Once again.. As a Born and Bred REDNECK.. I feel I MUST REPLY!!... Two things ALL rednecks know is hot to take care of a tire and how to get people unstuck... (weve been known to carry chains JUST for this) Anyway,....
If you don't have access to the forklift, bead breaker, or a tire shop... Take the valve core out, Throw the wheel on the ground, pick the heaviest moving object that runs (truck, tractor, a Sportsman 500..etc..), get in, and drive the wheel right up ontop of the tire itself...(NOT THE WHEEL!!)
The weight will push the bead right off.. Works everytime..
As for inflation, Gas and a match works...I have used this technique before with great success.. (note.. THROW match, do NOT stick your fingers down there to get match to gas.... or u will find your fingers mounted on the rim with the tire... DUH!.. BTW.. U do this at your OWN risk... my disclaimer)
A SAFER method is to use the ATV ratchet straps and go around the circumference of the tire, then compress it fully.. This will push the beads out against the wheel.. Its POSSIBLE to inflate it with a "cracker box" pump.. but its hard to do and almost impossible with removing the valve core..
I made a "tool" for getting me off the side of the highway or trail... It consist of two FEMALE threaded air hose ends with a valve in the middle. If I DESPERATELY need air for a spare tire or such.. I can take that spare, and using the "tool" go around to the other three inflated tires and rob "SOME" air from them.. Its not a permanent fix, but it gets me to a service station or home.. ..

 

Mudmachine,

your disclaimer made me laugh out loud. Its good you put that in there you never know when some idiot might blow themselves up! To many lawyers

 

it was time for new tires for my 300ex
I work in an auto repair shop; so i figure, no problem, i'll mount 'em up at work during my lunch hour. big, no, HUGE mistake. after half an hour i managed to remove old rubber from wheels. peice of cake, love those tire machines.

time to mount new tires. broke the tire machine from the tension of shoehorning the rubber over the wheel. DAMMIT!

plan two: really big pry bars. after being smacked in the head a few times with the catapulting action of the really big pry bars, on to plan three

plan three: it's been over two hours, broken shop machinery, black and blues up and down my face, i call for reinforcements. five burly mechanics, five even bigger prybars, (two bloody noses), and like magic the tires were mounted

see, no problem.

next time i order tires, i'll spend the extra 40 dollars and have them mounted on new wheels.
live and learn.
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MAN!
I just ordered my tires and it seems i should've had them mounted on wheels after reading this. I don't even know what the heck a TIRESHOP is!!! I've never even seen one. I was expecting to like bring it into a gas station with auto repair and thought they could do it-guess not
And I hate the dealership-they're expensive, lazy, and jerks.

 

best way i found was to proceed to hit my head against a brick wall, then throw my toys, followed by lots of verbal diherria!

pay someone to do it......

 

I tis easy to dis mount them if you have a high lift jack. Just take the jack and put it on the tire not the rim, and jack it up under a truck. It will put all the pressure on the outside of the rim. Then POP it comes right off.

 

You guys are killing me.I change my own tires all the time.Bought a bead breaker from Nacs racing.Little bit of soapy water around rim edge and bead pops right down using tool.Couple of tire irons and old tire off,clean up rim edge with rag(soap is already on there),new stem if needed, put new tire on,fill up using compressor to about 15-20lbs using some more soapy water around rim and tire edge and bead pops right in.Total time 5 min.And I dont have to worry about some kid on a tire machine jacking up my rim or tire and looking at me with that stupid smirk saying OOPS SORRY.Out in the field the ratchet straps and gas trick works real good.But remember kids ,these are trained professionals,so dont try this at home.

 

Mounting wheeler tires is easy. Like the others have said, break the bead (let out all the air, and apply pressure to the tire itself). Getting the tire off the rim takes two big screwdrivers. use one to hold the bead over the rim, and the other to pull a little more off. use the same method to put the new tire on. I like to use soapy water. helps the tire slide on, and shows if you have a bead leak. Then set the rim on a 5 gallon bucket, and push the tire down as hard as you can to seat one bead. Take a ratchet strap, wrap it arount the circumfrence of the tire and tighten it until just before the tire starts to wrinkle. add lots of air, and pull the tire towards the unseated side of the tire.
fill it up till the beads set!

Normally wheeler tires DON'T need starting fluid (ether). The only times we use that were to mount 44" Boggers (mud tires) and semi tires. Our tire machine can only take up to a 36" tire. And there are still marks on the ceiling from the boggers jumping when the ether lit! BOOM!!!

 

Mudmachine, you took the words out of my mouth. Born and bred red-neck. I'm still laughing my A** off when I read your post. Particularly your disclaimer. That was a good one.

 

OK! So let's review what we've learned here... We've got tires to get off the wheels and then we're gonna put the new tires onto the same wheels, right? To do so, you're gonna need-- so far, a fork lift, two tire irons, screw drivers, high lift jack, soap & water, 5 gal. bucket, air compressor, rachet straps, bead breaker, brick wall,ether, gas, matches, lighter fluid, new valves, pry bars, (I like this one) heaviest moving object, femal threaded air hose ends, spare tire, and an alarm clock because it's only supposed to take you 5 minutes to change each tire. Did I miss anything? Or! You can still go to the dealer and get it done for $10.00 or less per wheel. Tell me, what makes sense to you?
Chuck, Suzuki KQ 300, GPS & lunch...