I like to fiddle...

... and dream of making out...................................................

ooops ..... outlandish things out of metal. Sucked In!!!!

Anyway, this is an idea I had, and I'm hoping some well versed veterans & guru's of tyre changing can put me on the right path.

I have just purchased some Tyre Pliers ( set of 2 ) and their Bead Breaker.

I remember as a kid on the station, fixing tyres on Tojo's, damn hard work. Probably did say..... 3 - 4 a week.

Now, I was thinking........ what if I made up a boss, that dropped onto my wheel, lets say..... 5 stud Honda. This boss would simply be a plate with 5 studs on it, which I place on the wheel I am about to repair. Place a couple of nuts from underneath to keep it in place.

On top of the plate ( the one with the matching studs), I simply have a small shaft, sat around 300 mm. in length, with maybe a small plate on the top of that.

The idea behind this is to perhaps stand on the wheel, and one the tyre lever has started to remove the tyre, you simply use the boss as a fulcrum point, to rotate the lever around.

Sort of a bit like the "Tyre Pliers" toll that can attach to your Bullbar, but this one simply bolts to your wheel.

Any thoughts, good, bad, ugly, maybe even hero worship, will be appreciated.

Cheers

Wolfie