Breaking the Bead

[Z400/400ex]

I need some help on breaking the bead on my tires so I can put the new ones on!

No, I dont want to take it the tire store!

And, no I do not have a bead breaker!

Other than that, I am Game!!

Thanks for your input:macho

If loosing a finger or eye is no big deal then you'll figure out something...:eek2:

Really though it's tough without the proper toos. I"ve tried running over them with a truck, using 2x4's, etc, etc, etc,.. Not worth getting hurt over..:ermm:

[skemp]

Consider yourself lucky if you do it without any of the above; it's tough as hell. I used to just take my tires to a place in town where it's anywhere from $0-$5 to have them break the bead, depending on the day :) Nice guys down there. You can try many different ways, but I think you might just end up at a tire shop in the end. :D Good luck.

[flyin#5]

Originally posted by skemp
Consider yourself lucky if you do it without any of the above; it's tough as hell. I used to just take my tires to a place in town where it's anywhere from $0-$5 to have them break the bead, depending on the day :) Nice guys down there. You can try many different ways, but I think you might just end up at a tire shop in the end. :D Good luck.

good old dresser:) we've tried b4 too and its just a lost cause... take it to a shop. otherwise what my friends dad does is takes this jack thing and sticks the thin part of the metal that the jack sits on and jams it up against the rim then pulls down on the "handle" part. kind of hard to explain. thats the best way ive seen it done just by doing it at home w/o a bead breaker, and its still tough to do.

[Diedrich]

try running over it in the truck..it works sometimes..if that dont work take it to the tire shope

[Notu400ex]

Buy a beadbreaker from northern equipment for $35.

[sickyellow400ex]

i cut mine off and then cut threw the bead with a dremel tool with a cut off wheel

[sickmojave]

Originally posted by Notu400ex
Buy a beadbreaker from northern equipment for $35.

money well spent :D

[JabberJaw]

My brother uses the jack from his pickup to 'squish' the tire down to break the bead. He sets the wheel and tire under his front bumber and cranks the front bumpber up...

[ex kid]

its pretty much a lost cause unless you want to bend your rim. take it to you shop and just have them break the bead then bust out the tire irons.

[NTPRacing#19]

yea dont be cheap just get it done the easy and right way by taking it to a tire shop

i use my car lift with a car on top..works fine...and safe:ermm:

i heard dooing that may bend your rim....but if you have been using it for awhile now it may work...my friend wanted to run mine over with a truck but his dad (who knows a good deal about quads) told me not too cause it would bend the rim...:confused2

[KASCHAK]

i have a hydrolic jack it tall and you put the bottom on the tire and the hook on the truck. the lift up the truck. and it pops off really easy and its safe. you stand on the tire when you do it to help it off. it was 5$

[Kilabanshee]

Kaschak can you put on my bandits when i get them ill pay ya 20 bucks.:D :cool:

[Bubba]

u can buy a little atv ire changer for like 50 bucks...me and my dad got one..works great.. i used to to put some ITP 589's on a friends quad:D

[4wheelboy]

once the been is broke, is it hard to get the tire off an put diferent ones on
:confused:

[Bubba]

yeah it will be hard to change a tire without the proper tools. Go to www.harborfreight.com and u can buy a mini/atv tire changer for 40 bucks.