i have to get my 36's off my Mickey T rims...i have a bead hammer i have flat bars and tire tools but i cant bust the bead on these swamps....:mad:

any tricks to busting a bead when it is off the jeep :rolleyes:

yes i am a cheap ass + no one will fawk with 36's around here.

We used an ATV trailer ramp and a full size pickup to bust the bead off on a set of 15/35 swampers that was being really really really stuborn.

Set the ramp at a 90 degree to the tire all the way against the rim and drove up it with the chevy. Booom done. :D

High lift on the bumper and the base up against the bead will work too.

lay it under your rig and set the base of your high lift on the bead. jack up your rig using the tire bead for the foundation. be sure that you have another jack and /or jack stants really supporting the rig or else you will just trap the tire under your rig

I've seen the base of a hi-lift used.... jack it with the base on your tire, and try to lift your rig...

thanks!

air down to 0 psi and

GET IT !!!!!!!

"any tricks to busting a bead when it is off the jeep"

i know how to bust it when it is on the jeep :rolleyes:

All the race car shops sell them, one of the best tools I ever bought, less than 30 seconds per bead. Try marsh racing tire

I use a prybar and a BFH. Beat the bar in between the tire and wheel being very carefull not to hurt the tire or wheel. Once you get it in there then pry the bead from the wheel.

I always use the hilift trick. Works awesome.

freak...apparently you dont have swampers :rolleyes: i have tried this!

i also have a BFH bead breaker hammer for semi tires! and that didnt work:eek: :eek:

1. pull core drive around bead with tow rig.
2. put tire under tow rig bumper and place hi-lift bas at edge of tire and bead and jack it up, repeat rotating the tire and walla

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Originally posted by Chrisjeep7
freak...apparently you dont have swampers :rolleyes: i have tried this!

i also have a BFH bead breaker hammer for semi tires! and that didnt work:eek: :eek: umm, i did this with 42. and 38's in one day. when it doesnt go the first time you have to rotate teh tire and just go around the outside in 3rds or 4ths and it will go.

I use a prybar and a BFH. Beat the bar in between the tire and wheel being very carefull not to hurt the tire or wheel. Once you get it in there then pry the bead from the wheel.

Originally posted by The Jerk
umm, i did this with 42. and 38's in one day. when it doesnt go the first time you have to rotate teh tire and just go around the outside in 3rds or 4ths and it will go.

hummmmm......these rims must fit real tight...cuz i have changed the tires on a semi with the bead buster i have.

trust me it is the biggest one i have seen, it looks like a 16lb sleadge hammer....its big!

i am going to go try the highlift method...seems to be the easy on of the two

I have dismounted 36" TSL/SX's 38" TSL/SX's, 38" boggers
BFG's of all different sizes and generic tires.

I have always used the highlift jack method or the drive the tow rig onto the tire method to bust beads.


I use two motorcycle tire spoons and a small hammer to get the tires completely off the rim.

It's very easy.

I have seen many people try and just use alot of energy to get no where.

It's all about technique and knowing how the tire wants to get off the rim.

I guess working in a bike shop changing tires helped me figure it out.

Jimmy you got it right!

You some times need to work the bead down slowly on the tires with really heavy unflexable sidewalls.

high lift has worked for me every time...,.got it down so well, I can unseat the outer bead, clean the crap out, and air it up in about 5 minutes per tire...takes more time to jack up the rig and remove the lugs!

remove the valve core first...other than that, it's a breeze.

place a trailer ramp on the bead edge of the tire and drive the heaviest truck you have access to up the ramp it will come off if it doesn't get a bigger truck! I've broke tires down that tire machines would touch like this.

Tractor bucket!:flipoff2:

LOL

BTDT.

I had to use a backhoe on a tire at a jobsite once. That was some freaky stuff, boss drives up to see me banging on a tire with this backhoe.

Alright, if you're tired of beating on it...Slap it back on the front of your rig, get in the yard, let it all the way down to 0 psi and slowly roll around turning fully left and fully right, it should roll it right off in a matter of a turn or two...

To save us time in the shop, when a semi pulls up and we find that the outside tire that is the culprit, pull the core, let the air out, and have him pull forward, by the time he gets up there and drives over a block the beads broken and we peel it from the wheel.

Its much easier than beating on it.

yea the highlift worked like a charm...thanks.

we have unsated beads with a front end loader out at mingo salvage, i just dont have one at home :flipoff2:

the lazy way I was taught was to pull the valve core, and then use a railroad tie (or similar) and lay it on the tire so the end will just clear the rim. it looks like a big Q. drive another rig up the board and the bead will let loose.

i've got a set of rims in the garage I have to do this to, but i've just been too lazy. i'll probably wait until the last minute when I need the rims and then whine the whole time i'm doing the work.

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=82750&highlight=bootie+fab+rim+gaps

my efffort is ACTUALLY pictured on this page using an endloader about halfway down the thread :flipoff2:

do a search ;) :p

COOL

I've broken down rusted on tires with a semi truck bead hammer. The important thing is to get some kind of liquid in there. Soapy water, WD40, even plain water. And if it doesn't break loose right away keep hitting the dang thing and it will.