Bead Breaker

[wpzimmer]

Some years ago I was in an Army Motor Pool and saw an hydraulic bead breaker being used on some Deuce wheels. Worked quite well. It was a four legged spider like thing that fastened to the wheel and used what looked like a hydraulic jack to force the feet of the thing under the bead lock ring and downwards to push the tire off the rim. Worked pretty well. I have seen an illustration of these things in the manuals but the image quality was lousy so it was unclear how exactly the things were made or used. I would like to find or fabricate one but need a better picture. Anyone ever seen one of these or used one. I am getting too old for the slide hammer thing and the truck places around here seem to think I am made of money.

 

[mangus580]

I Have used one... they work great. I have a buddy who made a mechanical version of the same thing. It uses threaded rod instead of the hydraulics. He said it works even better!!

 

[steelandcanvas]

There are a couple on eBay right now, maybe those photos are good enough to give you an idea.

 

[Recovry4x4]

I have a mechanical one. Labor intensive but very functional.

 

[Djfreema]

They are a must. I tried like heck last week for 45 minutes trying to break a bead with a sledgehammer and even driving my M1009 on the tire and could not pop the bead. I was trying it for "fun" to see if I could break down a wheel and quickly gave up.

 

[WillWagner]

I used a hydraulic one when I helped JDToumanian do 13 tires...I was POOPED!

 

[CCATLETT1984]

This is the reason i have hmmwv rims

20minutes to change a tire, no issues at all.

 

[mangus580]

Re: RE: Bead Breaker

This is the reason i have hmmwv rims

20minutes to change a tire, no issues at all.

Its not like you have ever had issues on the road!!!

 

[Rattlehead]

I have a mechanical one as well. Better than the duckbill sledge, but still a PITA. The problems I have are that the bead breaker seems to push the tire down a bit, then the feet start slipping on the tire and it won't go any farther. Then you have to back off the tool, move to a different spot on the tire, and do it again. Repeat. Repeat....repeat......repeat..........Flip the tire over and repeat...repeat....repeat....

 

[Recovry4x4]

Re: RE: Bead Breaker

This is the reason i have hmmwv rims

20minutes to change a tire, no issues at all.

How did you ever get them to fit? They aren't even close on my deuces.

 

[mangus580]

Re: RE: Bead Breaker

This is the reason i have hmmwv rims

20minutes to change a tire, no issues at all.

How did you ever get them to fit? They aren't even close on my deuces.

It was easy Kenny... he has 1008 axles in his deuce!!

 

[Recovry4x4]

RE: Re: RE: Bead Breaker

Now it makes sense!

 

[FMJ]

RE: Re: RE: Bead Breaker

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