tire mounting/unmounting machine

[SampaGuy]

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=34542

anybody have one of these? it says it works on car tires up to 16"x7.5". the miata has 15"s. i always have extra tires in the garage which i would put on if it wasnt for having to pay a shop $20-30 every time. fuck i might even start going to drift events if its this easy.

[changaroo]

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118369

theres some pics of it in use on a bike.

[SampaGuy]

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118369

theres some pics of it in use on a bike.


cool. it doesnt look too hard does it? it says he did it in 10 minutes, though a car tire might be harder to do...

[changaroo]

doesnt look hard, but id imagine itd be pretty tough to stretch the tire like that... who knows. but for 50 bucks give it a go :P

wouldnt you have to pay for balancing after anyways?

[KevinT707]

Hrmm, I've mounted/unmounted tires before and they're not too hard on high profile tires but I can't imagine mounting low profile tires on that machine, I think it'd be a head ache because doing low profile tires on a real machine is already hard enough.

[SampaGuy]

do u think 195/50/15s would be hard?

[KevinT707]

do u think 195/50/15s would be hard?
Well the sidewall in that size isn't exactly alot but on a normal machine I'm sure I could do it fairly easy .. I can't say for the $50 machine though.

[Black R]

it's worth a shot on that machine. i'm pretty sure i could do it.

[turbodave]

Don't do it. That's for small trailer tires they have thin side walls. Car tires are harder.
You can do it but after changing one or two you will want to pay someone.

[SampaGuy]

i guess im not gonna get it

[ion07]

i work on a tire shop and mounting and dismounting tires is easy. i can mount those 195/50/15 for a good price lmk..

[burke420]

mounting a tire is more hazardous than you think.. if you mount the wrong anything, you can die, or be paralyzed... one guy is in WA