No crappy music... No long winded boring discussion... No video cuts for when things didn't go right... Just an honest demonstration of how to do something that you are competent at... Thumbs-up...
I tape up the parts that contact the wheel, and use a clothe on the parts that the wheel sits on or is tightened to the wheel, and use lube. No scratches.
I think that correct responses to this video are "wow," "thank you," and "great job! " There is way too much criticism of a guy who successfully used an intriguing tool and took the time to share it with the rest of us.
Great video no background noise , straight to work no story's about grandmother. Or why you are changing the tire or how the guy down the street does it ... Fine job thanks
Nicely mounted !!! Makes all the difference in the world , the only thing I would suggest is more tire lube while installing and dismounting . You can see you have to put a lot more force then necessary, but other then that I love your setup
Yep...that’s how it’s done! I see so many people posting videos with this tire changer “mounted” to a pallet or some other contraption instead of doing it right and fastening it it a concrete base. It makes all the difference in the world! You’re already doing it the hard way...why make it harder by trying to mount a tire using a wobbly tire changer? It’s harbor freight so ya get what ya pay for...but this little changer works fine if you set it up right. Nice how to video.
Funny this was recommended for me. I see you got an ST back there and I was checking which tools were best to swap rims at home. I just got some Brembos for my Focus ST, but I'm saddled with the premium rims which wont clear them even with a spacer. Just ordered some Anovia Kinetics :p
IF YA WONT TO SEE HOW GOOD YOUR BUBBLE BALANCE IS WORKING, PUT A WHEEL ON THE BALANCES THAT HAS BEEN BALANCED AT THE GARAGE, then check where that bubble is going because this bugger is in balance , even if your balance is telling you the tire from the garage balance is off, well it is not off, it's ya balance that off set, now always remember where that bubble was, now do your wheels the same as this one was balanced even if it was out of balance on your balance, because it wasn't out, now, make sure when you balance your tires you always have to set your balance up nice as you have now, what i did is took my skill saw and cut some small wedges to stick under the balance to get the pole on the balance plum as i could , then check the bubble and make sure it is nice and in the center where is should be, now balance all your tires and when your balancing them remeber where that little bubble was when you had that tire on the balancer that was balanced at the garage put your bubble where that one was and you got it made in the shade, all your tires will be balanced perfect just as the one you got balanced at the garage. and now, always check to see if your tires got yellow our red dots on the facing of the tire, them dots always go facing out , and if you have only a yellow dot, then line that one right up in line with the valve on the rim of your tire, and if you have a red dot as well just forget about the yellow dot and line the red dot right up with the valve, and you will be punting little amount of led, if any. i just did our car around the last week in may here, steel rims with summer tires, didn't add a drop of led on any of my tires, and my 4 wheels are in perfect balance. and i mean perfect.
Prices locally have gone up quite a bit. Used to be able to have a tire dismounted and installed for $15 a tire. Now places are asking $30-50 per tire. Not a bad idea at all to try and diy. I have 9 sets of wheels. Seriously considering this. Thanks.
Walmart charges $12 and $3 for valve stem and $1.75 for state fee and $1.50 for disposal fee and 9.5% tax.My total is $133.43 for 2 Douglas tire 195-65-15 which is made by Goodyear for Wal mart.
Well, if you take that tire lube and down mix it a little you can put it in a spray bottle and spray a little down around the bead of the tire your removing. But my next question is although your using the correct end of the bar to mount the tire, your using the wrong side, what's up with that??? Also, its helpful to apply a little tire lube to the area of the rim that leads the tire down to the drop center. If you have a dremal, a couple of files, and some sand paper you can do a lot to that mount/dismount bar. Start with the dismount end and get rid of all the paint that contacts the tire or the rim! Then take the upper part of the of the dismount end and round or ROLL the side shoulders so it acts more like a bearing surface for the tire to roll across. Next is the mounting end, with a rim on the tire changer stand put the bar in place with the mounting in hooked over the lip of the rim and the bar on the correct side of the center post for the way you mount a tire (Right Hand or Left Hand). Then look at the hook over the rim and you will see how poorly it hooks and how incorrect the angle is! Now, now you start to work on correcting the valley and the angle of the hook, I started filing on the area that first connected the rim lip, which was holding most of the rest of the hook completely out off from the lip of the rim (bead) as more of the hook came into contact with the rim I started working on making the square cut in the valley to a round (curved) valley, I just took my time and I took off a little metal and then put the bar back in place and just kept working at it until I had at lest a good fit to the rim's lip (bead) and a WAY better angle. Lastly, remove all the paint around the outside of the mounting end, and remove and smooth out that cast seam to, polish the end to as smooth as you can get it. but, seriously, you used the wrong side of the mounting end of the bar. If CZcams had a way of posting pictures I could show you photo's of what I did, but that's not an option. Get rid of the paint anywhere the bar touches the rim or the tire, the paint grabs more than its resistant to slide! Another thing I do is after each job I wipe the ends of the mount/dismount bar off clean! and I spray the ends with silicone spray, (I go outside to spray it), the kind that dries. Maybe I should start my own youtube channel, I noticed you also have the bubble balancer, boy do I have some interesting tid-bits about making that thing actually work! Did you know that the balancing head isn't actually balanced!!! the center post doesn't form a right angle off the base! A video of how I corrected these issues would probably be way faster than trying to explain it in type.
