I never thought about the bench vice set-up and the clamps. Now, my knuckles and shins are safe. Thank you for sharing.

This guy is hilarious!! Takes me back to college days!! He'd be a great professor!!!

GREAT video, well made, entertaining and full of helpful info like the c-clamps! Let me also say, THANK YOU Gord Baker for that simple but brilliant vise-bolt tire changer idea!

Brings back some great memories, after 38 years in the Small engine service, and repairs of all kinds of Mowers.Warms my heart to watch this.

Love this video. :) Brings back memories of grandpa teachin me how to change and patch tires. :')

Thank you for taking the time to show us your work as you are in a very cold garage. I learned.

Like the use of the c clamps! Never seen that trick before. 👍🏻🖐️🙂 From 🇨🇦

C-Clamps are a good idea. I learned something. Thanks for sharing!

I put a tube in my lawn tractor's front tire this weekend thanks to your very helpful video! I also threaded a nut onto the Valve Stem to keep it from disappearing back into the hole, and left it there in case it wants to wander later. While filling the tube, I heard the alarming hiss of leaking air, and feared that the new tube had failed - only to realize it was the air escaping from between the tire and the tube before the beads had fully seated - whew! Cheers!

Good job. But a couple of ideas from an old tire service guy of many years: 1) Pull the valve stem out so the tube will collapse enough to pull it out. 2) As mentioned by someone else, mark the alignment of the valve with the tire before you break the bead so you'll know where to look for a nail or something on the inside. 3) You should burnish off the tube with sand paper or something equally rough to roughen the rubber so the vulcanizing glue can get a better drip and it remove debris (like soapstone) from the tube too. Then clean it off thoroughly. 4) Squeeze all the air out of the tube before you put it back into the tire so it goes in easier. 5) Once the tube is in the tire, put the valve through the hole and add enough air (with the valve core replaced) to round out the tube so it's against the tire and away from the wheel. This will help keep it from getting pinched when you pry the tire back over and it'll prevent it from wrinkling and creasing inside the tire when you inflate it. Nice to see people doing their own work these days. Not enough of that anymore. Good for you!

First Class repair job Bruce...

Very nice job, I admire your perseverance, lol. I don’t have that much patience! Have a great, and warmer, weekend!

Thank you for the tips. I always struggle with this and I like your use of the two small clamps in holding the tire in place to be gin putting the tire back on the wheel.

C-Clamps!! Brilliant! Wish I had thought of using them!! I did use a big C-clamp to break the beads but holding the tire down with them is just what I needed to see! THANK YOU!!

Well done love your little set up how to hold tyre steady going to make one myself very informative thanks

Good job, now I know where to get the front tires on my old comet snapper repaired.

Made me feel like I was in the garage with my Grandpa, enough to warm the soul.

Best patch kit I ever had was a schwinn bicycle patch kit, came with different size rubber patches, and rubber cement, and the top of the can was the grater to ruff up the rubber tube, I still have the can and top but everything else is gone, and yes the weather is nasty here too in Maryland, 70 today and snow expected Monday what a strange spring..... Great video Bruce.

Very simple but excellent idea to stabilize that tire. Nice to see it go a bit easier this time Bruce. Another winner!

Smart thinking with that setup. Glad to see you got the hang of it, much easier than the other one. But the other one was more fun to watch, LOL.

I bought a pair of tire tools for $12 at Harbor Freight. SO much better than the screwdrivers I'd been using. Nice tire changer idea, Bruce! I'm going to make one the next time I have to do that. Thanks!

I gotta tell you, that’s a dang good idea. I just tried to fix one similar to that the other day. I have all the stuff you used, just gotta apply it. 👍👍👍

Two timely videos in one day. You rock! I'll be doing the tire repair this week on my neighbors JD165 Lawn Tractor. Today it's re-installing the cleaned carb. on the Kawasaki engine. Thanks again. Narragansett Bay

I have a tyre sealant with fibres in a 20ltr drum and a calibrated pump. i just remove the inner valve and give measured pumps of the sealant according to tyre size. inflate the tyre and within two revolutions the hole is sealed. works on tubed and tubless tyres and can seal a hole of 13mm diameter in tubeless tyres. as for joe public who doesnt have this stuff, the tyre changer idea works really well. awesome video to get people out of a sticky situation. well done.

