Breaking The Bead

[Mike Bean]

I ran over a small piece of metal and put a hole in my tire and I need to remove it and patch it.

How do you guys break the bead on your tires and is there a quick and dirty way to break the bead from the rim for the do-it-yourselfer working at home?

Thanks,

Mike Bean
:smash:

[Woodchuckscustoms.com]

Mike you can make a bead braker. check the pic out I made one it works great:cheers:

[Voodoo Barstool Racers]

Hi, woodchuck. Do you have specs on your bead breaker.I would like to make my own also. Voodoo barstool racers.:thumb:

[Mike Bean]

Mike you can make a bead braker. check the pic out I made one it works great:cheers:

Nice work!

Do you have any supports in the bottom to hold the rim in place?

It looks like I have a new project with some left over steel. I need to get my tired fixed soon...

Mike

[Woodchuckscustoms.com]

Hi, woodchuck. Do you have specs on your bead breaker.I would like to make my own also. Voodoo barstool racers.:thumb:

no I just made it out of some 1" sq. stock and some flat stock that was in the scrap pile

[Woodchuckscustoms.com]

Nice work!

Do you have any supports in the bottom to hold the rim in place?

It looks like I have a new project with some left over steel. I need to get my tired fixed soon...

Mike

No supports under the tire:cheers:

[RUBICON]

i have a home made tool like the pic...works good with effort ( not a criticizm )...wish I had a real kart tool....it has a ring ( 5-3/8" ID ) and presses on the bead all the way around....can't say it is better...just looks better and probably takes more force...any thoughts?

[Mike Bean]

Rubicon,

I would think if you are trying to break the whole bead at once, you would need a lot more pressure. Good idea though...

If you notice in tire shops, they break the beads little at a time.

I guess I am going to start fabing up a bead breaker with some extra 1" square tubing I have here..

Mike

[RUBICON]

my next door neighbor owns Dixie Karting...they sell a bead tool that is common i guess to kart guys..it is a ring....figure it takes a lot of leverage like you said...i know the one i built like a tire changer takes a lit of readjusting and work a little at a time...so much one time that i got pissed and used a cutoff grinder and trashed the tire beads to get it off....maybe that is why so many kart guys sell theit tires and rima on e-bay to barstool racers so they don't have to hassle with unmounting them...go figure

[voodoo_stepchild]

Hey Mike,
My buddy Mark Probasco down in texas sells those bead breakers with an actual anvil fitted for 5 and 6 wheels for 18.00. No tax outside the state and cheap shipping.

www.probascokarts.com (http://www.probascokarts.com)

Voodoo

[Voodoo Barstool Racers]

I made one kinda like woodchuckcustoms,it doesn't work too bad! Voodoo barstool racers:thumb:

[hellbentrodder]

the way i broke the bead on mine was i found a piece of 6.5 inch i.d. pipe laying around, it had a 1/2 inch wall. I deburred it real good and set it on top of the tire, then put a piece of flat stock on top of that. the whole mess went into my press and POP.....the bead was off.

[b.raven70]

Check out the mint tire installer in northern catalog. I bought one for $40 and you can install tires and break beads with it. It was the best $40 I have spent building this barstool.

[JChatt]

woodchuck, can you post more pictures? i am in desperate need of a bead breaker. Or is there plans on a site or something?

JChatt

[Thunderbolt51]

http://www.out2win.com/catalog/img/RLV0028.jpg

http://www.out2win.com/catalog/img/RLV0028.jpg

http://www.out2win.com/catalog/toolt.html

[JChatt]

awesome thank you!

JChatt

[Woodchuckscustoms.com]

I will have to search the pic folder check back tonight:cheers:



woodchuck, can you post more pictures? i am in desperate need of a bead breaker. Or is there plans on a site or something?

JChatt

[JChatt]

alrighty thanks woodchuck

JChatt

[c.schulz]

Keep me in the loop guys.

Chris

[Woodchuckscustoms.com]

I will have to search the pic folder check back tonight:cheers:


Nothing I must have backed them up before the last hard drive target practice!:thumb:

[JChatt]

haha alrighty no big deal

JChatt