250es Tires/ Bead Breaking

[James S]

I have finally finished getting my 85' 250es running but now I need to put a new
set of rear tires on it. I want to salvage one of the rear tires and put it on the front
rim. How can I break these beads without ruining the tires?

[tri again]

Are you sure they're the same size? front to back wise?

The hidden rumor is that walmart will bust 'em loose and remount for 5 bucks but
it's a closely guarded secret.
My local bike shop guy doesn't even flinch when trike tires are mentioned and he only
has a hand powered beadbuster.
My last one took me 2 days and I mangled everything.

[Thorpe]

Wheels and tires on the BR are the same... Rotate the good wheel and tire, up to the front....

[James S]

definetly the same front to back, I'm just trying to find an inexpensive
way of breaking the beads. It seems to be a pain with these old tires.

[Thorpe]

I take them to the local stealership... $9 to dismount and remount

[dougspcs]

There is a method of doing this that I have heard of..but I tried it once and it proved too much of a pain. So off to my friend at the local tire shop..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKlj44nyvFk&feature=related

[200xranger]

i have the $40 harbor freight bead breaker, it works great. the day i bought it i changed like 5 pairs of tires. between all my buddies and myself it has well paid for itself. for the stubborn ones we carefully run over the sidewall as close as you can get to the wheel with my F250 Powerstroke, does the trick everytime lol. hope this helps

[James S]

Thanks for the help! I'm going to give it a shot one more time with some elbow grease. If not
its off to the local tire shop.

[chuckiedog04]

put a 2" by 6" board on the tire close to the rim. take a truck and drive ontop of the board and the trucks weight should break the bead loose

[110klt]

To me it is so much easier to pay the $8-$9. If I want to get in to a wrestling match with something, I have a very sexy wife at home.

[James S]

hahaha I've been through the wood with a truck deal before and it didnt work. I think I am going to just put out the money
.

[jb2wheels]

If I could find somebody local to do it for less than $20 a wheel I would. For now, my 97 E250 van is my bead breaker...

[250x]

I made a bead breaker similar to the one at harbor freight just far stronger...pops even the oldest and gnarliest of beads within 1-2 seconds. I can get detailed photo's if need be for reference. The HF one I bent in half, but it was a great concept idea, just not durable enough.

[James S]

yeah I would love to see those photos and details if you have them. I just got the tires
off today. 19 Dollars a piece.