Bead breakers

[Cheesehead]

Hi I was just wondering what ones people recommend and how easy the different ones are to use as I have had a look at http://www.tyrebaydirect.com/150-Bead_Breakers/573-Bead_Buster.html?si=1 which looks like the one our neighbour used to have and Sealey's hydraulic bead breaker http://www.ffx.co.uk/tools/product/...KZIpAdQayGX7PBVxKcaAtM08P8HAQ#FullDescription

I was just wondering on people's thoughts on the two.

 

[TechWise]

We've just got one of the ones that you slam up and down by hand. Can't say it's ever been defeated...

 

[Lincsman]

I have a bead buster, bought at the Royal show many years ago, not easy to use, but never fails to get it off.

 

[defender]

I often just use a small cutting of angle iron knocked in with a hammer ,never fails to take them off ,however if the wheel is still on the air operated one is quicker

 

[Zebbedee]

Bear in mind that hyd one in your link still needs a hyd pump and hoses to make it work another few hundred pounds

 

[Cheesehead]

I did have a look at the air ones but I'm not sure our compressor would keep up as it is just a little 50ltr Wolf one though the angle iron would be cheaper I was looking at ones for on the tractor as I don't think the wheels have been off since the floatation tyres came off just before we got the tractor when I was 10 or 11 and I am unfortunately nearing 34 so I think they may be needing some work to loosen

Ah I don't know how I missed that with the hydraulic one

 

[Monty]

These black ones are brilliant. Couldn't recommend them enough
http://www.tyre-equipment.co.uk/acatalog/LITTLE-BUDDY-Tyre-Bead-Breaker-70_160.html
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Esco-Equi...890806?hash=item35fc673c76:g:jj8AAOSwoBtW5dul

I vaguely remember using a bead buster once. I think it struggled to clamp to the rim if memory serves

 

[Lincsman]

These black ones are brilliant. Couldn't recommend them enough
http://www.tyre-equipment.co.uk/acatalog/LITTLE-BUDDY-Tyre-Bead-Breaker-70_160.html
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Esco-Equi...890806?hash=item35fc673c76:g:jj8AAOSwoBtW5dul

I vaguely remember using a bead buster once. I think it struggled to clamp to the rim if memory serves

You have to bash them in and set handle to grip the rim, them after a turn of the screw to make a bit more room loosen again and re-bash it in to get the stem at a right angle to the tyre, once its there it will hold and the bead WILL come off.

 

[multi power]

I have a good one, NEVER fails, okay it's heavy and clumsy, big and yellow and says JCB on the back

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

I have a good one, NEVER fails, okay it's heavy and clumsy, big and yellow and says JCB on the back

Except you can't do a tyre still on the machine out in a muddy field.

 

[multi power]

Except you can't do a tyre still on the machine out in a muddy field.

Why not?

 

[Monty]

You have to bash them in and set handle to grip the rim, them after a turn of the screw to make a bit more room loosen again and re-bash it in to get the stem at a right angle to the tyre, once its there it will hold and the bead WILL come off.

Perhaps I didn't bash it enough

The black ones I've linked above you just wind one screw and the curved finger pulls the wedge bit into the gap then wind the other screw and it pushes the tyre straight off no messing.

 

[fergie35]

Used this type a lot and never failed me:

http://www.tyreshopdirect.com/manual-tyre-bead-breaker---double-handle-1324-p.asp

 

[holwellcourtfarm]

Why not?

You can't safely break the bread with the wheel still on the machine and, if you take it off, you will just push the wheel into the mud if you do it with the wheel lying down. With a proper bead breaker tool the job's a good'un.

My hand operated one cost about £50 of EBay and had been great.

 

[milkloss]

Why not?

Is there a trick? I mean this seriously because last time we tried it with the tm310 handler we had to have the 360 on the other side to stop the tractor sliding across the yard!

 

[multi power]

Is there a trick? I mean this seriously because last time we tried it with the tm310 handler we had to have the 360 on the other side to stop the tractor sliding across the yard!

If wheel is on tractor park with other side against a girder and push with loader bucket

 

[Right-arm fast]

Do you know what the best thing to do is...........ring your local tyre shop/fitter. I hurt my back buggering about with super singles and tractor tyres in the 90s and have never repaired a tyre since. Apart from my kids bikes. For the cost of getting somebody out or nipping the tyre down to the tyre shop its not worth it.

 

[Laminated]

We have one of these. It's brilliant so much easer to use than a slide hammer one. Best to use with an impact wrench, not failed me yet

 

[mikep]

Easiest way to break the bead is keep on driving! Not the cheapest though.

 

[Diesel burner]

We normally just use a digger for the tipper tyres normally fecked anyway running out the quarry's in the woods. Saves a hell of a time