How to break a tire bead and then reset it...

[Missourian]

...at home without special tools...

(Assuming you have an air compressor...but I doubt you'd try anything tire related without one)


The back tire on the pickup had a slow leak so I pulled it off and sprayed it with soapy water to find the leak...and...unfortunately it was leaking from the inside bead.

The bead needs broken and the inside of the rim requires cleaning and then reset the bead.

No sweat.

I don't have a bead breaker...but I do have a landscape timber and another vehicle...the wife's buick.

You can use a 4x4 ... And I have many times...but the landscape timber has rounded edges.

Put the edge of the timber as close to the edge of rim as possible. Then drive a tire up the timber.

I usually do this with the pickup and forego the stop-block...but the wife's buick doesn't have the clearance and has a lot of plastic/fiberglass back there...so caution is the order of the day.

Ran up on this one once and it rolled down but didn't quite release...pulled off and gave the rim a quarter turn...reset the timber and voila...ready for clean up...

 

[progressive hunter]

...at home without special tools...

(Assuming you have an air compressor...but I doubt you'd try anything tire related without one)


The back tire on the pickup had a slow leak so I pulled it off and sprayed it with soapy water to find the leak...and...unfortunately it was leaking from the inside bead.

The bead needs broken and the inside of the rim requires cleaning and then reset the bead.

No sweat.

I don't have a bead breaker...but I do have a landscape timber and another vehicle...the wife's buick.

You can use a 4x4 ... And I have many times...but the landscape timber has rounded edges.

Put the edge of the timber as close to the edge of rim as possible. Then drive a tire up the timber.

I usually do this with the pickup and forego the stop-block...but the wife's buick doesn't have the clearance and has a lot of plastic/fiberglass back there...so caution is the order of the day.

Ran up on this one once and it rolled down but didn't quite release...pulled off and gave the rim a quarter turn...reset the timber and voila...ready for clean up...

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drive the car directly onto the other tire close to the bead and see if that works,,, might have to do it a few times while rotating the tire,,,

 

[TheHardTruth]

...at home without special tools...

(Assuming you have an air compressor...but I doubt you'd try anything tire related without one)


The back tire on the pickup had a slow leak so I pulled it off and sprayed it with soapy water to find the leak...and...unfortunately it was leaking from the inside bead.

The bead needs broken and the inside of the rim requires cleaning and then reset the bead.

No sweat.

I don't have a bead breaker...but I do have a landscape timber and another vehicle...the wife's buick.

You can use a 4x4 ... And I have many times...but the landscape timber has rounded edges.

Put the edge of the timber as close to the edge of rim as possible. Then drive a tire up the timber.

I usually do this with the pickup and forego the stop-block...but the wife's buick doesn't have the clearance and has a lot of plastic/fiberglass back there...so caution is the order of the day.

Ran up on this one once and it rolled down but didn't quite release...pulled off and gave the rim a quarter turn...reset the timber and voila...ready for clean up...

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"How to break a tire bead and then reset it..."

OK........That's how you "break the bead" ....... unless I am missing something, I don't see any advice on how to "reset it" and that can sometimes be trickier than breaking it. I know how to do it from watching my Dad, but others may not have a clue. I fear you are leaving a lot of people out there with flat tires they can't inflate.

 

[Missourian]

...at home without special tools...

(Assuming you have an air compressor...but I doubt you'd try anything tire related without one)


The back tire on the pickup had a slow leak so I pulled it off and sprayed it with soapy water to find the leak...and...unfortunately it was leaking from the inside bead.

The bead needs broken and the inside of the rim requires cleaning and then reset the bead.

No sweat.

I don't have a bead breaker...but I do have a landscape timber and another vehicle...the wife's buick.

You can use a 4x4 ... And I have many times...but the landscape timber has rounded edges.

Put the edge of the timber as close to the edge of rim as possible. Then drive a tire up the timber.

I usually do this with the pickup and forego the stop-block...but the wife's buick doesn't have the clearance and has a lot of plastic/fiberglass back there...so caution is the order of the day.

Ran up on this one once and it rolled down but didn't quite release...pulled off and gave the rim a quarter turn...reset the timber and voila...ready for clean up...

View attachment 398785

"How to break a tire bead and then reset it..."

OK........That's how you "break the bead" ....... unless I am missing something, I don't see any advice on how to "reset it" and that can sometimes be trickier than breaking it. I know how to do it from watching my Dad, but others may not have a clue. I fear you are leaving a lot of people out there with flat tires they can't inflate.

