REFLECTOR: Re: [Canards] Great Tire Changing Tool

[Ronnie Brown]

I have tried standing on the tire, jumping up and down on it - no luck but
never tried the screw drivers.  I have always worried about nicking the rim
and causing a stress riser?  Perhaps this is easy to do for tires that have
been mounted fairly recently, but on my Cessna and Velocity both, the tires
had been on the wheels for more than three years so they didn't want to come
loose.  I wound up making a tool out of 2x4's that I placed under the bumper
of my pick up truck.  The truck went up a couple of inches before the bead
broke

But I did not try putting soapy solution on BEFORE breaking the bead.  I'll
have to try that.

Ronnie



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Sower" <canarder at frontiernet.net>
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Re: [Canards] Great Tire Changing Tool


| I've always been  able to bust a tire in a matter of seconds with a
| couple of screwdrivers.
| What am I missing ? .... Jim S.
|
|
| Ronnie Brown wrote:
|
| > Here's the same changer cheaper at Harbor Freight ($29.95).
| >
| > http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=34552
| >
| > And for those of you who haven't had the pleasure of removing an
| > airplane tire - you can't get the tire off the rim by removing the 3
| > bolts that hold the wheel together.  You have to break the bead of the
| > tire loose from the wheel first. (Don't ask me how I know
| > this!!!) That is what this tool does.
| >
| > Ronnie
| >
| >     ----- Original Message -----
| >     *From:* Flying Tiger <mailto:tiger at telis.org>
| >     *To:* AACanards <mailto:canards at tnstaafl.net> ; AAviators Canard
| >     <mailto:canard-aviators at yahoogroups.com>
| >     *Cc:* Michael Zwijacz <mailto:mzwijacz at Tahoesnow.com>
| >     *Sent:* Sunday, September 05, 2004 1:21 PM
| >     *Subject:* [Canards] Great Tire Changing Tool
| >
| >     Hi all,
| >
| >     A couple days ago my LongEZ  buddy asked me to help him change his
| >     tires.  This is not a complex job but without a dedicated tire
| >     changing tool it's dirty, time consuming and for me frustrating
| >     most of the time, since it's usually not easy to break the tire
| >     loose from the rims.
| >
| >     For most of us we sit down on the floor, let the air out of the
| >     tube and begin using long handled flat head screw drivers with
| >     mallets or hammers attempting to break the bead loose from the rim
| >     as we move the flat screwdriver head around under the lip of the
| >     rim. Sound familiar?
| >
| >     We'll a few years ago after one of my bouts with a tire rim I
| >     thought there had to be a simpler way. I remembered changing tires
| >     as a kid years ago when I worked for Mario Zecca's Cities Service
| >     station back in western PA. Surely there had to be a smaller
| >     version of a professional tire changing tool for aircraft and I
| >     found one.
| >
| >     I've been using this little tool for the past couple years and it
| >     makes tire changing a breeze. I bought it from Northern Tool which
| >     is a discounted web/catalog store and it's a deal at only $40.
| >     Once you've got it all your EZ/Experimental buddies will beg you
| >     for it over and over again. It fits most GA aircraft wheel sizes
too.
| >
| >     Have a look for yourself at the following site:
| >
| >
http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=6970&langId=-1&catalogId=4006970&PHOTOS=on&productId=13610&categoryId=0
| >
<http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeI
d=6970&langId=-1&catalogId=4006970&PHOTOS=on&productId=13610&categoryId=0>
| >
| >     Tim LoDolce
| >
|
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