Just did 17in lo pro today and on that HF changer and it was such a pain. Thanks for confirming that I was not the problem. I used tire irons to mount and had lots of trouble until I had my wife hold one in place while I used the other to mount. Also I had a little bead breaker clamp holding the tire in the valley below the bead ridge. And finally got it on. I will have to demount and remount again later this week so to try to get the fancy part of the tool handle to mount, I went to Home Depot and got an 1 1/4 inch pipe (about 16 inches long) to try to get more turning force from leverage. Praying that it will work so I won’t have to use the tire irons again.

Can’t believe how in all of these videos these guys just slam the face of their wheels into to concrete!????

I like mini vans

Nice video. I'm an experienced tire tech, yet this is like 5 times harder than those electric tire machines. Glad to see I wasn't the only one who struggled, and I agree, to be scratch free take it to a tire shop, bu

change title to " how to damage your wheel" lol

Thank you for this video. I had a low profile tire, 18" also and it didn't want to go in as easily as the other tire mounting videos I've seen. Thanks for explaining how it is important to get the bead on the center cavity. Very hard to do on low profiles (because side walls are not as wide) and cannot get one end to stay down as I worked around; but the vice grips did the trick!!! Other videos showed using 3 to 4 tire pry bars. Then there was another video with multiple pry bars with kids helping hold the other pry bars to help the bead set in the cavity (gosh my daughters are still too young to help me). And then this; wow, I never thought of using vice grips!!! With 3 vice grips, I did use an extra pry bar to work my way. That's ok because at least I didn't have to buy another special tools! I also mounted with the rims upside down with mat pads cut to size and placed on my mounting plate. All this prevented scratches on the outside rim while tire mounting and it worked since I noticed also that the my rim cavity had a slight offset towards the inside. I suppose my alloy rims were really meant to be tire changed upside down.

If ya hate ur rims and want to scratch it do this

I appreciate your video man, put a whole in a tire before watching this video but after watching your video the other 3 went in the rim nicely, thanks for your tricks man I really appreciate it, don’t listen to the haters who don’t know how to do nothing

Good job, those low profile tires are a pain in the butt to mount

Appreciate the video... the key for me was to make sure you get the tire in the valley (off the grove) on the opposite side of where you pry it.

That was painful to watch

Damn!!! all this work to save under 20 bucks and scratching up your Rims, it would be cheaper to let Jose make that 15 bucks to dismount, and mount the tire😁👍

God those poor rims

Hi thanks for this video you really got it figured it out, For me the red thing keeps slipping on stretched tires i will try gas

I couldn't do any better great job

I have a floor machine like that, it is about 40 years old and has a lever to refit the tire the same way as demount. This way you did it is unnecessarily hard work, but the clamps are a good idea. I will try one next time.

Good job ppl complaining about him scratching his rim . Just use precautions to protect your personal wheel.

Video is good, but good god you treated that wheel like shit

Appreciate the video. I knew it was possible to do 17 and 18 low pro's on the HF changer. A little more care and rubber pads could protect the wheel for sure. Hell can't be worse than the shops i've been to. You proved it could be done and thanks for that! I"ll be doing my 17's and 18's now. I just wonder how well the bubble balancer will work on these.

how to change tires as you are in a hangover

"Sure, I know someone who can do it cheaper"

You got it done but the Scratch free part, Lol

Thanks for the video. I was looking for a video like this one since I was thinking on buying this tool. I appreciate your hard back breaking work. I don’t know what’s w/ the thumbs down. I think the effort and time I’d rather pay the shop to do it.

I feel like yours manual tire changer looks the same as mine, but mine is way less rigid. I bent that tool in half within 30 seconds of trying to de-bead the tire....

If you want to do it wrong and waste time watch this guy

Dang super helpful. Watched a few vids and didn’t get the trick till I watched this one. Thank you!

How to mar and your scratch your wheel in 13.58 minutes

Only thing id complain about is the gasoline on the rubber...

Thats a reverse mount wheel....he should have mount the tire with the wheel upsidedown.....easier save some scratches

You think it will work in 20s?

Hey I need a used 16"truck tire

Damn I cringed so hard when you threw those "vice grips" on the lip of the wheel

How not to do it vid I'm guessing? 10/10 for having the guts to publicly make a fool of your self :-)

SMH....WOW

Is itmy imagination? Shouldn't the hook be turned around to pull the tire bead off?

I think i just pay the $30 at the tire shop

Question... harbor freight provide me all the tools what you use on this video ??? 14 mins waste of my life watching this.

I've realized that I don't give a fuck about anything basic when it comes to cars. Where other people are enthusiastic, I don't give a shit. Like washing my car, detailing, dealing with wheels and tires, replacing wiper blades, brakes. I fucking don't care. I will put my heart and soul into serious work, but I couldn't care less about the simpleton basics. I laugh at my dumb ass neighbor when he goes out to wash his car weekly. It's the only thing he can do. I bet he thinks he's real cool when he takes it into the tire shop too.

There's gotta be a better way, sorry but I'm not feeling this.

Ladies and gentlemen please be responsible, don’t drink and change tires. Changing tires while under the influence can cause serious bodily harm to yourself or someone else.

I would call this -the Vlad the Impaler method of tire changing when it really doesn’t matter how badly you scratch the shit out of your perfect wheels- The guy knows what he’s doing when it comes to manually changing a difficult tire. But I would take these wheels to a place like NTB or firestone where they have modern “ touchless” machines that will not scratch the wheels.. Footnote. Both my sons had honda’s. A prelude and a CRX. I told them and not to buy low profiles and wheels for their cars because we live in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania roads are horrible. You need that extra sidewall tire and strong wheels when you live where the roads go from bad to horrible every year with the freeze/ thaw cycle,,That creates potholes. And then The road crews come around and fill the potholes, making bumps out of holes. here in Pennsylvania we have the highest gasoline tax in the usa that is supposed to pay for road maintenance ..I’m still waiting. my sons did not take my advice and stick with the factory steel wheels on their Hondas. not only did all four wheels on each card get bent badly because of the low profile tires that don’t really absorb bumps and protect the rim. But when my one son had a nail in the tire, the tire place where he bought the tires would not plug or patch the wheel, because it had a Z speed rated tire..In Pennsylvania, they are liable if they plug or patch a Z speed rated tire, if it fails...so they refused to repair the tire. do you know how they get a Z rating on a tire? It’s the same with motorcycle tires. They give them less material/less tread. Why? Because that extra weight causes the tired to “grow “because of centrifugal force at high speeds. They make the tire lighter by giving it less tread so that it won’t grow as much. So when you pay those extra dollars to get high-performance tires, you’re getting less tire at the same time.. The higher the speed rating, the less tread depth you get...

This guy is drunk kmsl

Are you drunk in this video?

The title of this video is: This is why it is better to take the rings to the workshop and not buy the harbor freight tire machine

Probably better off just spending $1800 for an eBay tire changing machine… especially if you do a decent amount of tires per year.

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