Patience Daniel-san...I still workin'. I was out of bead sealer.

 

[progressive hunter]

...at home without special tools...

(Assuming you have an air compressor...but I doubt you'd try anything tire related without one)


The back tire on the pickup had a slow leak so I pulled it off and sprayed it with soapy water to find the leak...and...unfortunately it was leaking from the inside bead.

The bead needs broken and the inside of the rim requires cleaning and then reset the bead.

No sweat.

I don't have a bead breaker...but I do have a landscape timber and another vehicle...the wife's buick.

You can use a 4x4 ... And I have many times...but the landscape timber has rounded edges.

Put the edge of the timber as close to the edge of rim as possible. Then drive a tire up the timber.

I usually do this with the pickup and forego the stop-block...but the wife's buick doesn't have the clearance and has a lot of plastic/fiberglass back there...so caution is the order of the day.

Ran up on this one once and it rolled down but didn't quite release...pulled off and gave the rim a quarter turn...reset the timber and voila...ready for clean up...

View attachment 398785

"How to break a tire bead and then reset it..."

OK........That's how you "break the bead" ....... unless I am missing something, I don't see any advice on how to "reset it" and that can sometimes be trickier than breaking it. I know how to do it from watching my Dad, but others may not have a clue. I fear you are leaving a lot of people out there with flat tires they can't inflate.

Patience...I still workin' man. I was out of bead sealer. :eusa-wink:

grease works just as good as bead sealer,,,

 

[Missourian]

...at home without special tools...

(Assuming you have an air compressor...but I doubt you'd try anything tire related without one)


The back tire on the pickup had a slow leak so I pulled it off and sprayed it with soapy water to find the leak...and...unfortunately it was leaking from the inside bead.

The bead needs broken and the inside of the rim requires cleaning and then reset the bead.

No sweat.

I don't have a bead breaker...but I do have a landscape timber and another vehicle...the wife's buick.

You can use a 4x4 ... And I have many times...but the landscape timber has rounded edges.

Put the edge of the timber as close to the edge of rim as possible. Then drive a tire up the timber.

I usually do this with the pickup and forego the stop-block...but the wife's buick doesn't have the clearance and has a lot of plastic/fiberglass back there...so caution is the order of the day.

Ran up on this one once and it rolled down but didn't quite release...pulled off and gave the rim a quarter turn...reset the timber and voila...ready for clean up...

View attachment 398785

drive the car directly onto the other tire close to the bead and see if that works,,, might have to do it a few times while rotating the tire,,,

I'll try that.

 

[Dick Foster]

...at home without special tools...

(Assuming you have an air compressor...but I doubt you'd try anything tire related without one)


The back tire on the pickup had a slow leak so I pulled it off and sprayed it with soapy water to find the leak...and...unfortunately it was leaking from the inside bead.

The bead needs broken and the inside of the rim requires cleaning and then reset the bead.

No sweat.

I don't have a bead breaker...but I do have a landscape timber and another vehicle...the wife's buick.

You can use a 4x4 ... And I have many times...but the landscape timber has rounded edges.

Put the edge of the timber as close to the edge of rim as possible. Then drive a tire up the timber.

I usually do this with the pickup and forego the stop-block...but the wife's buick doesn't have the clearance and has a lot of plastic/fiberglass back there...so caution is the order of the day.

Ran up on this one once and it rolled down but didn't quite release...pulled off and gave the rim a quarter turn...reset the timber and voila...ready for clean up...

View attachment 398785

 

[TheHardTruth]

...at home without special tools...

(Assuming you have an air compressor...but I doubt you'd try anything tire related without one)


The back tire on the pickup had a slow leak so I pulled it off and sprayed it with soapy water to find the leak...and...unfortunately it was leaking from the inside bead.

The bead needs broken and the inside of the rim requires cleaning and then reset the bead.

No sweat.

I don't have a bead breaker...but I do have a landscape timber and another vehicle...the wife's buick.

You can use a 4x4 ... And I have many times...but the landscape timber has rounded edges.

Put the edge of the timber as close to the edge of rim as possible. Then drive a tire up the timber.

I usually do this with the pickup and forego the stop-block...but the wife's buick doesn't have the clearance and has a lot of plastic/fiberglass back there...so caution is the order of the day.

