Thread: Changing tyres while in the bush

Originally Posted by roverrescue

SteveG
The tyre plier comes with the long arm with hooked end
To be honest this is where the magic happens and is why I bought the unit
A standard tyre lever might work but they are not made to slide around the bead. The long arm / lever essentially has a small bead shoe attached to the end of a solid bar.
The centre spigot is nothing special but if you were making your own you would need to copy the lever design pretty closely

S

Thanks.
The workshop I was in many many years ago had a manual changer, and the bar was a double ended arrangement that looked similar to the Tyrepliers one. Worked great.
Ends were bronze from memory but not sure if they were a solid insert or just an bronze outside layer over steel to make them slide easier on the steel rims.

Looking online there is a Sealey(UK) brand bar available that's got a simple plastic collar with groove in it for the removal end, and ball races that roll on the rim and bead for fitment end. Designed to keep alloy wheels pretty.
Probably OK on car/bike tyres but not sure they'd be up to 4wd ones.

Steve

https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1ZTnqH...-b-machine.jpg

Is essentially what the tyre lever has on one end (a bit less complicated in design)
but concept is to get under & over the bead to roll it off & on the rim.
The tyreplier design is very nifty and works perfectly
The other end of the tyre lever is a more standard tyre lever

I guess with some nouse you could buy a commercial bead shoe (like attached image) and bolt it to a lever arm????

Or just support and aussie company and buy the one they have worked out!

As has been mentioned, with a bull bar mount this would be a very very versatile tyre remove/replace unit - way easier than using levers/mallets/boots

Obviously you do need to break the bead and re-seat it
But there are ways to do that!

I imagine the tyre lever would make a useful attitude adjuster if you needed it to have another purpose over tyre replacements.

S

1 of many options for breaking the bead.
Bead breaker - fantastic DIY job.

Redback (AULRO member) had big problems with the R&R beadbreaker on Landy alloys. I recall he bent the tool and damaged rims.
Apparently the heavy duty truck version is required for the LR Alloys as they have a much larger bead seat area compared to other wheels.