Powerhouse Posted March 7, 2011 Report Posted March 7, 2011 1954 Bishman Tire Changer Dangerous way to set the bead though...should be done in a cage...it CAN kill ya...or close to it anyway. Quote
Young Ed Posted March 7, 2011 Report Posted March 7, 2011 Thats how we do it with Dads tire changer. Wish his had that cool rotating bead breaker/installer Quote
thrashingcows Posted March 7, 2011 Report Posted March 7, 2011 When you mentioned dangerous I thought you meant like this.... Quote
rustyzman Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 (edited) Get a yourself a nice used Coats 40/40 or 40/50. They used to go cheap around here because they are not terribly useful on the modern aluminum large diameter stuff with the rubber band tires. Works basically the same, but with the safety of the threaded center post to hold the wheel. I loved those machines. Bead braking power was unmatched. Wish I had snagged one as we got rid of them. We never caged tires for inflation on passenger cars. Trucks are definately a different story. Not that it wouldn't have been a good idea at times. The 150psi seating the bead on the Nokian tire/Sebring aluminum wheel comes to mind. Piece of crap tire. At least it didn't explode. Good times. The brake/carb cleaner/lighter fluid trick is an old, old one. Sometimes you would get in tires, particularly in the winter, that had been stacked for a long time and the beads would be nearly touching each other. Customer wants tires right now, no time to wait. Hot water and oil cans to spread the bead were the first shot, along with ratchet straps to collapse the tread and spread the tire. If that did not work, well then get it done somehow, right now! Lots of that stuff was really stupid and bad ideas, but the work must keep moving! (I do not condone any of this, but have had to do some of it ;->) Edited March 8, 2011 by rustyzman Quote
Alshere59 Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 Used many a Coats 40/40 doing snow tires at the start of the season. Always a mad rush and good for money back in a day. Always hated the split rims and little tractor tires. Those made me nervous. Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 the older machines make working on the newer small diameter center hole and positive offset rims a bit of a pain..however..one can overcome..my old coats unit has a center post that still fits the smaller holes but the post did not have enough threads to lock the rim to the base..so I welded a few more threads onto the post and let it be done..now for problem two with the higher location of the retainer...there is little room for leverage for the bead breaker at the top and it like to ride up....bottom bead breaker still works fantastic..to overcome this my coats has the split post at the top and this allows me to insert a V shaped wedge to prevent the breaker from riding up and has made it to where I can still change my own tires here at home.. Quote
Dodgeb4ya Posted March 8, 2011 Report Posted March 8, 2011 I have my old Coats 10/10. Works great on all my old MoPar cars. Quote
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