How to Mount a Tire

[jason43050]

i cheat, lol i work at a company that makes tire patches and plugs. they have a tire changer thingy that will break the bead and put it on to. we got bead seater liquid that will lube it up to go on easy

[fords4life]

Another word of warning when using the straps. Make sure you let the pressure out of the tire before removing it. If it has too much pressure on it when you try to release it, it WILL go flying and possibly do some serious damage......trust me, I knew I should have let the air once, and of course I didn't, so my hand got cut up pretty bad.

[NeedsaYfz]

After struggling to get the bead to break for 30 minutes I took my tires down to the local tire shop and they had all 4 new tires mounted and full of air within 15 minutes FREE OF CHARGE. But we also buy 3k+ worth of tires from them every year so I guess I should've expected that.

[honda6490]

Yea my friend works at an autobody shop and he mounts/dismounts tires all day long. I dont know about all this crap about hitting the tire with a 2x4 and running over your tires but its definatly worth just using the right equipment, and to set rear beads just read the max beat setting psi, as you get near that max they will set.

[bobkunkle]

Has anyone used one of these from Harbor Freight: Tire Changer

[86 Quad R]

i generally go to local shop and pay 1.00 a beed to get them broken. once i get home, removing the old ties and installing the new is easy. to seat the beeds i simply use ether and a good ole match. ofcourse i remove the stem valve.

[dirtrider77]

i love where i live because theres a body shop like 2min from my house so i just ride up there on my quad, then i jack my atv up, take off my tire and rim, and hand my new tires and the old rims with tires on them, and we change them in like a min., and he doesnt charge me anything, ahhh....its great

[cataway]

i had a tire bead give me a hard time , i could not blow enough air in fast enough to get it to seal to the rime , i use a smear of silicone on the rim and some on the tire , worked good tho i will have to take it to a tire shop to get the thing off . LOL

[cbrooks118]

Originally posted by bobkunkle
Has anyone used one of these from Harbor Freight: Tire Changer

I made the mistake in buying one of those last week. It is really crappy. The center hole of my rims (8") were to big for the cylinder thing on the tire machine, therefore it wouldn't sit on there right to get leverage for the handle. I might have to make a jig to see if this thing really works. I used a "hand" bead breaker kit my dad had from his ATC days. Took a while and a little bit of cussing but i swapped out 4 tires....

Also i had a heck of a time mounting my haulers on the rims. it was horrible getting the first bead over the lip of the rim.. I managed to do them though without messign up the pc

[catskinner159]

My preferred method for breaking down tires is to use a bumper jack under the front of my truck, with the base of the jack sitting on the tire as close to the rim as possible. The weight of the truck is plenty sufficient to break the bead down when jacking it up, and the truck still has the tires on it for safety in case the jack slips, although after doing it this way for over 25 years I have not had the jack slip out even once. Safe, fast, easy and free...what more could you ask in a home remedy? Or in a woman for that matter