Ran up on this one once and it rolled down but didn't quite release...pulled off and gave the rim a quarter turn...reset the timber and voila...ready for clean up...

View attachment 398785

"How to break a tire bead and then reset it..."

OK........That's how you "break the bead" ....... unless I am missing something, I don't see any advice on how to "reset it" and that can sometimes be trickier than breaking it. I know how to do it from watching my Dad, but others may not have a clue. I fear you are leaving a lot of people out there with flat tires they can't inflate.

Patience...I still workin' man. I was out of bead sealer. :eusa-wink:

grease works just as good as bead sealer,,,

Yeeeeeaaaaaahhhhhh .....I'm not so sure about that. A little to much torque from the engine combined with a little too much grip from the tire and I could see the wheel just spinning inside the tire. I'm gonna stick with bead sealer or nothing. grease is for lubricating.

 

[progressive hunter]

...at home without special tools...

(Assuming you have an air compressor...but I doubt you'd try anything tire related without one)


The back tire on the pickup had a slow leak so I pulled it off and sprayed it with soapy water to find the leak...and...unfortunately it was leaking from the inside bead.

The bead needs broken and the inside of the rim requires cleaning and then reset the bead.

No sweat.

I don't have a bead breaker...but I do have a landscape timber and another vehicle...the wife's buick.

You can use a 4x4 ... And I have many times...but the landscape timber has rounded edges.

Put the edge of the timber as close to the edge of rim as possible. Then drive a tire up the timber.

I usually do this with the pickup and forego the stop-block...but the wife's buick doesn't have the clearance and has a lot of plastic/fiberglass back there...so caution is the order of the day.

Ran up on this one once and it rolled down but didn't quite release...pulled off and gave the rim a quarter turn...reset the timber and voila...ready for clean up...

View attachment 398785

"How to break a tire bead and then reset it..."

OK........That's how you "break the bead" ....... unless I am missing something, I don't see any advice on how to "reset it" and that can sometimes be trickier than breaking it. I know how to do it from watching my Dad, but others may not have a clue. I fear you are leaving a lot of people out there with flat tires they can't inflate.

Patience...I still workin' man. I was out of bead sealer. :eusa-wink:

grease works just as good as bead sealer,,,

Yeeeeeaaaaaahhhhhh .....I'm not so sure about that. A little to much torque from the engine combined with a little too much grip from the tire and I could see the wheel just spinning inside the tire. I'm gonna stick with bead sealer or nothing. grease is for lubricating.

well I've been doing it for over the last 35 yrs and never had a problem,,, in fact a few places I worked never bought bead sealer cause it was a waste of money,,,

the inflated tire pushes most of it out and very little remains,,,

 

[Dick Foster]

We used to have contests to see how high we could make wheels jump by using starting fluid aka ether to set tire beads. It's an offroader trick for when you're out in the boondocks and need to get a tire reseated. Lay the tire and wheel flat on the ground then spray starting fluid all around the inside of the tire. Stand back and set it off to get the tire reseated. It sets off with a boom. Be sure to get some air in the tire before it can cool off too much.

 

[Likkmee]

I set the bead ON with oxy acetlylene. Dont do this at home

 

[Dick Foster]

I set the bead ON with oxy acetlylene. Dont do this at home

I've used rachet straps to get tire beads seated too. Wrap a rachet strap all around the center of the tread and tighten it up, this helps force the tire bead out against the wheel rim. Add air to set the bead.
I was an avid rock crawler for several years. You learn all kinds of stuff to get you off the trail because AAA ain't comin. It's either get it fixed yourself or start walking.

 

[Missourian]

...at home without special tools...

(Assuming you have an air compressor...but I doubt you'd try anything tire related without one)


The back tire on the pickup had a slow leak so I pulled it off and sprayed it with soapy water to find the leak...and...unfortunately it was leaking from the inside bead.

The bead needs broken and the inside of the rim requires cleaning and then reset the bead.

No sweat.

I don't have a bead breaker...but I do have a landscape timber and another vehicle...the wife's buick.

You can use a 4x4 ... And I have many times...but the landscape timber has rounded edges.

Put the edge of the timber as close to the edge of rim as possible. Then drive a tire up the timber.

I usually do this with the pickup and forego the stop-block...but the wife's buick doesn't have the clearance and has a lot of plastic/fiberglass back there...so caution is the order of the day.

Ran up on this one once and it rolled down but didn't quite release...pulled off and gave the rim a quarter turn...reset the timber and voila...ready for clean up...

