First guy I've seen that used the tire changer unmodified and dismounted AND mounted a tire in the same video! Great job!!!

I learned a new trick this year, toilet wax ring smeared on the wheel on the stubborn ones helps it seat easier.

This is the greatest harbor freight tire change video ever made

I used to work in a tire shop many years ago and if we had a tire that was hard to seat we smeared regular old gun grease all around the bead. Never had one that didn't work on. I've changed many tires without a tire changer but I'm getting too old for that now. Love your videos 👍✌️

Like Greg I've used any kind of STRAIGHT dish wash liquid. Been doing it since 70s and not had problem with rust. I use it to both take off and remoumt. Side note if you ever get hold of an early 60s rim it may be a "safety rim". These can only be worked from the back side of the rim. They will NOT come off the front.......Don't ask. You also want to start mount and dismount at the valve stem so when the tire goes to the center of the rim it dosen't slide over the base of the valve stem with a lot of pressure exerted on the base.

That’s a great tool to have buddy makes life a lot easier than doing them on the bench and vise like I’ve been doing that made quick easy work heck ya

I've had one of these for ~20 years, used it mostly on atv tires. I stopped using it when my brother bought a May 'tire-matic' (really old center post machine) and we started using that on car, truck & trailer tires for a few years, he also picked up a cheap old spin tire balancer & we figured out how to make it work. He recently sold the May tire machine & got a much newer rim clamp machine that runs on air pressure. Now we don't chew up the wheels anymore.. Just a few cars will pay for the machine. No trips into town, appointments, waiting, or getting denied because you didn't buy tires from them. I'm watching for a hand-spin balancer now...

Glad to see you breathing heavy while doing this , I am 70 with a 100 % blockage in my left anterior artery . I get real short winded quickly. I thought it was just me . Nice video.

Your cool as a fan brother. I enjoyed your video keep it up and God bless you

When I take my tire off of my tire changer I bounce it on the ground a few times seems to help the bead seat before I put air in it. I also leave the valve stem out and use a good air chuck to force more air into it quicker. On stubborn wide wheels I spray gas & then air inside and light it with a long stick! Woooofff! POP! She seats quickly and then pump air into it quick! Or it will unbead itself. Love God love people! Be safe kids!

Thanks as usual-great information

I finally got that can of stuff but ive been using grease for about 4 years I've never had a problem ive had people tell me that is bad but I gotta tell you regular grease like you would use to grease the steering in your vehicle works great

I have one and you make it look easy.

That can of stuff is a game changer. I live out in the country. Tire changer has a junky pile around it, i have changed out some major tires.

Rockin' the old school tighty whities 👍

i've mounted them dry and used a soapy spray as well. now i am using a silicone spray because i have some and it works well. a buddy had one of those harbor freight tire changers and he was bragging on how good it worked. he proceeded to demonstrate to me how awesome it was and when he used the flat end of the bar it snapped off. i have one now that my son in law bought me because he bent my other one by changing 8 ply tires. the pipe on the new one is quite thin and cheap and the holes where the pin runs through has already started to tear. i will beef it up and keep on going.

I suspect this guy isn't joking about having twenty years' experience with this tire changer. He made that look easy. I assure you if you buy that tire changer it will take you much, much, much longer than that. The only thing I can see that he did that I didn't is that he pushed the tire down a bit farther as he was going around. I suppose that's why the tire didn't slip off on the opposite side as he was trying to make progress with the tire iron. That's what always happened for me. I'd get to the point where that large bar was no longer useful, use the tire iron, but the progress I made with the tire iron would just be undone on the other side of the tire---just kept slipping off. I ended up selling that tire changer. But I still have a bubble balancer!

I have never got that tire stuff but what I do use is dish soap it's a good lubrication for the tire and it will not hurt the rubber. And a nether thing I did with the harborfreight tire changer I cut the bar that you remove the tire with in half then I added in the middle more stell to make it longer so know I have lots more leverage so it is a lot easier to change the tire 😀. And I dried 4 holes in the concrete then I put the things that you drive into the concrete that have threads so I put the tire changer over the holes then put the bolts in then I do the tire change when I'm done I remove the bolts then I put the changer away then I put short creg bolts in the floor to keep dirt from going in the holes. With crag bolts you won't trip over then like you would with a regular bolt.

Tires on the road are in contact will oil and grease from all the oil and grease leaking on the road. I have been using oil and grease on my tire beads for years and works great for me. Grease works best for me on my boat trailer wheels used in salt water.

Thanks for the information.

