Ugly Bead Breaker
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Ugly Bead Breaker
This was inspired by the slick Van Natta tire press, so credit where due (and check out the rest of the website!)
Tire Dismount Press
I don't have a nice porta-power like theirs, and needed to strip some old tires so I can use the rims for jackstands and for scrap aluminum. Long bolt is to fit larger tires.
My setup uses one fixed shoe and a large cement anchor provides the shaft and nut. The center hole allows fine adjustment. Anchor is welded to the bottom beam. Shoe is torch-cut with a curve to match the rim. Grind it smooth if you are saving the tires.
The nut provides enough leverage to break most tires, and the preload in combination with the improvised "bead buster" pipe-over-prybar (bar is a Klein Grizzly but anything similar would do) works fine on nasty rims like that shown.
I spray or pour leftover ATF or oil on the joint when dealing with horribly rusted rims, then bust them the next day. (Oil your Sawzall blade or silicone it when cutting off old tires if you go that route.)
Tire Dismount Press
I don't have a nice porta-power like theirs, and needed to strip some old tires so I can use the rims for jackstands and for scrap aluminum. Long bolt is to fit larger tires.
My setup uses one fixed shoe and a large cement anchor provides the shaft and nut. The center hole allows fine adjustment. Anchor is welded to the bottom beam. Shoe is torch-cut with a curve to match the rim. Grind it smooth if you are saving the tires.
The nut provides enough leverage to break most tires, and the preload in combination with the improvised "bead buster" pipe-over-prybar (bar is a Klein Grizzly but anything similar would do) works fine on nasty rims like that shown.
I spray or pour leftover ATF or oil on the joint when dealing with horribly rusted rims, then bust them the next day. (Oil your Sawzall blade or silicone it when cutting off old tires if you go that route.)
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You can also sledgehammer the end of the beam over the "shoe", but I haven't had to yet.
Since I am lazy...er, "efficient" I sometimes lift the bead with a tire iron then snip it with the cutting wheel in my 6" angle grinder. Smelly but very fast.
Since I am lazy...er, "efficient" I sometimes lift the bead with a tire iron then snip it with the cutting wheel in my 6" angle grinder. Smelly but very fast.
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