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What tools are needed to change a tire?
Related to the other thread I started, what items/tools are needed to
change a tire besides the tire-changing unit? I'm not sure what actually comes with the unit. Any good links to do-it-yourself auto tire changing? Thanks for all input. |
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Doc wrote in rec.autos.tech
> Related to the other thread I started, what items/tools are needed to > change a tire besides the tire-changing unit? I'm not sure what > actually comes with the unit. > > Any good links to do-it-yourself auto tire changing? > > Thanks for all input. Changing your own tires is not easy. You need, at the very least, an air compressor, a set of tire irons, a balancing machine. You will also need a tire lube for the bead. First thing you have to do is to let the air out. Then you have to break the bead loose. I watched one man hit it with a 10 pound sledge. When that didn't work he ended up driving his car over it. We then spent a while prying the old tire off the rim, I was planning on watching but ended up helping. Once the old tire was off, we put on the lube, and then spent an good hour getting the new tire on the rim. They are very stiff and hard to put on, especially since it is a very tight fit to begin with. We spent over an hour doing it. I would guess that the machine you are looking at will make things easier, but how much will it cost, how often are you going to use it, and how long will it take to pay for itself? I used to work in a full service gas station where I changed hundreds of tires with a nifty machine. But it was very heavy duty, and we all received training and supervised practice on it before we were allowed to do it on our own. > -- Dick #1349 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." ~Benjamin Franklin Home Page: dickcr.iwarp.com email: |
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On Mon, 24 May 2004 10:10:12 -0700, chris > wrote:
||On Mon, 24 May 2004 16:28:11 GMT, (Rex B) ||wrote: || ||>On 24 May 2004 07:11:23 -0700, (Doc) wrote: ||> ||>||Related to the other thread I started, what items/tools are needed to ||>||change a tire besides the tire-changing unit? I'm not sure what ||>||actually comes with the unit. ||>|| ||>||Any good links to do-it-yourself auto tire changing? ||>|| ||>||Thanks for all input. ||> ||>The only thing besides the stand and the items that secure the wheel, is a long ||>lever. One end is for pulling the bead over the rim, the other for re-installing ||>One good Ken-Tool bead tool is useful. www.kentool.com ||> ||> ||> ||>Texas Parts Guy || ||Also you use the long lever and fit it into the bead breaker on the ||side of the tire machine. Yeah, as the lever for the bead-breaker Texas Parts Guy |
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Where do you get balance weights?
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"Doc" > wrote: > Where do you get balance weights? > > Probably just about any reasonably decent auto store. (Which pretty much excludes Kragen's, Auto Zone, and similar) -- Don Bruder - - New Email policy in effect as of Feb. 21, 2004. I respond to Email as quick as humanly possible. If you Email me and get no response, see <http://www.sonic.net/~dakidd/main/contact.html> Short form: I'm trashing EVERYTHING that doesn't contain a password in the subject. |
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I got one of these from HF over a year ago and it has much more then paid
for itself. I used to work at a gas station (1960's) and we changed and patched tires all day on a manual tire changer kind of like the one from HF, except it was much heavier duty then the HF one. It brings back lots of memories using the thing. I mounted mine on a brake drum from a semi truck and buried the drum so it would be good and solid. The machine itself is not all that sturdy and care must be used to keep from bending some of the parts when using it. There are a lot of tricks to breaking the bead and removing the tire and getting it back on and the longer the tire has been on the rim the harder it is to deal with. I enjoy doing this kind of thing but I'd say it's not what most people consider entertainment. I wouldn't recommend doing this unless you have someone around that can teach you the finer points of messing with a tuff old tire and rim. I find it satisfying to find and fix the slow leaks that a shop doesn't have the time to repair properly. I suppose I've changed or patched at least 20 tires using the machine in the past year. My neighbor bought a set of 4 tires for an old Ford he stores, it has the old deep dish 14 inch rims and the tires and those must be taken off and installed from the back side we changed them a couple at time over a couple of days. They are a real SOB to change especially if they have tubes in them. Honestly, I wouldn't recommend trying to change your own tires unless you have someone to walk you through the process. It may not be rocket science but working with concrete isn't either, and you'd better know what you are doing before you order 10 yards of ready mix. Doc wrote: > Related to the other thread I started, what items/tools are needed to > change a tire besides the tire-changing unit? I'm not sure what > actually comes with the unit. > > Any good links to do-it-yourself auto tire changing? > > Thanks for all input. |
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you could dl the manual on the same page as the changer at HF like I
did .......... On 24 May 2004 07:11:23 -0700, (Doc) wrote: ZRelated to the other thread I started, what items/tools are needed to Zchange a tire besides the tire-changing unit? I'm not sure what Zactually comes with the unit. Z ZAny good links to do-it-yourself auto tire changing? Z ZThanks for all input. |
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