Thank you sir. I was really struggling with putting back the new tire onwith just the harbor hand tool and soapy water. I Wil try your recommendation.

Dish soap with no water has done the trick for me. I’ve used it on 18 wheeler aluminum rims, down to lawnmower steel rims and I haven’t seen it rust out the rim.

Thanks much for this! I bought one last week, still have to mount it on 4'x4' 3/4" plywood base,.as i have no concrete floor or garage,. and hoping to use it on my 83 F150 Pickup 15" tires. Im in 70th yr, tired of spending money, as Im on Soc Sec and still strong yet. Some videos say to use Dawn with water, though, but i suppose that ok for bead breaking, but not for mounting.

I worked for a tire company years ago and we always used cheap dishwashing liquid for lube.

You can use dish soap to wax to unsalted lard and vegetable oil to lubricate tires and wheel rims, will cause no harm to rubber tires or rims.

For those beads that are stubborn, you can drive another car on top of the rubber part of the tire to break the bead once you remove the valve core

The edge of that concrete has got to be scratching the rim. Drop a door mat on it.

It'll slide off the rim alot easer if you put a little bit of dawn dishwashing liquid around it

I was pretty amazed the first time I saw a dude change a tire with a sledge hammer and a couple of crow bars.

I have used about 4 or 5 oz of motor oil on tire beads for over 25 years and never had a problem and antifreeze to balance them.

I have never seen anybody use oil just soapy water and a jar mop, but hey if it works go for it ! I also like my white letters out.

Dawn or Joy dish soap is the best tire lube. No water needed.

put some old carpet in that concrete, it hurt my heart when you flipped the wheel over on its face on bare concrete. Changing tires my whole life and ran a truck tire service truck which is where i got the old carpet or rug idea

I legit thought that tire changer was wooden at first glance until I heard the squeaky bolts lol.

Coats 20/20 tire machine uses the same principle. They're still around and sell for $250 to $400. Well worth having if you do your own work. The more modern tire machines are two ro four times as much. Tractor trailer tires have a shalliw bead on the .5 rims. Usually takes 500 miles of run time to seat them. You are correct the tires will spin on The rim under heavy brakeing below 500 miles.

Also you can buy a bubble balancer Harbor Freight really cheap the complete the tire changing

I like you already buddy you would do stuff that I would do I would use WD-40 but oil is cool I never thought about that

Just use. Vegetable oil in tires and to help get carbs in the carb boots. It Petro free.

Have u done any 10 inch wide wheels with that?

Here's one you'll like try this when you can't get the tire to inflate get a ratchet tie down and tighten that sucker up for the wide tire at you might need two tighten it up tighting it up get it good and tight and it'll fill up

When I can't get a bead to seal. I pour a bottle cap of gas inside the tire and ignite it (with a match. BOOM!!! Tire is sealed and half inflated.

Thanks man. This works good for motorcycle tires?

How abut putting a tie down around the diameter of the tire when airing up the tire.....

Used vegetable based oil or shortening for lube.

Nice work but I think I’ll take my tire to a tire shop and pay some kid to do it. A longer handle would make things easier. thanks tor the video

I returned mine to HF within an hour. First attempt at breaking a bead the breaker legs folded like wet spaghetti.

I just bought 1. Does not look strong 😅 . I hope it does the job.

Has anyone here used the trick of setting the tire on fire in order to get it to bead? I've done it once or twice and it worked perfectly.

LOL lube it up lol the struggle is REAL

When I get them that don't like to bead up, I wrap a ratchet strap around it and crank it tight enough to seal a bit. Leave the valve core out , it gets more pressure faster. Then once in snaps I put the core back in lossen the ratchet strap and viola.

For tires I just use dishsoap

The mosquitos around those old tires must be horrendous!

I dont have 20 years of exp. but i would suggest maybe some lube on the tire/rim to make it come off easier lol

Your concrete base would work better with a footing or even just set into the ground. I was seeing the whole platform spinning and rocking.

WD40 works great

No soap/lube for the tire bead, WTH?

just use soap and water in a squirt bottle lol

For all the ''yeah I use whatever lube'', water trapped inside the wheel is bad, period. Using just enough to make the bead slick is all you need. I cringe when I see guys squirting soap and water all over the place with a squirt bottle.

I am confused when u said “ If you live in the country, and do it yourself” don’t use one of these “ , reason I am here is to see how you use this Marvel 😬

thoes tire changers suck and they are junk. i had one and the bars bent the first time i tryed to break the bead of the tire dont ever get one

Doesn’t show the 20 year experience!! Just saying