Breaking 2nd bead...

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Anyone have any advice on breaking the 2nd bead on a tire? 1st was rather easy, used a bottle jack and a truck hitch, but I was able to put air in the tire. I obviously can't, now that one of the beads is broken...the tire just collapses on itself when I jack. Thanks for help!

 

[BANSHEE CHAOS]

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I got one of these bead breakers and cut the hooked bar to fit a 9"-10" wheel and drilled a new hole in the end. Works fairly well. Factory installed tires are well worth the price a tire store charges to take off... Regardless of how much that is!!!

 

[tcwes8]

I use my truck and get as close to the wheel as I can and keep spinning the wheel around.

 

[hammy7734]

i used a skid loader with forks on it and it worked very well or a forklift should work

 

['00 WO-YA!]

Believe it or not the 2nd bead is easier to break with air in the tire. I usually break the 1st bead, air the tire back up slightly, flip it around and break the other side with just a shot of air left in it. It keeps the tire from just folding...which is frustrating.

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Couldn't get them to hold air.

 

['00 WO-YA!]

In that case they aren't much good. Cut em off if you have to, lol!

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Lol I got em off awhile ago, forget how I did it tho.