Breaking a tyre bead

I tried it with a Hi-Lift jack......

...i spent 4 hours in casualty.

Go to a tyre fitter

mlines wrote: I tried it with a Hi-Lift jack......

...i spent 4 hours in casualty.

Go to a tyre fitter

Was that the case on bizzare ER with the man with a hi lift jack? All im saying is rear reconstruction :ohmy: :whistle: ha i joke

A big hammer and a chisel with a rounded end is the safest and easiest DIY method, even if it does require a bit of elbow grease.

Well I lowered the full weight of my Pajero on to the tyre........and it took it too. Based on this I would guess you can safely run tyres flat on Jimny rims. I read there is a special rim lip which makes these harder to shift.

@mlines........tell us the full story then, you can't say that and leave us in suspense.

BTW, I give up trying to do it. :laugh: :laugh:

I used to get assistance from my late father, and repeatedly run them over with the front of a Proper Car (likely a P5 or P6 Rover) for a bit of weight. He would hold the tyre and I'd put the car on it close to the rim, and wiggle the steering a bit. Bit dodgy, as getting it wrong takes a slice out of the tyre on the car, then back off, rotate the wheel about 1/4 turn and do it again. Always worked eventually. (This was in The Olden Days when I would buy a wrong wheel & correct tyre at the scrappy for a couple of quid, and swap the tyre onto my rim.)

Nowadays for Motorbikes and small cars I have his old No2 Record vice that opens to 7", with a piece of wood on one side to protect the rim I can pop most tyres off, but I can't get the 6" wide wheels in. I also have a nice collection of tyre levers and rim protectors, it is a pain getting the tyre on on my own, I just don't have the knack of wedging the tyre at the foot of a wall and pushing the wheel in. (I'm assured it will work, I just can't do it)

facade wrote: I have his old No2 Record vice that opens to 7", with a piece of wood on one side to protect the rim I can pop most tyres off, but I can't get the 6" wide wheels in.

It needs something like that.