Where am I going wrong? I cannot get the bead to break on my deuce wheels. I used my old racecar beadbreaker, 1 1/4 inch shaft inside a pipe with a 3x5/16 flat welded to it. Then took my 260 IH's loader bucket to it,just folds the tire over. I even bought a duckbill sledge to try what I saw in an effen youtube video. Crap!
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Toughest beads I've ever seen!
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topo
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Soapy water helps .
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Swing the duckbill into the bead them hit the back of the duckbill with a sledge.
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Soapy water just as "topo" said . Either that or tire slime. Either way you need to lubricate that bead !
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take it to the local (big truck)tire shop.. I fought with my deuce rims all day once.. then found out the tire shop would break them down for $10 each.. money WELL spent in my book..
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A few bits of 2"x2" angle, 4" long with rounded corners are great for getting a start on the bead and letting the soap in.
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What he said.
Life's too short.
It's too dam hot.
The tire guy has to make a living too.
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I have found some kind of solvent works well if your scrapping the tire.
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You also might not be able to break the bead all the way around so using your bar, pry down just the area enough to expose the lock ring at one end. Then work around the tire, prying out only and never pulling up on the ring. Think you know when you get the ring off it should lay flat with both ends allmost meeting. Don't want to spring the ring.
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I've done truck tires for a long time as a professional. Soapy water is all that is needed and that's all we use. A duck bill hammer us what is needed. I'll post a video tonight. I can break down a deuce rim in less then 5 minutes. DO NOT HIT HAMMER FACE TO HAMMER FACE!!!!!! THEY WILL SHATTER I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN!
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JD and Wreckman are on point, the local tire shop knocks these wheels out in no time flat and won't spring/warp the lock ring, money well spent. They even cleaned and painted the lock rings.
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I had a few stuck on, soapy water let it sit a little, and a Ken-Tool duck bill sledge hammer worked very well.
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It should release from the rim. Check this video out it shows breaking down a deuce rim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeBx8V7-ZTg
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My bad I assumed you all ready had the hammer. lol