hard to change your tires?

[fuzzi4844]

Added tubes to the front tires on one of my 1811's Sunday. Had it done in an hour, including time to clean the gunk out if one. Just need a couple big chisels, or screwdriver...something fairly rounded that won't cut or tear the bead. Large vise works great to beak the beads, a press would be good if you had one. Or could drive a vehical on a board against the tire, as someone suggested.

[Lonestarcub]

When I was in High School growing up In Austin I worked for Good Year and my job was pretty much all the tire work and yes I agree with Matt there is an art to changing tires and doing it right.Make sure the bead on the metal rim is smooth and free from burrs and use plenty of soapy water on the beads of the tires.If you can find a good set of true tire irons it will make the job alot easier.Most of all take your time so that you dont damage the bead on the tire.

[bsyphrit]

TSC still sells tire spoons and i have always done the board and driving on deal to break down, another trick to get them to seat is "now this is a safety first deal" to lay them on the ground spray in a fair amount of ether / starting fluid , get a lit match NOT A LIGHTER and throw the match at the bead. the small explosion that ensues is enough to seat the bead in most of the time and if you are out in the middle of no mans land on a 4 wheeler puts enough pressure in the tire to get you home.
so if you are trying to mount narrow tires on wider rims this trick helps most of the time

[Methos]

I can break the bead but can't get air back in them so I take them to my local tire dealer and have them put the air in them. What am I doing wrong?

[bsyphrit]

when they put the tire and rim on there machine it blasts a huge volume of air into the tire causing it to seat, the starting fluid does the same thing just not as safe to do, the whole fire and starting fluid combinationsounds bad and i did not want to do it till i saw it done, after that i would not have a problem doing it on a good rim with a good tire just a small boom and the tire jumps up a little.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_e1suUBoT0

[Lonestarcub]

Hey Duke next time you go to inflate your tire put one of the tie down straps that ratchets around the tire and tighten it down and then take some dish washing soap straight out of the bottle and squeeze it around the bead of the tire and wheel to form a seal and then pour the air to it and it should inflate.

Good Luck,Bruce

[Methos]

Thanks for the replies going to stay away from the ether. Looks cool on video tho!

I tried a tie down strap but didn't use the dish soap will have to try that next time.