Great video. Great way to change a tire. They rub a rag around the inside of the tire to see if there are any snags.

Nice job Bruce! Looked nice and easy! And that bolt was a great idea. worked well!

THANKS, Gord Baker & yourself, LOVE the C clamps use on the rim, good idea, this is why I ONLY use tubeless tires, quicker and much easier to fix

Thank you and Gord Baker. Last time, I had to take mine to a tire shop. (very embarrassing)

I was wrasslin puttin a tire back on and out of frustration looked on line. Others had suggestions NONE OF THEM WORKED. Making a hub mount from a long bolt ( all thread) was a terrific idea. The vise grips and pushing the tire towards the center really helped. Making the stationary wheel mount made short work of two tires in a FEW miinutes. Had been messing with it all morning.

Thank you for making this video. It turned a dreaded chore in to an easy one!

Great idea. Thanks for sharing.

Watching your video, you have so much to learn on tire repair. Good Luck!

You may have made this video a while back but it was good to know how. I have just bought my first ridding mower and now I know. Thanks Ron

I've been changing tires for 50 years! And that idea with the bolt and the vise and screw down collar to hold it rigid is the slickest damn idea I've ever seen!! Like I say I've been doing tires 50 years!! And that was always the biggest problem doing them small tires

Good job. I thought to my self "this guy's kind of dorky" And then I realized that you were doing things just like I would and I could have been looking at myself, I even wear a shop coat instead of coveralls.. Thank you for the mini tire changer idea, it is one of the most useful things that I have found on the youtube.

Great video Bruce! Cool idea with the collar and bolt to hold the rim stationary.

I like your use of the c clamps to get the tire started and keep it from sliding around on the re-install.

Vice grips work good for those clamps, also my friend. Good looking job.

Thanks for Sharing, Bruce

Alex s. Great job of explaining, abig help

This had to be the best informative video on KZfaq yet ! Thank you sir.👍

Great idea for a front tire, my take away is the 2 c-clamps, for $30 I bought the Harbor Freight small tire changer it has cones to hold down rear tires as well as small high speed tires. It also has a decent breaker. I mounted mine on a trailer hitch mount so I can use it in the field.

cool set up, gotta try that

Had to change couple of tires on my riding lawnmower and I was looking all over the place for someone who could do this for me, but to no avail. Finally thought about the same method as in this video - threaded rod, few nuts and washers - and it worked perfectly, changed those tires myself in no time. And don't forget vise-grip pliers - there's almost no way to mount tire on a 4" rim w/o them while working alone.

I bought one of them cheap tire changers from harbor freight , i had to rienforce where it mounted to the floor several times , finally i cemented it in the garage floor , i got my moneys worth out of that thing I'll tell you that , but i had a garage also , i sure do miss it , i moved to florida and im slowly rebuilding my shop and tools and everything i still have in michigan ..snobird heaven bound , someday ..

Good job, good suggestions also.

Cool idea. Hot tip to keep the rubber from catching while trying to place a rubber tube in a rubber tire you can coat the inner tube in baby powder. It also keeps you from getting the rubber tube doubled up causing a pinch flat

I have to say, after watching your video, I went out and bought the same pieces to make it. Only cost total of $10 at Lowes. Put together and works great in holding the rim, the hardest part. Just a side note, to break any bead easily, put tie, rubber only under car tire. Back up slowly, pops like a balloon. Just a thought. Thanks to whomever gave you the idea. If you buy anything similar, it would be at Freight Harbor for $79.

Thanks for the video, you just made adding a tube to my little trailer a lot easier and your very entertaining as well.

