hey guys, i was just curious if its possible to dismount a tire on your own? reason i ask is because i dont see the point of paying a shop 10 bucks to take it off per wheel. call me 'extremely careful' with money, i dont care lol.

i have heard about using a crowbar or some sort. also, dont forget to deflate the tire completely also!

 

i've heard about this too but haven't seen a conclusion whether it's a good idea or not.

Bump for a fellow rotary brother.

 

 

basically you would have to break the bead off the flange of the wheel.......if you get that far you will need a a bar( like a pry bar or as known in the bussiness a spoon) to take the top bead off......then you will have to lift the tire a bit to get the bottom bead up off the rim and pry like they used to back in the day.....will take you awhile have fun.......way to much work to save a buck......my opinion thou

 

It shouldn't cost $10 just to dismount tires.

Have you checked Wal-Mart's tire center for prices?

 

not lately.

but that 10 quote was what i got last year i believe from a few tire stores here.

 

it should be like 5 dollors per tire at the most........i could see if they were charging you to mount and balance

 

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i have heard about using a crowbar or some sort. also, dont forget to deflate the tire completely also! </TD></TR></TABLE>

it would be super hard to dismount it without a machine, i think you should just say the 20 bucks to dismount tires, u have to find a place thats sell used tires, they'll charge you 5 bucks max for each wheel just to dismount tires.

 

ship them to alabama and i'll do it for free

 

hardy har har lol

 

Americas tire up here dismounts for free. But then I've bought many sets of tires from them...or maybe they do it for everyone?

 

maybe thats a company mainly around your area?

well, i finally got the tires dismounted. my dad took me onto a naval base that had a auto work shop there and pretty much self service. just a buck to use their equipment. it was pretty cool all in all.

 

Wow. i used to work for goodyear. dismounting a tire without a tire machine = bad idea. trust me! you dont have any friends that work at shops that could do it for you?? i would try sams club or walmart, they mount and balance for like 8 bucks a wheel so i imagine dismounting would be close to nothing

 

oh nvm, didn't see you had already got it done. sorry. glad it worked out

 

Did you learn that the tire tool is just about a necessity, or could you have done without it?

 

yea its made sense to me now...haha. if only harbor freight will put a sale on their tire dismounting machine. ~$2200