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ULTRA RARE factory 16.5 beadlocks... UNBREAKABLE BEAD!!

78SUBURBAN: i've never seen one shaped like yours, but it looks like it would work. the idea is that the piece inside of that tool you have (it looks like the top of a screw) needs to fit down inside the valve stem such that the "valley" in that part of the tool fits over the piece inside the valve stem. I think you may be over thinking this. my suggestion is just go out and try it. you can't screw anything up on this.
 
Take a jack and place the base of the jack on the bead, put the lifting part of the jack under your truck and jack away. Just be extremely careful, the jack can pop out. Just stay as far away as you can and be cautious. If you put the base of the jack close to the bead I am sure that method will break it. I am assuming you are not reusing the tires, usually doin it like this will damage the tire. If neccessary put a short piece of wood underneath the jack as well to help even out the pressure on the bead. Usually I can get those to break free with nothing more than a 2x4 and a heavy truck. But those rims look pretty rusted and probably fused the tire to it as previously mentioned. Good luck, and if the truck starts lifting of the ground before its broke I think it would be time to go find yourself some C4.
 
Oh and the valve stems just press in from the back of the rim, theyre cheap and plentiful, like a buck each. Or better do what theyre talking about and remove the valve core, like colby said. Cant screw that up.
 
I usually use a Hi-Lift between the receiver and the tire. Stick tire irons (tire spoons) in the gap you created with the Hi-lift, let it down, spin the tire, repeat. I've gotten the most stubborn of tires off this way.

Unfortunately, sometimes the bead doesn't survive and then you have a mess to clean off the wheel.
 
Holy frustration batman!!

I'm honestly thinking by the time this is all done I could have worked for $1 an hour and bought a new set of tires, mounted and balanced! :mad: I just spent an hour or two and how have both beads broken off of one wheel. I'm not sure that this tire will ever hold air again, becuase I've had to chisel around it and gouge it up with a screw driver. And the tire is STILL ON THE RIM!! How can I manage to pry this SOB from the wheel? I'm wanting to conquer this thing and not bring it to a tire store, but I'm about to loose all sanity. What am I doing wrong.. how can I get this tire to slip over the edge of the bead and off the wheel? The tire spoon just isn't wanting to wedge completely between the rim and the tire, even though the bead is broken off both sides. I really am going crazy, can somebody please clarify what I'm doing wrong?
thanks,
James
 
Are you sure the bead is broken? If it is, you'd be able to jump up and down on the tire and have a gap of a few inches between the tire and rim. If the bead is broken, there's no way it would be challenging to get a tire spoon in there.
 
pvfjr said:
Are you sure the bead is broken? If it is, you'd be able to jump up and down on the tire and have a gap of a few inches between the tire and rim. If the bead is broken, there's no way it would be challenging to get a tire spoon in there.
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yes, the tire will more several inches from the wheel......I can get a spoon in there, but I just can't pry it up over the lip :doah:
 
Heres what you do...push the tire down to get a small hole. Next hook a chain to on side of the tire and the other side to a tree. then hook another chain to the other side of the tire and the back of yer jeep...then HAUL ASS:haha:

sounds to me like your tire is dryrotted as hell and real stiff. i dunno what you should do.
 
if all else fails put them on your truck flat and burn out until they are really sticky the mash the pedal from a dead stop and hope they break thebead.

you can also go really fast and the jam the brakes on:haha:

the peice inside the stem is the way to do it like everyone else says.
 
Ill say it one more time:
GO TO WAL-MART! youl spend 15 bucks to get 4 tires mounted and it wont waste any more of your time. Honestly you gotta get to a point where theres no way its worth your time anymore.
 
The one we had we actually sawzalled the tire into pieces to where there was only a ring of rubber tire attached to the bead around each edge of the rims, and had to sawzall the metal of the bead until it was cut through and then pry it away from the rim.
 
I'm thinking about just being a weakling and going to wal-mart...........its just not quite as fun as going insane with a tire spoon :o ......wonder if their machine will do ok with a tire that already has a broken bead? So its $15 to dismount and mount the tires?
thanks,
James
 
just about may be 2 -3 bucks more or less. it doesnt matter what condition the tires in, theyll get it off!:D(something about the guys that work there. its like they like a challenge. They've seen, done encountered it all, no tires gonna stop them type mentality) believe me walmart employees will drive you crazy enough with there nonsense:p: make sure to carry in the tires though to get that price otherewise they charge you for mount/ dimount on the vechicle.
 
oh and its like an extra $0.40 each if you want them to dispose of the old tires.
 
I don't guess their machine will have a hard time taking a tire off with both beads broken? I imagine it would be easier to take off. just wondering, as I'm not familiar with how their machine works...
I don't guess they'll get pissy about mounting a 33x12.50 on a 6.75" wheel?
thanks,
James
 
GO TO WAL-MART!
what's your time worth?! mine's not worth it. the machine is gonna have have no problem taking your tires off.:laugh: :D

think of it this way. if you go to wal-mart after spending however many hours to get the tires off and the guy says you're rims are to f'ed up use (casue you were beatin' on them with a hammer and a chisel) how you gonna look then?!?!:eek1:

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i know you've been waiting for these tires for a while and i know you're pumped to do it yourself, but you could have been wheeling all these hours instead of wrenching if you'd just gone to wal-mart. wouldn't you rather go wheeling than wrenching?:crazy:
 
I WENT TO WAL MART
The total cost was $14. The tires look awsome on those wheels. The 6.75" wheels really worked out for those 12.50" wide tires... I'm gonna bolt them up to the burb soon. I'm really glad that I went to Wal Mart :D

thanks
James
 
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