Rick (S.A.) posted:

Don't be suckered into thinking all tyres are easy to break the bead on.

Last year it took me three attempts to break a bead on my GU at home in the car port.
What finally got it broken was the technique the original poster is refering to.
I came inside, after an hour of failures with the tyre pliers, knowing that I was close to damaging the tyre, and realising that someone on the chat room would know how to break the bead- sure as hell I didn't/couldn't.
And sure enough, it, (this forum) did have a solution.

Phil G had the answer, and there is a link to his solutoin on the LCOOL site. Sorry I don't have the links.

Cheers

bombsquad posted:

Gday Rick

I stand corected. after checking the link below it looks quite simple really, and not bulky at all. Probably a bit safer than my back up - the High Lifj Jack method. Its hard to know just how much stuf to take sometimes.....
Cheers Andrew

Bilbo posted:

I agree Rockcrawler. Why carry the extra weight of a beadbreaking tool if you already have something that will do the job handsomely. I've been using one for years and never had a failure yet.
Breaking the bead is the easy bit. Sometimes, getting the tyre completely off the rim is the hard bit!

Bilbo

Wisey (NSW) posted:

Hi Phil
It looks like a great idea but I was wondering how it would work if the rear of the vehicle is already jacked? If you were onto your 2nd spare I mean! You would have to do multiple wheel changes and jacking. Am I off my bead here?? ;)

Regards
Andy

Member - Phil G (SA) posted:

Andy, you're not off your bead there :-)) And you're right - you'd need a second jack.

Reminded me of a guy who went bush in a borrowed 4wd, got a flat and found out he had everything needed except a wheel brace. So he had to jack the wheel up, then break the bead, and repair the puncture with the wheel still on the vehicle.

I'd suggest that if you travel alone out bush, you need two jacks. Since changing from the Prado to the 79series, I carry the high lift as my second jack (I also use this as my beadbreaker these days).

We had a vehicle bust a greasable shackle pin out in the Gibson Desert in October and we needed 3 jacks to remove the leaf spring, knock out the solid bush, and replace the pin - two jacks under the chassis and one under the rear axle.

Cheers
phil