first time I used it. Had to make it longer and wider to work. Inherited the good one from my Dad. Works great.
Mounted my last on the 32 panel thing. Been down 5 months with my back. Last time for me to mount tires.........
i bought one of these, had a 25% coup! I lag it to my deck in the backyard( when my women isn't around!lol) & viola!! done deal.Definatly worth the money.I also have a spin balancer that works right on the car, so i'm stylin!. I recommend it to everyone.Another Fine, cheap product from harbor freight!!!lololol JimV
Used to work at a Mom & Pop Mobil Service Station for 13 years became "one of the family" When the station closed They asked if I wanted any thing, I took the Corgi tire machine and a coats spin balancer Now do tires out of my shop to help pay the rent, they are older machines but do every thing but runflats or realy low profiles
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