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[QUOTE=GearJammer;36123If the 2x4 "breaks" before the bead does, please think "Go hydraulic", LOL![/QUOTE]
Hydraulic would be nice, but I'm cheap! I'm thinking turn the long 2X4 vertical for more strength. If that doesn't work, I do have 2X6s and 4X4s on hand!.
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07-24-2010, 02:15 PM
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Understood......the 2x's might work just fine and I wasn't suggesting buying a hydraulic rig. Giving it some thought here, if one lived close to a car shop/garage, in the time it might take to set up a home bead breaking set-up and do the work, it might be faster to just run the wheel to a garage and ask 'em if they'd break the bead only.......the guy here didn't even charge me, which is the kind of budget that keeps my wallet happy....... 
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07-24-2010, 02:55 PM
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Free is best! Unfortunately, I haven't found such an obliging shop locally.  Would save a lot of sweat and tears!
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07-24-2010, 03:19 PM
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Free is best! Unfortunately, I haven't found such an obliging shop locally. Would save a lot of sweat and tears! |
LOL!.........sometimes even offering them a $5 spot for a minute's work is good for community relations......
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07-24-2010, 03:21 PM
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If you are taking them off with no plans to reuse them, I would think there are numerous options involving common shop items. A drill and a nut and bolt comes to mind... 
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07-24-2010, 05:52 PM
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If you are taking them off with no plans to reuse them, I would think there are numerous options involving common shop items. A drill and a nut and bolt comes to mind... |
Yeah, rub it in!  Come up with easy solutions after we do it the hard way! 
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07-25-2010, 03:30 AM
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Braking beads
You just need a backhoe:
no, seriously, i've done car tires with a hi-lift jack like this guy did:
but if you don't have a hi-lift jack, you just need enough clearance on your vehicle and any jack, I would still recommend a couple of 2x4s underneath.
I replaced the rear one on Miss Triplehorn last weekend and it broke real easy, I just pinched it with a couple of wood c-clamps, and it gave up almost inmediately.
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08-03-2010, 07:02 PM
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Halfway through removing my rear Tyre currently...
Initial tools- rubber mallet, wooden block, tyre levers.
second - tree stump, my feet.
Third - Stanley craft knife and wire cutters. Halfway there, will be finished in morning after work.
Fourth - caterpillar 320d 22ton 360' excavator... Grrrr
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08-03-2010, 07:53 PM
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Ah, but the feeling of accomplishment when you finally rip the bloody thing off, is priceless!
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08-03-2010, 09:41 PM
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Ah, but the feeling of accomplishment when you finally rip the bloody thing off, is priceless!
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I would hope it's not bloody, else there would be other problems
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