That makes the job easier, I have been doing this for years using my knees and feet plus a small wooden block that fit in the center of rim. I use a couple small pry bars and soap to lubricate the bead. Will try using my vise next time, I may have all the necessary hardwares to get this done.

I use to have a 180 and it had 2-ply tires on it. I dealt with flats on that bassard all the time. Finally I was tired of screwing with them and found some 4-ply tires on Amazon. After installing the new tires I NEVER had another flat for the last 4 years I had the machine. I found a set for the rear as well and absolutely loved them. When I need tires on my new machine I will be going to heavier ply tires again....

Way back in the day,I’d put baby powder in the tire to make sure the tube was freed up. Liking Gords ideas

Very nice job,thanks for making it in the cold, I like the way you store your three grinders on your bench, See Ya

That big bolt in the vise really made the easy easy. Thanks for sharing.

.Hi Bruce. That is a great idea gord had. Its still winter here to we were missed with the foot of snow. But it's snowing now 5 to 8 inches and highs in the 20s F

Great video 👍

That idea of using the bolt in the vise is great. I'll have to remember that the next time I need to work on my snow blower or walk behind leaf blower tires. I struggled putting a tube in my snow blower tire last month. I also need to get a couple of long tire irons for leverage.

wowsa great fix bruce

Thanks for the video. We used to use talcum powder on the old cars with inner tubes , shake some inside the tire . Tubes go in much easier .

Thanks, The C-Clamps look very helpful. When I saw the hole on the side, I was afraid the screwdriver might have did that so I would have checked for a second leak.

Like your tire changer set up!!!👍

Like that homemade tire changer Idea....Using the C-clamps is a better Idea than using vise grips a chewing up a rim ....I was in a Department store looking for something and the Sales Lady said walk this way sir and I told her if I walked that way I would throw a hip out or my back !!!

that setups a game changer...way to go bruce

I got a similar changer I made from the rear axle of an MTD mower(that had the flats on the end). I had a machine shop at work so we milled the flat all the down the axle, but you could use a grinder and do it. I made a flat plate about 4" square from some 3/8" plate with a 3/4" hole right in the middle. On the very end of the axle I welded about a 2" square of 3/8" plate and it rests on the square throat of the vise. Then the 4" square plate with the 3/4" holes is slid down and welded.It is rock solid in the big vise on a steel table. I use spacers up and down the shaft that I bought in the hitch pin section of Tractor Supply. I usually put one bushing over the shaft, then the wheel, and more bushings until they barely stick over the top end of the axle where I use a thick homemade washer and a grade 8 bolt in the end of the axle to tighten it down On a MTD rear wheel you don't need anything to keep it from turning the axle sticks up 5 or 6" to give you something to pivot around with your tire tool. I use about a 24"long round bar. Works great!

Thanks Bruce, informative and entertaining!

Really like the idea of using the C clamps.

made a rig like that years ago, works great...good job

Bruce, I like the idea for the tire changer. A bolt in the vise is a great idea. You can pick up a 4 Piece heavy duty pry bar set at Habor Freight for 9.99. They come 8, 12, 18 and 24 inch length, believe me the come in handy some times. I have been working on these engines for the last 20 years. A shop I worked in, we use to use the pry bars alone on the bench to break the bead. It was much harder that way, but your way is nice there. Thanks for the idea to you and Gord.

Loved the clamp trick, I usually just wrestle it with a couple of HF tire irons. Some of these little wheels are a BEAST! Super cheap no mount too, a d I do have a bench vise ( and a HF vise that broke due to Chinese steel) and I've squeezed tires in that to break the bead. Otherwise I'd drive my truck across it,

Bruce! Glad to see you back!

Thank you sir you just saved me spending anout fifty dollars at Harbor Freight for their about to be discontinued mini tire machine. I might add from my memories of maybe seventy yesrs ago ad a little boy seeing my Dad repairing tube thpe tires under the shade tree je always put some air in the tube to eliminate creases in the tube before remounting the tire so as the tube not getting pinched sbd causing a new leak and fir punchers he wood do a vold boot on the inside to cover that hole so it did not cause another punchered tube which was not the case in your video but sgain thank you.

