tractor tire bead breaker

[augercreek]

After searching the forums and not finding what I was looking for so here goes.I need to change out a few tires on my tractors and was wondering if any of you all have made a bead breaker?
Your brother in Christ Jerry

 

[MIKE R]

I would look at Gemplers. I have seen them on their website.

 

[jwmorris]

I have built a few.

If you want something easy use the bucket of a FEL, if you don't have one of them, try a section of steel and something heavy that you can drive up on it.

They get more complex after that.

 

[BHD]

I use a bead cheata, sold by John Deere and others, 5500 - Bead-Cheata - Shoup
apparently made by speed co now, SpeeCo Inc. Farming accessories and tools, log splitters, post hole diggers and custom manufacturing.

 

[JerryK]

I broke down tires on an old JD B by carefully driving onto the the tire, along the side of the rim, with the front tire of a pickup.. If you need to, you can use a big wide board as a ramp to get the truck tire up onto the tractor tire. I have done the same thing to a tire on the back of my JD 2240, twice, same rim. Lay the tire/rim down flat, remove the valve, and smear some soapy water onto the bead area to help once she starts coming off.

 

[augercreek]

Thanks guys for the ideas!

 

[Stimw]

The trick to breaking down a tire bead is to use a lubricant. I like to use kerosene, diesel fuel or mineral spirits.
Once the lub works into the bead area the bead can slide down.
Another thing to look out for is some rims have a right side and a wrong side to remove the tire.
How to tell is the center area of the rim gives the tire room to come off the rim. If the center area is offset you need to remove the tire from the side where the dip is closest to the bead.
The best tool for tire beads is the "Duckbill Hammer" that tire people use! And you MUST have good aim!

 

[BHD]

I find that dealing with rear tractor tires is to leave the rim on the tractor and vertical, you do not have deal with the weight in the same way.

as this page explains Changing a Tractor Tire - Dismounting | Gempler's

I have tried many of the other de beaders and have very little luck with most, unless it brand new tire and rim and had not been mounted only for a short time.

mounting Changing a Tractor Tire - Mounting | Gempler's

Liquid ballast Changing a Tractor Tire - Liquid Ballast | Gempler's

Safety Changing a Tractor Tire - Tire Safety | Gempler's

 

[BHD]

one more hint, if tubes and poor condition rims, one can take duct tape and wrap the rim to protect the tube.

 

[augercreek]

Thanks fellows,I like the Gemplers instructions.Saves alot of lifting!

 

[BHD]

found a picture of a home made unit based on the comcerical type or farmer screw types. this one used a porta power cyclinder

Miller - Welding Projects - Idea Gallery - Hydraulic Bead Breaker

I would think one could make some thing like this Tyre Bead Breaker - Spaldings New Hydraulic Dual Bead Breaker Video - YouTube

Workshop equipment/Tyre changers, mounting tools/Bead breaking equipment for cars, trucks, tractors/Bead breakers

 

[augercreek]

Well it looks like I'll have another project for the shop!

 

[JBlk]

augercreek: l use a stright pry bar and a post driver to break the tire bead.If the tire is rusted to the rim lay the tire down and pour a bottle of classic coke around the bead.I have freed up several stuck engines with coke, and it seems to work much faster than penetrating oil.

 

[BHD]

I bought one of the slide hammer bead breakers, and only on a few tires have I found it to be helpful,

and things have to be fairly recent to make work,

many of the thing I work on have had tires on for 20 or more years, there have been times the only way to remove was to cut the tire off the rim, on my 6x6 the tires had been in place for over 50 years,

I have on really nasty ones taken the forks on the tractor and lift the front of the tractor off the ground and not broken the bead on the 20" 6x6 rim, and my tractor is a 9000 pound tractor,

but I have considered some thing like the C shaped frame with the Hydraulic cylinder, I have two of the manual rim clamp units, mine say do not use impact wrenches on them, I saw a unit that was designed for impact use, but it was about $600 the way it locks looks good, I have jsut felt that the price is a little more than I want o spend for my own work,

Pneu-Tek Bead Breaker - YouTube

 

[Russell T]

This thread looks pretty old but thought I would add my two cents. Found a new product that should work well with breaking the bead on tractor tires. Here's the product on their site, BeadBuster XB-550

 

[topbuilder]

This may sound crazy, I've used a tire hammer for thirty years...

 

[sleepybozo]

I generally place the tire on it's side under the front bumper of my Land Cruiser, put the base of my hi-lift jack next to the rim and jack the front of the Land Cruiser up. A few times I've had to change the tire while on the tractor, just set the jack to pinch (use the attachment at the top of the jack), place the jack so it grabs both sides of the tire and work the handle. One side or the other will give. Try a board across the rim to get the remaining side. Tough to do by yourself, two people is fairly easy.

 

[fritz423]

This worked for me when a tire went bad on my tire guy's day off.