Is it possible to change your tires at home, without going to your local bend you over and make you sing tire shop?

I'm just curious to find out if there is a way you can break the tire bead from the rim and re mount different tires at home. keep in mind. I would like to try this without damaging the tire.

I used to have a pneumatic tire changer, but since it was so old, it could not accommodate deep well rims like on corvettes. I think it was designed back in the 70's when everyone had 15" +/- rim sizes and did not exceed 6" rim width.

I'm wondering if someone else out there has methods or knows of a cheap tire changer that could do the trick.



side thought

There could be a good niche for doing this at home. What if you want to swap out your tpms sensors. I hear you can do this by just breaking one side of the the tire and you can swap the sensor without removing the tire. I don't think you will lose your tire balancing as long as you do not break both beads on the rim.

 

I’m sure it his at least be tried, but I don’t see how the trade offs could be worth it. I pay $25 per wheel to have tires swapped and balanced, well worth the money to me. Since you would still need to have your tire balanced, the savings would be minuscule.

 

Your kidding right?
Sorry, But there is no way I would even try, At the cost for mounting and Balencing it isn't worth it, It would take hours to do 4 tires and you can get it done for 20 bucks a tire and be done with it in under an hour..

 

If you are talking about runflats, the answer is NO, they are hard enough to do with the proper equipment !

Why would anybody even want to try this? You will mark up your wheels for sure!

 

Not on vehicles or motorcycles or even utility trailer tires, too much of a pain. Don't even try with run flats. I do change my own tires on stuff like hand trucks, its pretty easy to break the bead there and then reseat using a ratchet strap and air compressor

 

Heck no, especially after seeing the trouble it takes with the right equipment.

 

split-rim truck tires, sure.... 15" soft-wall race tires, sure...

low-profile street tires, on a $1000 set of rims - no way in hell. I've changed a lot of tires both with equipment and by hand - there is no way you're going to do a set of C5 tires without damaging either the wheel, tire or yourself...

 

I have changed my own on motorcycles.
I place a 2x4 on tire but not on rim & have a friend guide my car on to the 2x4 to break the bead. Done this umpteen times, not sure if it would work on a car.
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I used to have a jeep grand cherokee, so I went aheand and took all of the tires off the wheels, and let me tell you what a PITA that was. I would rather pay the tire place to do it for 25-40 bucks. Oh, and I was at it for about two or three hours, and I even had to have my dad help me .

 

235/75-15 on a steel wheel....... done it many times with nothing but a couple of tire irons and a mallet.

275/40-18 on an alloy wheel would be a biotch!! the short side wall is a killer. run flat....... forget it

 

It's not a bicycle tire

 

With the right tire mounting machine, YES!

 

LMAO good effin luck! Ive done slicks on 15inch wheels by hand only because the have a soft sidewall, no way in hell you are getting 17/18's off by hand without fscrewing something up or going to the hospital!

 

Don't be cheap—go have someone who knows what they are doing mount/balance them.

 

these guys make a good product if you want to do it at home
http://www.nomartirechanger.com/?gcl...FRPNggodlALGmg

 

To bad it doesn't say anything about changing run flat tires. They are totally different than changing a normal tire. Special machine and trained operator required. In my area out of 60 or so tire shops there is only one Goodyear store qualified to work on run flats. None of the shops that sell Michelin or Firestone are qualified to install run flats so I have found if I buy a Firestone Run Flat from tire Rack I have to go to the Goodyear shop to get it installed.

Bill

 

Damn, talk about trying to cut costs. IMO, it's not worth the effort even if you could do it. Let the shop use the proper equipment and not damage the wheels.

 

How true.. I wasn't even thinking about the runflats

 

Thats what happens when people ebay vettes for $10k

 

It's possible if you have the tools at home. Many ol' timers used to do it years ago with 13", 14", 15", 16" and larger car/truck/tractor tires and steel wheels.
An old vertical ratcheting jack, a BFH or some big boys jumping on a nylon cord tire was commonplace.
But, a C5/Z06 rigid sidewall and aspect ratio would make this a difficult job.