You might want to tighten up the bolts to take out that flex or you are going to break the changer sooner than later. the bolt closest to the tire when braking the bead is lifting a quarter of a inch and is putting strain on the other 3 bolts, good way to snap them from bending back and forth movement.
Right there at 4:57 i could NOT get my 40 series tire to flip over like that. The sidewall was way too stiff... i even bent my wheel trying to get that tire to flip over the wheel ... i had to pay a shop $20 to remove my tires ... Same thing trying to get the new tires on. They were also 40 series and could NOT get that sidewall to flip over the wheel ... i got about 60% of it in but that last 40% (8:05) would NOT flex enough to get over and into the wheel ... SO again, i had to pay a shop another $20 to mount the new tires ...
Any Tips on how to Keep from bending the bead breaker? ( Harbor Freight 69686 machine) I don't have my Mig welder anymore, to weld any type of brace to the bead breaker. I bent my Old Bead breaker, But got a 2nd Harbor Freight machine, and would like to keep from bending the "new" one. Thank You.
It's pretty hard and dangerous getting tyres on with the bar that came with that manual machine. Most people struggle with them or damage the alloy wheel. You have managed it pretty well. We bought a better tyre lever on EBay.
I just used soapy water for the lube... A Bubble Balancer could have been used to get close, but I ended up taking these to an auto shop to have them dynamically balanced.
When you're mounting the tire, you're supposed to use the curved half of the rimming (mounting side) of the bar tool facing down (not the straight side facing down) - so it hooks on to the side of the rim. You may (probably will) have to modify (grind) the curved half so it will 'hook on & hold' to the rim edge. Jgueret has a very good video about how to modify and use both ends of the tire mount/demount bar which makes the entire process much easier (ref - czcams.com/video/pQTS26Pv34o/video.html). With that said.... thx for sharing ... very nice shop/setup.
@@edwardmoody4253great, if it works for you. I would immediatly build an upgrade if I had to use this thing: a turning platform for the tire when it is on the ground.
I used the crap out of a Harbor Freight tire changer, I wore it out, I moved off and left it! Next time I am going to make a better pry bar, they are cheap and bend easily, a steel one would be awesome!
Why does it seem like most folks who've bought one of these HF Tire Changers... knows nothing about using such a machine? I mean surely you've watched others change your tire... right? Soapy water goes a long way as well as using your feet to help you once you get the bead starting to give. I need to view one of these video's where the person actually knows the procedure. Granted, it's not the most expensive piece of equipment however, having the knowledge of how to use it... makes for a much easier job.
Many years ago I worked for Firestone, and became their lead mechanic, and I mounted THOUSANDS of tires on their pneumatic tire changers. So, some 40 years later i decided I wanted something at home to be able to change my own tires, which led me to getting a Harbor Freight manual tire changer. Your, right about people not using these correctly, I've seen lots of videos where people are not suing them correctly! When I got mine I use the exact concept of a tire shop tire changing machine!, with me being the power to make it work, and applying lube, smooth metal edges out on the mounting bar, reshaping the the parts of the bar that hook over the rim, working to make sure the tire bead opposite the mount/dismount end of the bar is in the drop center of the rim, and some lube to help it get there, I found that a cheap drop center bead tool can really help in mounting a tire too. Mounting thousands of tires in a tire shop really helps in using a manual tire changer.
Just bought this from HF. The beadlock breaker crumbled (two side arms made of flimsy metal). That multi-tool bar it came with? That also bent (hollow and cheap). Returning this piece of garbage.
Some people just make simple things look hard.... try soapy water on the bead both coming off and going on..and it looked like you used the straight end of the bar when putting the tire back on...that's when I shut it down. I'm exhausted from watching you.
