Tire change tip

[jamesearthdrum]

I will be trying this out. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI01yB8clSM

james

[Zwartie]

Done it a couple times now and it works great! Purchase my tires online, install and balance them myself (or with a friend) and figure I save about $150 per set.

Zwartie

[jamesearthdrum]

You can remove them this way too!

james

[FJmonkey]

You can remove them this way too!

james

Nawww. break the bead, both sides, cut the side wall (with a tool like this Multi-Tool, with a smooth blade, remove the carcase, pull off the beads. All done...

[movenon]

It works great James. Check this out.

http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=8459.0

George

[jamesearthdrum]

Thanks George,
                 I missed that thread. I made a bead breaker from 3" channel iron. Same idea as the 2x4 under the car. Welded on a piece of 1/4" cold rolled hammered into a curve. It's heavy enough that I need very little pressure to break the bead. FJ is getting new shoes before the ECFR. This will be the first tire change since loosing my workspace so it will be very handy.

[Burns]

Just read this.  WOW what a great tip!

[Zwartie]

Just put a set of Michelin PR4's on this past week. As I was cutting the old front tire off it came to me that this process is "stupid easy". Why oh why would I have anyone else replace my tires unless I didn't have the time or had excess money I wanted to part with?

For the record, I got approximately 15,500 km out of my previous tires - Michelin PR3's. The rear was completely done but the front looked like it had a at least a 1,000 or more km left in it. The most I think I've ever gotten out of a set of tires. Most impressed with the Michelin's so far. Will see how much I get out of the PR4's.

Zwartie

[wirehairs]

Done it a couple times now and it works great! Purchase my tires online, install and balance them myself (or with a friend) and figure I save about $150 per set.

I have yet to install a tire myself; $20 a tire nearby is pretty cheap.  However, I'm curious about the balancing part.  How do you do that?  Do you use those internal beads?  http://www.amazon.com/TyreBeads-Tire-Balancing-Beads-Motorcycle/dp/B00C8UKFIM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1434037092&sr=8-1&keywords=tire+balance+beads

[movenon]

No Beads....... Harbor Freight wheel balancer. http://www.harborfreight.com/motorcycle-wheel-balancing-stand-98488.html.

Or you can make your own version. Check You Tube for other idea's.  I have a Cycle Gear down the road also that will do them but I prefer to do my own. 
George