changing tires ??

[catman]

This may be a piece of cake, But giving me problems. I've changed my own tires on my dirt and street bikes.These quad tires are hard to break the bead and also get the tires off the rim.
Any tricks that might help ?
Just tired of paying to have them changed all the time.



little help please :cool:

[ethanp87]

i would pay to have them changed they are all most impossible to break and change

[duke416ex]

I have buddies that work in tire shops that break the bead for me, you might see if someone will just do that for you. Sometimes you can put just a little air in them and lay a board on the tire up next to the rim and drive your truck on the board, just be sure not to drive on the rim.

[catman]

Hey duke, Once the bead is broke ......... not too bad to get tire off . I have spoons.

[duke416ex]

No they're not bad once the bead is broke, I usually use screwdrivers, but I just ordered a tire tool from rocky mountain, 8" tool just $4. Did you get the bead broke? If you were asking about taking them off, just soap them up and do them like a bike tire start in one spot and go aroud the rim.

[Trevor]

Thats only half of it wait till you have to pop the new tires on it is hard as hell to get them pumped up!

[huffdaddy_400EX]

it's a major pain to get them off, I had to cut them off with a hacksaw the first time a changed them. after that I started taking them to a local tire shop to have the removed and new ones mounted...they charged me a few dollars a tire. That's your best bet. IMHO

stock tires will be the hardest.,..honda manufacturers use kind of bead sealant on them so they arke glued to the bead almost...if you ever roll your tires around and here those little balls in your tire thats the stuff they use thate off from excess....all my aftermarket tires I switch out I just run the tire over my with truck

[blasterbro55]

breakin the bead is kinda easy, you just need the right tools, me and my dad, took the stock front tires off my yamaha blaster, we put maxxis razr's on , one came off with no problem, but the other one, my dad had an idea, dont call me crazy, but we took my dads chevy, and ran over the side of it, very slowly, it then broke the bead, and after that its a peice of cake!_good luck!

[Duncan313]

I use a motorcycle bead breaker from JC Whitney it is a floor model that has a handle and a bracket that pushes on the bead. It works for utility and sport tires and of course motorcycle tires. I use a dish washing solution to help make things slick. A small investment in tire irons/spoons is well worth it. Also on those stuborn tires to get seated back on I use a strap around the tire to help seat the bead. Be care about how much pressure you use when you pop those beads back on. I do mean pop. It can be quite a job but I prefer the old adage "if you want something done right then...."

[sloppyjoe]

to break the tire off the bead i use a bead breaking tool that my brother gave me, works perfect. to get the tires to pop back on the bead i use starter fluid. just spray the fluid on the inside of the tire, be sure to go all the way around the inside. spray a little trail away from the tire and light it up! if it dont pop right on take your air hose while the fire is still going and start shooting air in through the valve stem,if that dont work pick the tire up with the fire still going and bounce it on the floor that should work. i do them like that all the time. my buddys bring there tires over for me to mount just to see the show, they are really amazed how well it works. basicly u have to create an exposion inside the tire and it blows on the bead.

[z400roosteR]

I don't know much but if you are talking about taking the tire off the rim rather then pay everytime to have them swapped just invest in a fitted pair already to the rim and swap out the whole thing yourself each time! Unless this bead action thing is on the rim and not the tire?

[cracer250]

To keep going on this subject, I just purchased the Harbor Freight tire changer (item# 34542). It's the floor model, NOT the mini one. All I can say is WOW! I should have got this thing a long time ago. It works amazingly well if you know what you are doing. I changed 3 sets of wheels and tires last night. Took 1 minute to take off, and 1 minute to put back on per tire, no lie. Best tool I have bought so far.

[duke416ex]

Yea good idea, but for those without a changer, putting them back onisn't that bad. Put lube around both beads on the tire. Place the wheel between your feet, have the outside of the wheel facing outwards. Raise the tire over your head and slam it don at an angle and then you can just push the rest of the bead down on the rim. Then take srcewdrivers or spoons and put the other bead on the wheel. The lube will help the beads to set also.

[tater_kamik]

just buy brand new rims every time!!!:D

[duke416ex]

Originally posted by tater_kamik
just buy brand new rims every time!!!:D

Why not just but a new quad every time?:D

[tater_kamik]

hellz yeah!

[initall]

I only buy a new quad when i run out of gas

[tater_kamik]

or everytime it stalls

[tater_kamik]

oh wait, did i say that out load?!?:D

[greg_gorrell]

sloppyjoe, thats what i do, except i use ether :devil:

[Sleeper]

Originally posted by greg_gorrell
sloppyjoe, thats what i do, except i use ether :devil:


Same thing. Either is starting fluid.