Any Tips on how to Keep from bending the bead breaker? ( Harbor Freight 69686 machine) I don't have my Mig welder anymore, to weld any type of brace to the bead breaker. I bent my Old Bead breaker, But got a 2nd Harbor Freight machine, and would like to keep from bending the "new" one. Thank You.
Any Tips on how to Keep from bending the bead breaker? ( Harbor Freight 69686 machine) I don't have my Mig welder anymore, to weld any type of brace to the bead breaker. I bent my Old Bead breaker, But got a 2nd Harbor Freight machine, and would like to keep from bending the "new" one. Thank You.
Use dish soap mixed with a little water if you're cheap. Buy tire slick stuff from Napa or other auto parts store if ten to 15 bux or so aint no big deal to you. That will help preserve your bead breaker (and your back).
No crappy music... No long winded boring discussion... No video cuts for when things didn't go right... Just an honest demonstration of how to do something that you are competent at... Thumbs-up...
I tape up the parts that contact the wheel, and use a clothe on the parts that the wheel sits on or is tightened to the wheel, and use lube. No scratches.
He's doing it dry, the tire must maid him mad or something 🤣🤗👏👏
Or he doesn't want the rim to spin inside the tire. If you've ever made power with sticky rubber, you might understand this...
Awesome demo, dude! Exactly what I needed. Big thanks.
I think that correct responses to this video are "wow," "thank you," and "great job! "
There is way too much criticism of a guy who successfully used an intriguing tool and took the time to share it with the rest of us.
Great video no background noise , straight to work no story's about grandmother. Or why you are changing the tire or how the guy down the street does it ... Fine job thanks
Looks like a great solution for guys that have the time.
Nicely mounted !!! Makes all the difference in the world , the only thing I would suggest is more tire lube while installing and dismounting . You can see you have to put a lot more force then necessary, but other then that I love your setup
Alloy probably has some scratches afterwards.
Yep...that’s how it’s done! I see so many people posting videos with this tire changer “mounted” to a pallet or some other contraption instead of doing it right and fastening it it a concrete base. It makes all the difference in the world! You’re already doing it the hard way...why make it harder by trying to mount a tire using a wobbly tire changer? It’s harbor freight so ya get what ya pay for...but this little changer works fine if you set it up right. Nice how to video.
I don’t understand why nobody ever puts soap on the beads.
Tuna Fish depends on the rims if them rims ugly fuck it
Funny this was recommended for me. I see you got an ST back there and I was checking which tools were best to swap rims at home. I just got some Brembos for my Focus ST, but I'm saddled with the premium rims which wont clear them even with a spacer. Just ordered some Anovia Kinetics :p
IF YA WONT TO SEE HOW GOOD YOUR BUBBLE BALANCE IS WORKING, PUT A WHEEL ON THE BALANCES THAT HAS BEEN BALANCED AT THE GARAGE, then check where that bubble is going because this bugger is in balance , even if your balance is telling you the tire from the garage balance is off, well it is not off, it's ya balance that off set, now always remember where that bubble was, now do your wheels the same as this one was balanced even if it was out of balance on your balance, because it wasn't out, now, make sure when you balance your tires you always have to set your balance up nice as you have now, what i did is took my skill saw and cut some small wedges to stick under the balance to get the pole on the balance plum as i could , then check the bubble and make sure it is nice and in the center where is should be, now balance all your tires and when your balancing them remeber where that little bubble was when you had that tire on the balancer that was balanced at the garage put your bubble where that one was and you got it made in the shade, all your tires will be balanced perfect just as the one you got balanced at the garage. and now, always check to see if your tires got yellow our red dots on the facing of the tire, them dots always go facing out , and if you have only a yellow dot, then line that one right up in line with the valve on the rim of your tire, and if you have a red dot as well just forget about the yellow dot and line the red dot right up with the valve, and you will be punting little amount of led, if any. i just did our car around the last week in may here, steel rims with summer tires, didn't add a drop of led on any of my tires, and my 4 wheels are in perfect balance. and i mean perfect.
My tires are hard to remove. It even broke one this harbor freight tools bead breaker tool that i bought from them.
Prices locally have gone up quite a bit. Used to be able to have a tire dismounted and installed for $15 a tire. Now places are asking $30-50 per tire. Not a bad idea at all to try and diy. I have 9 sets of wheels. Seriously considering this. Thanks.
