Andy

That would be great! Please let me know because I don't know how long the sale is going on

 

No problem. If my tires come in this week,I'll put them on either saterday or sunday and I'll post here how it went.

Andy G

 

I had one and it bent instead of breaking the bead. For 12 inch tires you may want to look at their larger tire changer.

 

My bead breaker does not get those pesky dunlops off either. The sidewalls just collapse to easy. I watched the tire store do it. They had the same trouble, but jet kept going around and around and they finally got it.

 

The tire guy grumbled a bit when he did my last set. I had been using "Slime", it went everywhere, when the beads DID come loose. Not pretty!!!!!!! I believe that the tire guy left a little air in the tire, to hold it out until the bead broke. I am not positive about this point, though.
The farm tire centers seem to be more adept at changing these tires. Must be because they deal with floatation tires, and lawn tractor tires a lot.

 

leaving aiilte air in the tire will help. It will make the dunplops less pliable.

 

i have used a 2 inch rock chisel to change the dunlops i had . you have to be carefull around the bead . i do agree whith some of the others about the farm stores . they are very cheap on doing the tire change .

 

Donzilla, I tried the 2" rock chisel a couple of month ago. I just couldn't get the hang of it.
I ground the tip to make it dull so it wouldn't cut the tire.
I hit it with a 3 or 4 pound hammer. It just bounced and did not move the bead. It did appear to be damaging the tire a little bit.


I have to remove dunflops on my brother's 400 soon. Any pointers you can give me?

 

I have changed Many Dunlops with my (Mini Tire Changer). Yes they are harder to break the bead then most tires but if you work the pry bar around the tire slowly moving it about 4" at a time they will come off. I can change a ITP tire in less then 5 minutes, it takes a little longer as the dunlops have very thin sidewalls and want to fold in on you. Make sure you put the pry bar under the lip of the rim and work it around the wheel.

 

Also use soapy water to help lube the tire so everything slides real nice. Ofcoarse this helps during remounting also.