Bead Breaker

[rocket rod]

I noticed in another post here mention of an R&R Beadbreaker so I thought I'd take a look. Safari 4X4 Store R&R Beadbreaker Official Site - Safari 4x4 store R&R Beadbreaker

Has anyone used these on a 19" Landrover or 18" GOE rim and know they work as shown on the video. I've tried Tyrepliers, a jack under the tow hitch and driving on the tyre to break the bead and all I got was sweaty.

How much are they?

[kelvo]

Prices are on their website Products - Safari 4x4 store R&R Beadbreaker

You'll need the 'hub anchor' for D3/4 wheels due to them having a small centre hole

[Blknight.aus]

IVe used both R&R and the tyre pliers.

I prefer the tyre pliers

[Redback]

You'll need the heavy duty R&R and the hub anchor kit and rim adaptor for 18 and 19" rims due more to the offset and factory rim locks of the Land Rover rims.

Tyre pliers are good also, but you need brute force for them to work and you need the truck tyre pliers because of the factory rim locks on LR rims.

It's bloody hard to get tyres off LR rims, virtually impossible by hand, these two devices make it easier, the R&R is the easiest to use.

Oh yeah I forgot to mention, damage may accure getting the tyres off, so I personally would only use these if you have no other way of fixing the tyre.

[87County]

My ex-army RFSV had Tyre Pliers in the toolkit (CES?). I must look at the intructions for if I ever have to use them...

[ATH]

I've had a set of R&Rs for well over 10 years maybe 15 even from memory (or what's left of it ) and touch wood I've never had to use them.
I even went to the trouble of printing off instructions and laminating them from a website and carrying them everywhere with us.
Better to at least have them than not even if it'll be steep learning curve if I ever get them out of the bag.
AlanH.

[Graeme]

I don't know if D3/D4 rims are the same as D2 rims but removal from D2 rims had to start at the valve as the lip was lowest at that point.

[IvanR]

"Has anyone used these on a 19" Landrover or 18" GOE rim and know they work as shown on the video. I've tried Tyrepliers, a jack under the tow hitch and driving on the tyre to break the bead and all I got was sweaty."

Yes we have he R&R beadbreakers and have used them, (nissan rims) but only in practice on he 19" LR rims. Got them after borrowing a pair of tyrepliers and failing to break the bead like above. The jack under the tow hitch only jacked up the D3. The R&Rs while slow do break the bead, you don't need to be superman to do it. With the LR rims you may need to reposition the breaker a coupler of times to break the bead. Another advantage of them is they are used to help remount the tyre on the rim.
Cost? Bloody expensive. But we share them between our group.

Ivan

[austastar]

Hi,
Having looked at the R&R video, I would imagine making one would not be too difficult.
No need for all the adjustments, just custom size it.
Cheers

[Redback]

"Has anyone used these on a 19" Landrover or 18" GOE rim and know they work as shown on the video. I've tried Tyrepliers, a jack under the tow hitch and driving on the tyre to break the bead and all I got was sweaty."

Yes we have he R&R beadbreakers and have used them, (nissan rims) but only in practice on he 19" LR rims. Got them after borrowing a pair of tyrepliers and failing to break the bead like above. The jack under the tow hitch only jacked up the D3. The R&Rs while slow do break the bead, you don't need to be superman to do it. With the LR rims you may need to reposition the breaker a coupler of times to break the bead. Another advantage of them is they are used to help remount the tyre on the rim.
Cost? Bloody expensive. But we share them between our group.

Ivan

Yes I have, we tried all that using the jack, but like you only got sweaty, I used my R&R(not heavy duty) on 19" RRS rims, you really need the hub kit because of the offset being so deep, which creates too much angle, I damaged the rim and bent the threaded rod on the bead breaker because of that angle, but I did manage to get the tyre off, took a while though.

As I said you need that hub kit, that's what reduces the angle so you're pulling straight up and not on an angle, if you have steel rims(ie) defender rims, it's not a problem, but alloy D2/3/and D4 or RRS, it's a pain.