View attachment 398785

"How to break a tire bead and then reset it..."

OK........That's how you "break the bead" ....... unless I am missing something, I don't see any advice on how to "reset it" and that can sometimes be trickier than breaking it. I know how to do it from watching my Dad, but others may not have a clue. I fear you are leaving a lot of people out there with flat tires they can't inflate.

Patience...I still workin' man. I was out of bead sealer. :eusa-wink:

grease works just as good as bead sealer,,,

I usually just use dish soap...but this tire has been on the truck for at least five year and suddenly developed a slow leak at the bead...so I used vulcanize cement bead sealer after some wire brushing, sand paper and cleaning.

 

[progressive hunter]

...at home without special tools...

(Assuming you have an air compressor...but I doubt you'd try anything tire related without one)


The back tire on the pickup had a slow leak so I pulled it off and sprayed it with soapy water to find the leak...and...unfortunately it was leaking from the inside bead.

The bead needs broken and the inside of the rim requires cleaning and then reset the bead.

No sweat.

I don't have a bead breaker...but I do have a landscape timber and another vehicle...the wife's buick.

You can use a 4x4 ... And I have many times...but the landscape timber has rounded edges.

Put the edge of the timber as close to the edge of rim as possible. Then drive a tire up the timber.

I usually do this with the pickup and forego the stop-block...but the wife's buick doesn't have the clearance and has a lot of plastic/fiberglass back there...so caution is the order of the day.

Ran up on this one once and it rolled down but didn't quite release...pulled off and gave the rim a quarter turn...reset the timber and voila...ready for clean up...

View attachment 398785

"How to break a tire bead and then reset it..."

OK........That's how you "break the bead" ....... unless I am missing something, I don't see any advice on how to "reset it" and that can sometimes be trickier than breaking it. I know how to do it from watching my Dad, but others may not have a clue. I fear you are leaving a lot of people out there with flat tires they can't inflate.

Patience...I still workin' man. I was out of bead sealer. :eusa-wink:

grease works just as good as bead sealer,,,

I usually just use dish soap...but this tire has been on the truck for at least five year and suddenly developed a slow leak at the bead...so I used vulcanize cement bead sealer after some wire brushing, sand paper and cleaning.

that should work just fine,,, as long as the rim doesnt have large areas of rusted metal that created divits in the rim

and yes I am a professional,,,

 

[Gdjjr]

I was at a sprint car race at Devils Bowl in Mesquite, Tx., years ago- w were visiting with one of the teams there (not gonna say which one so as not embarrass), but, one of the crew guys started inflating a new tire with a clip on
air valve- he got to shooting the bull with someone outside the trailer and forgot about it- a 120psi compressor will over inflate a 102 in diameter tire- which isn't much more than a big balloon anyway

Tore out the side of the trailer and damaged the trailer tire - luckily no one got hurt- everyone was outside the trailer

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

I set the bead ON with oxy acetlylene. Dont do this at home

Yep..
Any flammable gas will work.
As an off roader we always run low tire pressure for better grip and you occasionally break a bead. Ideally you should run beadlocks but not everyone wants the expense.
Spray a little brake cleaner in it and toss a match.
On occasion you'll get unlucky and the match will get caught between the the rim and the tire but it's rare.

 

[Gdjjr]

Big tires, like 18 wheelers use what is called Tire Soap

 

[Missourian]

I set the bead ON with oxy acetlylene. Dont do this at home

I've used rachet straps to get tire beads seated too. Wrap a rachet strap all around the center of the tread and tighten it up, this helps force the tire bead out against the wheel rim. Add air to set the bead.

That's exactly how I do it...

Lube it up, wrap a ratcheting strap down the middle, tighten it up some and put the air to it.

Then lift and squeeze from the bottom side until it catches. Pop pop.

 

[progressive hunter]

Big tires, like 18 wheelers use what is called Tire Soap

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dug my hand into a few of those buckets to get a big handful of what feels like pasty snot

 

[Dick Foster]

I set the bead ON with oxy acetlylene. Dont do this at home

Yep..
Any flammable gas will work.
As an off roader we always run low tire pressure for better grip and you occasionally break a bead. Ideally you should run beadlocks but not everyone wants the expense.
Spay a little brake cleaner in it and toss a match.
On occasion you'll get unlucky and the match will get caught between the the rim and the tire but it's rare.

Ether works best.