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  1. coachgeo

    Breaking beads.... on non aluminum

    many of the parts folk have needed part number for commonly are listed in the sticky at the top of this forum. Well should say listed in the google doc...... that is linked to in the Parts sticky at the top of this forum.
  2. coachgeo

    Breaking beads.... on non aluminum

    makes ton of since (pardon the pun). Can also see something like below tool working but... not to remove... instead to hold like your shims. Not sure they are strong enough though...
  3. coachgeo

    Breaking beads.... on non aluminum

    Where do you shim it? Under the fork that presses into the tire? or?? what does the shim do.... spread the downward force over a larger area? or hold the whole thing at a more efficient angle of attack??
  4. coachgeo

    Breaking beads.... on non aluminum

    My bad... missed that you were way out there on the otherside of the The Great Wall.
  5. coachgeo

    Breaking beads.... on non aluminum

    conceptually this is same thing as pretty much this whole discussion has been about.
  6. coachgeo

    Breaking beads.... on non aluminum

    Break the tool? Break the bead lock ring, or Break the bead? Drove my lmtv up onto the spare and it would not break the bead. hand to whale on it with a fork lift. Fellow doing it had experience with large truck tires too.
  7. coachgeo

    Breaking beads.... on non aluminum

    Seths video and resulting comments brought this up (will link here) In comments to Seth's video shown here and on Facebook of breaking bead on aluminum tire it was mentioned that steel wheels are a total different animal. Someone brought up they used a hydraulic bead breaker and showed pic of...
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