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Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: Bubba on May 25, 2014, 06:35:26 PM

Title: manual tyre changing machine
Post by: Bubba on May 25, 2014, 06:35:26 PM

any of you guys got or used one ? am pondering one

Title: Re: manual tyre changing machine
Post by: dtooth on May 25, 2014, 06:38:38 PM

yes i have secondhand one bolted in the corner of the garage worth its weight in tyre changes off road tyres and easy to do all be heavy lifting involved . low profile tyres are a bastard though

Title: Re: manual tyre changing machine
Post by: Dtimot8 on May 25, 2014, 06:46:00 PM

Back in the day (bloody hell 35 year ago god I'm an old fart) i remember them being jolly hard work
good for getting fit i would suggest - the other thing is balancing
fit and balance is no different cost that just balance at my local tyre store
Regards Tim

Title: Re: manual tyre changing machine
Post by: bluevanman on May 25, 2014, 08:02:58 PM

a m8 had one in his lock up it was good for what it was. as previously said low pros were hard work but with a decent bar for leverage theyre ok

Title: Re: manual tyre changing machine
Post by: dtooth on May 25, 2014, 08:22:33 PM

i used airsoft BB's as an active balance add appox 8oz per tyre

Title: Re: manual tyre changing machine
Post by: Bubba on May 25, 2014, 08:33:17 PM

good idea

Title: Re: manual tyre changing machine
Post by: donk498 on May 25, 2014, 08:35:14 PM

I'm still at the piece of angle and a BFH stage (with a hi-lift if tight). Works if you have no care for the wheels!

Title: Re: manual tyre changing machine
Post by: Bubba on May 25, 2014, 08:38:14 PM

me too parting with cash at a tyre place is wrong

Title: Re: manual tyre changing machine
Post by: JamesH on May 25, 2014, 09:27:33 PM

I've been getting practised with the high lift and tyre levers method, take some brute force at times but I've not failed yet.

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Title: Re: manual tyre changing machine
Post by: Bubba on May 25, 2014, 10:04:17 PM

yup i do my own but them machines look a little easier going for when i am less energetic 

Title: Re: manual tyre changing machine
Post by: JamesH on May 25, 2014, 10:15:11 PM

Do you mean the stands that has a lever to break the bead and a post to fit the wheel to while you pop the tyre off the wheel? I got a cheapie one a while ago but prefer the simplicity of levers.

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Title: Re: manual tyre changing machine
Post by: dieselj20 on May 25, 2014, 10:17:48 PM

got an ace Mk1 bolted to the garden path all manual good bit of kit  :icon_super:

Title: Re: manual tyre changing machine
Post by: ferretjuggler on May 26, 2014, 01:33:51 AM

I got a Dunlop hydraulic bead breaker in my shed.
Leaks oil like fuck but will succeed when those air powered things fail.
I wouldn't mind a rotating table thingy too,  but never been offered one cheap enough.

Title: Re: manual tyre changing machine
Post by: Dave69 on May 26, 2014, 06:02:58 PM

breaking the bead is always the hardest part, long bars make things easier.

good fixed solid base and learning the knack will make it easier, something you just learn. Low profile tyres are a nightmare even on an auto machine. get a decent ratchet strap to compress the tyre when it wont seat