Removing and installing tires

[hobbyfarm]

Last time I bought tires, the price included installation. To me, this is a bargain!

Changing those small tires is like trying to hang on to a small, wiggly puppy...small enough to hold in one hand, but, so wiggly & squirmy it takes two.

 

[hobbyfarm]

Joe,
By the way, if you're going to make a habit of this, <font color="orange">Gempler's</font> stocks a bunch of toys..er, um, tools for this task.

 

[gator]

I use to use a hydraulic bottle jack and the back step bumper of my truck to break the bead. Put the base of the jack on the tire and the top under the bumper. Couple of pumps would usually break it free. Also used the bottle jack, sockets and truck bumper to press in and out bearing cups on u-joints. Couldn't (and still can't) afford the right tools.