Tire breaking

[84honda 200X]

Does anyone have a trick to breaking a tire off of a rim? Ive been trying to get this one tire off a rim for 2 hours now ive beat it with a 5 pound sledge hammer and everything i can think of other than bringing it up to get it broke off which i think is what im gonnna do. So any tips would be nice so i dont have to spend money on this stupid thing.

[ATC crazy]

Put a 2x4 board on the bead of the tire a drive a truck or something on it. If that dont work, try the same technique with a bottle jack on the hitch of your vehicle (pinch the bead between the jack which is on the ground and the hitch)

When I changed the tires on my Foreman, I had to actually cut them off with a Dremel tool...nothing would break them

[ScottZJ]

2x4 works great but like said you need alot of weight to push it down.

[ATC crazy]

2x4 works great but like said you need alot of weight to push it down.

Yea, you got that right. At the time, my dad had a Chevy 1500 company truck and all it did was break the 2x4. If you have one, use a 4x4 board or even square steel tubing or something that can take the weight.

Good luck

[trikerider2oo7]

why not go to a service station and get them to do it? i got tires changed for free. it wont cost but a couple bucks if you dont know the owner of the station

[84honda 200X]

I was thinkin about just bringing it to the service station. I could try the board on the bead thing though my dads got 2 semis should break the bead then!!

[bigredhead]

If you're within 15 minutes drive from a gas station....

save yourself the bleeding knuckles and sweat !.. and you don't risk messing up your rim !

[84honda 200X]

The rim is a pile and no good some one that had it before me didnt put washers on the studs and ovalized the holes so if the rim gets wrecked i dont realy care i just want the tire. Ya i think im gonna bring it to the station and have it done it is actually like 15 minutes away.

[threewheelin-feelin]

i heard the machine to break car tires loose wont even break them....cause they are double beeded....i have also had to take mine to the cycle shop here in hampton

[84honda 200X]

Some can but you gotta have a special tool for it.

[Dammit!]

Well worth the money to have a bike shop do it in my opinion. It's too much of a pain in the butt without the right tools.

[yamahaman89]

at our tire shop u need an adapter to take the tire off

[a-camp]

Most auto stations dont use a press for tires. ATV tires suck to change at home. Will never do again.

[84honda 200X]

We used to do all of our tire changeing at home but these tires just dont want to break off!!

[MTS]

some change easy, OEM tires can be a trailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro tho, try this, mix some canola oil with some gas and spray it around the bead, then use the sledge hammer and swing and hit the tire as close to the bead and rim as you can without hitting the rim, this should break the bead if you swing it heavy enough, i can change a trike tire in about 5 mins, but then again i have had ALOT of practice (step dad owns tire shop) but if all else fails just take it to a shop and have them break it,

[BIGCRIP28]

Most auto stations dont use a press for tires. ATV tires suck to change at home. Will never do again.

:Bounce :beer

[Billy Golightly]

Costs $2 a rim to change them here in town, Can't beat that.

[84honda 200X]

I brought it up to get it changed and it was free. Took the guy like 2 minutes to do.