I always mounted my dirt bike and lawn tractor tires with spoons. I always scratched them up too.
I decided to make some homemade tools and give these tires a shot. No need to describe, pictures are easier than explaining.
My first try to mount the tires was a failure. I revised the mount end by putting a bigger angle on the piece of plate that guides the tire into place. After the change, it works great.
I haven’t tested the demount end yet.
I won’t lie and say mounting these tires was easy. I broke one hell of a sweat! I had a hard time wrestling the first bead of each tire onto the rim. I did this by hand, no tools. The fronts weren’t too bad but the rears were tough.
Mounting the second bead on the front tires with my bar was easy as can be!
Mounting the second bead on the rear tires was a bit of a struggle. Reason why is because it was tough to push the tire down into the recess of the rim as i moved along. I think the design of my stand is a problem. The rim is tight to the top of my stand. If I were to mount the rim a couple inches up it would allow me to push the tire down into the recess easier as I work the tool around.
I also hard a hard time getting the front tires to take any air at all. I take the valve cores out and used a blow tip to set beads. Even with a ratchet strap, I struggled getting them to take air.
Setting the rear beads was a snap. No ratchet strap. I just bounced the tire on the floor a couple times and they instantly took air.
I bought a .99 cent cutting board from Walmart, $2 worth of screws from lowes, a $15 bottle of RUGLYDE and a $3 applicator brush from NAPA. The rest of the materials were from the scrap pile at work. There is a local shop that charges around $30/set to mount. I didn’t save much but it was a good experience.
Anyone have some tips for setting beads on narrow tires?
I’d like to find an air chuck that locks on the valve stem and will work without the valve core in place.
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