Harbor Freight Pittsburgh black manual tire changer mounting low profile tire using duck head.

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3 ай бұрын

I've done about 30 tires on the Harbor Freight Pittsburgh manual tire changer with my home-made duck head. From 33" truck tires to trailer tires to low profile tires, it doesn't take long for this equipment to pay for itself in money and time saved at the tire shop. Typical tire take me about 15-20 minutes. This tires bead was easier than usual as the tire was only on the wheel for about a week.
Below are links to items seen in the video.
Pittsburgh Manual Tire Changer"
www.harborfreight.com/manual-...
Duck Head:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
Tire Irons:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09...
Tire Bead Clamps:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
Wheel Centering Cone:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B...
Murphy's Tire Mounting Compound:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
Tire lube brush:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
Summit Ultramax 215/50R 17 tires. Made in Vietnam. Great affordable tire:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B...

Пікірлер: 12

@8SecSleeper 2 ай бұрын

The bubble balancer actually does just as good as the expensive machines.

@mickeyj4228 2 ай бұрын

They were used for decades before circuit boards were invented. I believe tire manufacturing has also come a long way. Thank you for your comment. Have a blessed day.

@8SecSleeper 2 ай бұрын

@@mickeyj4228 I owned a tire shop for 4 years, anytime the expensive balancer had faults and wouldn't operate, id pull out the trusty bubble balancer. It never had any electrical faults and it could easily balance drag radials when the electric balance would throw faults.

@rtz549 2 ай бұрын

Put your leverage bar inside the end of the square tube.

@mickeyj4228 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment. I've tried it that way and I prefer the leverage to be lower closer to the duckhead. Maybe I built the center pipe too tall?

@MatthewMcCoyathome 3 ай бұрын

thank you for the great demonstration of the HF tire change system. keep up the good work.

@mickeyj4228 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! If I did more tires, I would buy a Mayflower tire machine. They are reliable and priced right. With the mods, the Pittsburgh gets the job done.

@user-lr4ev2en4c 11 күн бұрын

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@ChuckWood 3 ай бұрын

Very cool, I've been having trouble doing them by hand, I am getting too old, can't kneel and bend over like I used to. I'll probably make something like this.

@mickeyj4228 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment! The vertical tube is 2" electrical conduit with a 2 " receiver welded to it that slides through a piece of hitch tubing. The red duck head is bolted to 1/8 " steel plate that is weld to an old piece of floor jack handle. it slides into a short piece of roll bar tubing that's welded to the hitch tubing. I also replaced the bead breaker tube with the same roll bar tubing.