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I change a lot of small tyres - mowers, quad, trailers, wheelbarrow etc.  Some tyres I can remove with basic tools, a vice, lubricant and lots of swearing, but some defeat me.  The local garage doesn't really like changing small tyres and they have taken two weeks so far to do the last one and no doubt it will be expensive. I can fit valves, tubes, patches, plugs and all the other bodges for non-road use. Can anyone recommend a manual tyre changing tool for small tyres? Something like this?  Thanks

 

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21 minutes ago, Muddy42 said:

I change a lot of small tyres - mowers, quad, trailers, wheelbarrow etc.  Some tyres I can remove with basic tools, a vice, lubricant and lots of swearing, but some defeat me.  The local garage doesn't really like changing small tyres and they have taken two weeks so far to do the last one and no doubt it will be expensive. I can fit valves, tubes, patches, plugs and all the other bodges for non-road use. Can anyone recommend a manual tyre changing tool for small tyres? Something like this?  Thanks

 

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I have one of those, they work fine for most tires, smaller wheelbarrow tires cant be done as they don't have the hole in the center, and some rims have an internal lip on the rim to stop the tire coming off at very low pressures, these may be a problem with the bead breaker part of the machine, I reinforced mine and it worked fine after the mod.

make sure you bolt it to a concrete floor securely, you will see them mounted on pallets, or sleepers, but you'll just end up wrestling the thing around the workshop, securely fixed to the floor and you can get the best from it.

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I bought one of those a while back after getting a puncture in my car, perhaps two months ago. I put a temporary repair string in the tyre.. not yet fitted it to floor or finished adapting it.

 

You can get an upgrade kit with a ducks head, alu cone and arm, to allow changing alloys without scratching them. I didnt buy the arm and will weld one up.

This sort of thing

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F3WB63SX

 

 

However for small stuff I have a Stenor. Its great for breaking motorcycle tyres but found cars are too big.

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I forgot to ask, which part of the process is defeating you? I assume breaking the beads, as thats usually my problem.

 

If its mounting and demounting, make sure your using plenty of tyre soap/lube and have the opposing side of the tyre pushed into the centre.

 

For popping the tyre beads I usually manage with a small car tyre inflator. Very rarely do I need the big compressor, I havent used that in several years.

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