Walmart charges $12 and $3 for valve stem and $1.75 for state fee and $1.50 for disposal fee and 9.5% tax.My total is $133.43 for 2 Douglas tire 195-65-15 which is made by Goodyear for Wal mart.
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Well, if you take that tire lube and down mix it a little you can put it in a spray bottle and spray a little down around the bead of the tire your removing. But my next question is although your using the correct end of the bar to mount the tire, your using the wrong side, what's up with that???
Also, its helpful to apply a little tire lube to the area of the rim that leads the tire down to the drop center.
If you have a dremal, a couple of files, and some sand paper you can do a lot to that mount/dismount bar.
Start with the dismount end and get rid of all the paint that contacts the tire or the rim!
Then take the upper part of the of the dismount end and round or ROLL the side shoulders so it acts more like a bearing surface for the tire to roll across.
Next is the mounting end, with a rim on the tire changer stand put the bar in place with the mounting in hooked over the lip of the rim and the bar on the correct side of the center post for the way you mount a tire (Right Hand or Left Hand). Then look at the hook over the rim and you will see how poorly it hooks and how incorrect the angle is! Now, now you start to work on correcting the valley and the angle of the hook, I started filing on the area that first connected the rim lip, which was holding most of the rest of the hook completely out off from the lip of the rim (bead) as more of the hook came into contact with the rim I started working on making the square cut in the valley to a round (curved) valley, I just took my time and I took off a little metal and then put the bar back in place and just kept working at it until I had at lest a good fit to the rim's lip (bead) and a WAY better angle.
Lastly, remove all the paint around the outside of the mounting end, and remove and smooth out that cast seam to, polish the end to as smooth as you can get it.
but, seriously, you used the wrong side of the mounting end of the bar.
If CZcams had a way of posting pictures I could show you photo's of what I did, but that's not an option.
Get rid of the paint anywhere the bar touches the rim or the tire, the paint grabs more than its resistant to slide!
Another thing I do is after each job I wipe the ends of the mount/dismount bar off clean! and I spray the ends with silicone spray, (I go outside to spray it), the kind that dries.
Maybe I should start my own youtube channel, I noticed you also have the bubble balancer, boy do I have some interesting tid-bits about making that thing actually work! Did you know that the balancing head isn't actually balanced!!! the center post doesn't form a right angle off the base! A video of how I corrected these issues would probably be way faster than trying to explain it in type.
You might want to tighten up the bolts to take out that flex or you are going to break the changer sooner than later. the bolt closest to the tire when braking the bead is lifting a quarter of a inch and is putting strain on the other 3 bolts, good way to snap them from bending back and forth movement.
Thank so much for your nice details video.Big help for me
How well does that hf unit perform on 30 series tires? 275-305 width?
soapy water on all the beads coming off and going on makes it a whole lot easier! ;)
Right there at 4:57 i could NOT get my 40 series tire to flip over like that. The sidewall was way too stiff... i even bent my wheel trying to get that tire to flip over the wheel ... i had to pay a shop $20 to remove my tires ...
Same thing trying to get the new tires on. They were also 40 series and could NOT get that sidewall to flip over the wheel ... i got about 60% of it in but that last 40% (8:05) would NOT flex enough to get over and into the wheel ... SO again, i had to pay a shop another $20 to mount the new tires ...
Any Tips on how to Keep from bending the bead breaker? ( Harbor Freight
69686 machine)
I don't have my Mig welder anymore, to weld any type of brace to the
bead breaker. I bent my Old Bead breaker, But got a 2nd Harbor Freight
machine, and would like to keep from bending the "new" one.
Thank You.
These videos are the funniest 😂 😂
is much easier to loosing BACK bead first
first time ive seen anyone use one of these cheapo units and make it look so easy,,great job
It's pretty hard and dangerous getting tyres on with the bar that came with that manual machine. Most people struggle with them or damage the alloy wheel. You have managed it pretty well. We bought a better tyre lever on EBay.
I’ll always trust a man that wears a tape measure on the hip
How can you keep from destroying wheel lip?
How damage the rims? Use steel tools without plastic guards.
What did you lube the edge of the new tire with? Can you show how you balance the tire after changing?
I just used soapy water for the lube...
A Bubble Balancer could have been used to get close, but I ended up taking these to an auto shop to have them dynamically balanced.
Very nice demo! Are there certain size rims or tires you've found hard(er) to get on/off with this tool? Like low pro's or oversize rims?
