The part I thought would be hard, and the part I thought would be hard was easy. New tire is mounted with 12 ounces of tire beads inside it and bead sealer. Old tire came off with a few different grinders because I must have done something backwards and it was 13 years old. It spent the last....3 sitting in direct sunlight.
The cool Vevor bead breaker tool kind of worked. It started to tear the bead which might have been due to age of the tire, inexperience with the tool, and poor design. It popped it off after I moved it a few times. I then proceeded to spend way too much time overthinking how to get a DIY steel beadlock wheel out of the tire, went the wrong way, and remembered I cut the last one off then had a guy with a tire machine mount them.
Going on was simple. Lots of soapy water, some of harbor freights finest 16" tire irons, patience and voila...it's on.
Seating it was even easier. Yes...I tried the fire thing to make
FordFascist happy, and yess I pulled the core this time. No it didn't work.
Know what DID work? My pancake air compressor, a healthy amount of bead sealer, 40 psi, and just holding the rim down with my foot on the spot leaking a bit of air so it would make a full seal. I was honestly shocked it worked.
Pictures of tool and finished product. I can post photos of my cut job tomorrow. I've already told the Code Enforcement guys they're going to get another call about the jeep. Now I just need to smog and register the thing so I can go wheelin.
I still want real beadlocks. I imagine they are easier to swap tires on. So far I can only remove tires I intend to throw away or make into motorcycle jumps.
30 psi with all the glue. Maybe this was part of the reason the last tire ripped trying to take it off.
