Cheap and efficient home tire bead breaker

[wjjones]

Rubber valve stem on my '04 Buick was leaking air, rather that drive 15 miles round trip and pay for gas and labor to install a $1 valve stem, I decided to do it myself.

First, mark the tire/rim so no rebalancing is necessary if you rotate the tire on the rim. Second, park your vehicle with a receiver hitch on a hard surface. I used an old hitch bar, a 2 foot long section of 2X4, and a 6 ton bottle jack to pop the bead loose as illustrated.

WARNING: Be sure the jack WILL NOT CONTACT THE RIM AT ANY TIME. Standing on the 2X4 while pumping the jack also adds more pressure to loosen the bead. Since this method only loosens one tire bead, after replacing the valve stem, I was easily able to reseat the bead using only a small electric air pump.

WARNING: DO NOT put fingers, toes, or other body parts near the rim while reinflating the tire and DO NOT EXCEED 40 PSI.

It's a simple as that. My cost: Half hour and a $1 valve stem. Their cost: $10 labor, $3 valve stem, plus your time and gas to go someplace to have it done.

I have done this manytimes it does work well just takes a few mins...but it saves time, and $$$. You just have to be careful not to bend the wheel..:smile:

 

[PauttyBrailla]

thank you

Terrific
Your site is very helpful...
Thanks...

 

[Mower manic]

Re: thank you

Terrific
Your site is very helpful...
Thanks...

Why your quite welcome Pautty and thank you for stopping by.:thumbsup:

 

[jmurray01]

Re: thank you

Why your quite welcome Pautty and thank you for stopping by.:thumbsup:

You do realise he is a troll don't you ?

 

[Mower manic]

Re: thank you

You do realise he is a troll don't you ?

What do you think?

 

[KennyV]

Re: thank you

What do you think?

I caught the inference with the under scored & Bold "and thank you for stopping by.":laughing:
... Too funny... :smile:KennyV

 

[jmurray01]

Re: thank you

I caught the inference with the under scored & Bold "and thank you for stopping by.":laughing:
... Too funny... :smile:KennyV

You're too darn intelligent for me Kenny.

 

[KennyV]

Re: thank you

You're too darn intelligent for me Kenny.

I seriously Doubt that.....
But I definitely enjoy subtle cynicism that can be conveyed with the written word:biggrin:...
Can be a bit harder to detect with spoken words, because of different dialects... And is usually completely lost in a transcribed narration... :smile:KennyV