Only good for rims up to 16 inch. Not good for low pros
When you're mounting the tire, you're supposed to use the curved half of the rimming (mounting side) of the bar tool facing down (not the straight side facing down) - so it hooks on to the side of the rim. You may (probably will) have to modify (grind) the curved half so it will 'hook on & hold' to the rim edge. Jgueret has a very good video about how to modify and use both ends of the tire mount/demount bar which makes the entire process much easier (ref - czcams.com/video/pQTS26Pv34o/video.html). With that said.... thx for sharing ... very nice shop/setup.
@zack ,nice job give u credit ..love ur video,tnks so much ur knowledge,helps a lot ...god bless u tnk u !
Tire balancing? Do you still bring the newly installed tires to a shop for balancing?
That other tool you see on the floor in front of the tires is for balancing the tires
cool
thanks
should a lubed the tire when he broke the bead
These guys always make it look alot easier than it is.
When I sit back and watch this video already I feel a pain in my spine when I see this man forcing the tire off and back to the rim.
the reason theses machines don't work is 90% user error i have one never a problem changed many tires with alloy wheels and never a scratch.
@@edwardmoody4253great, if it works for you. I would immediatly build an upgrade if I had to use this thing: a turning platform for the tire when it is on the ground.
No annoying music no rambling on. Great vid !
I used the crap out of a Harbor Freight tire changer, I wore it out, I moved off and left it! Next time I am going to make a better pry bar, they are cheap and bend easily, a steel one would be awesome!
Why does it seem like most folks who've bought one of these HF Tire Changers... knows nothing about using such a machine? I mean surely you've watched others change your tire... right? Soapy water goes a long way as well as using your feet to help you once you get the bead starting to give. I need to view one of these video's where the person actually knows the procedure. Granted, it's not the most expensive piece of equipment however, having the knowledge of how to use it... makes for a much easier job.
Many years ago I worked for Firestone, and became their lead mechanic, and I mounted THOUSANDS of tires on their pneumatic tire changers. So, some 40 years later i decided I wanted something at home to be able to change my own tires, which led me to getting a Harbor Freight manual tire changer. Your, right about people not using these correctly, I've seen lots of videos where people are not suing them correctly! When I got mine I use the exact concept of a tire shop tire changing machine!, with me being the power to make it work, and applying lube, smooth metal edges out on the mounting bar, reshaping the the parts of the bar that hook over the rim, working to make sure the tire bead opposite the mount/dismount end of the bar is in the drop center of the rim, and some lube to help it get there, I found that a cheap drop center bead tool can really help in mounting a tire too. Mounting thousands of tires in a tire shop really helps in using a manual tire changer.
Amen!!!!
Can I cahange 17"Rim
Cat bite his tongue 😋 😂
Somehow in some parts of video seems like its slowmo
For whatever reason all I could hear is circus music watching this
Is that thing bolted to the floor??
yes
did anyone else hear the battery charger ?
Soapy water around the bead would have made this job easier 😃
You are doing extra work you don't have to do
Just bought this from HF. The beadlock breaker crumbled (two side arms made of flimsy metal). That multi-tool bar it came with? That also bent (hollow and cheap). Returning this piece of garbage.
Some people just make simple things look hard.... try soapy water on the bead both coming off and going on..and it looked like you used the straight end of the bar when putting the tire back on...that's when I shut it down. I'm exhausted from watching you.
balance ?
The bubble balancer to the left. Its also a HF tool.
This will stretch the hell out of your rims
wonderfull!!!!
more lube...more lube and if ya not sure how much lube to put on...more lube
Lubrication is the key to success.....
Can regular grease be used?
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soapy water in spray bottle duh
Soap
No lube for ju!
god damn why doesnt harbor freight exist in the UK
How to make cheaper Tyre mounting solution ?
Graisse pas et protège pas la jante...
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Any Tips on how to Keep from bending the bead breaker? ( Harbor Freight
69686 machine)
I don't have my Mig welder anymore, to weld any type of brace to the
bead breaker. I bent my Old Bead breaker, But got a 2nd Harbor Freight
machine, and would like to keep from bending the "new" one.
Thank You.
dish soap
Any Tips on how to Keep from bending the bead breaker? ( Harbor Freight
69686 machine)
I don't have my Mig welder anymore, to weld any type of brace to the
bead breaker. I bent my Old Bead breaker, But got a 2nd Harbor Freight
machine, and would like to keep from bending the "new" one.
Thank You.
Use dish soap mixed with a little water if you're cheap. Buy tire slick stuff from Napa or other auto parts store if ten to 15 bux or so aint no big deal to you. That will help preserve your bead breaker (and your back).