Tyre levers what to buy and why...
Submitted: Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 at 15:48
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Michael ( Moss Vale NSW)
I need to buy a decent set of tyre levers, 600mm longseem to be the standard. Tyrepliers have a set, 19mm dia and Beadbreaker sell the Mumme, they look to be the flat style, Aust made brand.. Has anyone used both these or others and have a first hand opinion on which ones are best and why.. I want them mainly for tubeless alloy wheels (Patrol) but i do have Toyoya split rims on my offroad trailer Thanks in anticipation, Michael
Reply By: Member - Footloose - Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 at 17:04
Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 at 17:04
Hi Michael. I have the tyrepliars and have used them on splits and tubeless. Very happy with them.
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Reply By: Member - bushfix - Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 at 17:25
Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 at 17:25
G'day Michael,
yep, Mumme are good, carry them. Others I have used are silver ones (Universal brand?) and they bend a bit more than you would like. Mumme are tough and you need to pay a bit extra for that I believe.
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Reply By: Member - Glen O (WA) - Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 at 18:20
Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 at 18:20
I have both the Tyrepliers and the Mumme levers. I find the Mumme levers much easier to use. I find three levers handy when removing the tyre completely of the rim. Get two or three alloy rim protectors from R & R. They protect the rim when using the levers.
Glen.
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Reply By: samsgoneagain - Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 at 18:57
Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 at 18:57
careful on alloys , they damage easy
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Reply By: Splits - Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 at 19:20
Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 at 19:20
Make sure whatever you buy are suitable for split rims. I saw a set of Tyrepliers in a
shop recently and there is no way they would have worked on my rims. I would say the company makes other types but this particular
shop did not have them.
Mine are Hatco brand. They are not cheap but going by the lack of deep scratches on their ends after all the work I have done with them, they look like they are going to last a lifetime.
Brian
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Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 at 19:24
Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 at 19:24
Gday Michael,
I'm happy with 2 Mumme levers and a big rubber mallet for the tubeless, and add a very large screwdriver to get into the slot on split rims. I pity your alloys if they get levered upon (plugs and/or tyre shops are good here).
Mumme are the standard by which levers are judged, and I did see someone break a tip off one of those round levers :-(
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Follow Up By: Michael ( Moss Vale NSW) - Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 at 19:33
Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 at 19:33
Gday Phil,
I have a safety seal kit and i have used it heaps, I really didnt want alloys as my previous GU has steel wheels as standard. Luckily I havent had a need to remove a tyre on the road before so its just for that emergency i guess. I have shredded a few in the past 8 years but had two spares mostly and they got me to a tyre
shop.. Michael
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Follow Up By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 at 19:42
Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 at 19:42
Thats just it. You only need to lever off if you have another casing to put on, so hanging out to the next tyre
shop is usually what happens. Sounds like you can easily get by without the levers :-))) Most of the tyres I've levered off in the bush have been because I can, rather than I've needed to.
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