Good job Bruce 👍

Hi Bruce, that was a real sensible video, indeed! Keep up the good work.

By working in a gas station after we apply the glue we would set the glue on fire and let it burn away the vapors then apply the patch to the heated surface. Makes for a good repair. That's the same size tire I use on the back of my power wheelchair with 6-inch wide aluminum rims. It's an off-road wheelchair for hunting.

Good stuff!

Like that bolt in the vice trick, worked really well.

I remembered watching this in the past and instead of just clamping the bolt head in the vise I welded the bolt to a piece of angle iron so no matter what it stays in place in the vise. It worked pretty good and I welded some 3/8 bolts to the nut to act as handles so I can tighten it by hand.

I tried this the other day, But the six inch bolt kept falling over sideways. I wound up just putting it on my workbench, And wrestling it from there, which was a job. Also the glue didn't hold the first time, So i redid the tube patch, And placed it on a piece of flat wood, With a car battery on top of it, and let it dry for 18 hours, 18 hours Only because that's how long it took to get in the mood to finish it. I don't know what the dry time is on tire glue. But it worked, And three days later the patch is still tight. But considering i've never patched a tube before, I would have to call this a success. Thanks Bruce.

To make it easier to install the tube, lay the wheel on your work bench with blocks holding the tire up with the rim lying on the bench. This allows you to use both hands to install the tube in the most available space. 😊

Hey you forgot to do this and do that! Lol. Good video. 👍🏻

Good Job. I sprinkle corn starch on the tube to make sure it dosen't get pinched.

Bruce did you know that there is a correct and incorrect direction to install a snap ring and an "E" clip? When the spring steel is stamped on the one side the edges are rounded from the stamping procedure and the under side is still sharp. IT is best to install the snap ring (E clip) with the sharp edge toward the direction of removal. IT holds in place with more strength and is less likely to slip off.

I forgot, liquid soap and water in spray bottle. I purchased two (2) tire bars to use after I break the bead.

Great job, you are a wizard. I have learned something.

I like the use of C-clamps. Wish I would have thought of that.

c clamps excellent idea!

love your bubble

Finally a video that covers everything!

I always lit the glue with a match and blew it out a few times and used a wallpaper roller I would attempt to find a large wing nut to put on the bolt,That way you could use it to put the pry bars under and it be a lot easy then having to use a wrench...

When I was a kid in 50's we used Monkey Grip patches, we would set glue on fire with our Zippo look alike lighters to speed up drying time. I still patch all my tubed lawn mower tires, you and I would make great neighbors as we like to fix things !

I was just fighting a front tire on the 1990 craftsman mower I'm restoring to a hauler. I took the tube out and slimed it good. Still holding air amazingly. Lol. Idid it in the vice too

Bruce is more lively when he has coffee prior to working. :)

I’ve had the same little tool for 30 years and just recently I discovered it screwed on to hold a tube in place.

thanks for the Vid , The C clamp's was the best part of the Vid .

thank you Bruce & Gord Baker;

bruce i made the same tire changer thanks to you it worked great thanks

Great tip. Thanks

Hi Bruce Great video. This takes me way back to the old days when I first got out of the military working part time at a service station. I wish I had a dollar for every patch I put on tubes and tires. I like the simple Idea of your tire break down tool/changer, simple but effective. I've got a lawn tractor and it constantly gets all 4 tires flat each season. We have what we call " goat head " stickers here ( correct name is " puncture vines "). Any way they poke holes in my " cheap " 2 ply Chinese tires that came on the tractor when we bought it. I've put that Green Slime in all my tires but it's bad for the rims because it's water based and will eventually rust the rims. I just found a place that sells 4 ply tires, so it looks like I will be making good use of your idea. (70 years old and still kicking ) Thanks again for a great video.

The best part of this was you using the 2 C clamps to hold the tire back when reinstalling, good job.