Breaking a tyre bead

I'm impressed, you bought a tool just to change the valve

The bead breaker for a hi-lift is a flat plate that bolts to the foot with a curved metal plate like the chisel affair on your machine(you would want a curve that fits the rim, is 15" the hole in the tyre, or the widest part of the rim?)

Plenty of pictures of you google "hilift bead breaker"

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facade wrote: I'm impressed, you bought a tool just to change the valve

The bead breaker for a hi-lift is a flat plate that bolts to the foot with a curved metal plate like the chisel affair on your machine(you would want a curve that fits the rim, is 15" the hole in the tyre, or the widest part of the rim?)

Plenty of pictures of you google "hilift bead breaker"

I spent ages on the net looking at the vids of peeps breaking beads before I went for this. I must have seen every hi lift vid going. :laugh: :laugh:

I tried driving on the tyre, lowering the Pajero chssis onto the tyre (via a wood block) and the tyre just took it! :ohmy:

One thing I noticed looking back is that mostly all the attempts used a block of wood or something wide and flat as opposed to a chisel. I was about to give up when I thought back to the tyre fitter's equipment and again it was a flat (but rounded pad). Nothing chisel like at all so that's why I had one more go with a flat block of wood. So I am going to get some rectangular steel tube and either make a complete replacement for the chisel fitment part or make a slip on/over end. This is the chisel end,see the radius which I don't think is the same as the tyre bead either.


Here is the solution.



Take a look at the equivalent on this one.............it looks to me like a flat end.

I'm impressed, you bought a tool just to change the valve

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Ah no. I have had two valves perished and I am betting the other three will go sometime. I had some trailer tyres to swap over but I could have probably used a knife and fork. I have a perished Eagle GA 225 that I need to replace, a spare for the Jimny to swap over and I am looking to get some more business like tyres for on the road for the Jimny which I might get used or new from Germany.

facade wrote:
The bead breaker for a hi-lift is a flat plate that bolts to the foot with a curved metal plate like the chisel affair on your machine

Something like this I hope.