Is it difficult to self-mount a tire... as in do it myself and not take it to a mechanic to have it done?? Any special tools i need?? Thanks
it's only like a $10,000 tire mounting machine. It cannot be done safely without someone who knows how to use the machine.
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well technically it can be done.....but for the time and effort it it better to pay a mechanic about 12 bucks an hour to do it for you.
i used to have to do it to a 5 ton military truck.....its possible, but sucks ass.....better to pay someone to do it......unless you love absolutely exhausting strenuous labor
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i've seen my friend change his truck tires quite a few times now. let the air out and run over the tire edges with a vehicle to break the seal. use any bar or tire removing tool with dish soap and it would eventually come off, then reverse order to put new tire on.
its funny watching it being done, and altho is does work (probably not if trying it for the first time), its really stupid and totally not worth it.
so yes, get a shop to do it
Do not use dish soap on your tires. It will remove the essential oils and cause it to dry out and that's not good.
Just take it to a shop and get it done unless you know someone who has access to a tire mounting machine and knows how to use it, like me.
Or if you can find a manual tire change. They have the manaul style you can buy but your still gotta get them balanced.
ahh the joys have having access to a shop full of toys and tools... it feels good.
it will cost you less to have some one else wih the tools and knowledge to do it mount and balance for you than it would to do it yourself. first off it will save you the time and agravation, but it will also save you from damaging your tires or wheels. im sure you dont want to have to replace something that expensive because you wanted to save 10 bucks by doing it yourself.
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my friend has a cheap little tire break for his quad tires, i used it for my car tires once, it was easy to change them, we broke the bead with the breaker and pulled them off by hand, but you cannot do this with lo profile tires, bigger the side wall the easier it is to do, pull all the old weights off and after they are changed drive the car, if it shakes get them balanced, in my case they rode great upto 100 miles an hr with no shake, so yes it can be done, if u have a way to break the tire off the bead its easy, a little pry bar may be required to help it on depending on the tire
I would not try to do it if you have alloy wheels, unless you don't care about the wheels.
go somewhere where they fix flats too they should be able to mount em pretty cheap
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It can easily be done.. just a few bars, a hammer.. and a proper tire lubricant, and the know how of taking them off.
We do semi-tires and tractor tires by hand all the time where I work, we have a machine for it as well.. but by hand is still fun sometimes. I would recommend taking it to a shop if you don't know what to do, tires aren't something to mess around with, and you can get hurt, believe it or not.
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and you can get hurt, believe it or not.
My buddy at work just broke his finger trying to mount a tire.
I'd advise much caution mounting tires... wear mechanics' gloves.
And... don't do them yourself... that's just asking for trouble... it isn't that expensive to have professionals do it.
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and you can get hurt, believe it or not.
My buddy at work just broke his finger trying to mount a tire.
I'd advise much caution mounting tires... wear mechanics' gloves.
And... don't do them yourself... that's just asking for trouble... it isn't that expensive to have professionals do it.
Exactly, one wrong little move and something could go wrong. And, if you don't know what to look for when airing it up (like the bead seating properly, or not seating when inflated with 35psi or more) I don't recommend it. There have been times that I have had to put almost 70 pounds of air into a tire to get it to bead, and I was scared @!#$less as soon as it did bead up. There is a chance of the tire completely blowing off of the rim while airing it up.
There was a guy that worked where I do now, had a semi tire blow up in his face, he is lucky he didn't die, but he is not permanently blinded, the metal from the tire embedded into his face. I also know of a guy who had his head chopped off by a lock ring style tire. Not something to mess with, if you don't know what you are doing, take it to someone who does, it might save yours, and someone elses life.
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Sorry for double post, meant to type that the guy is "now" permanently blinded, just to clear that up.
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