DIY tyre changing

[KTMsm]

I bought a car wheel changing machine and balancer as I get through a lot of wheels / tyres and the local places wanted £15-20 / rim

I use the car machine on bike wheels but it can't cope with knobblies so I do those by hand

I use the machine's bead breaker (a mate just drives over the side wall in his car)

I check them for balance by spinning them on the axle as my machine can't take them - very few need balancing IME and I've never had an issues

If you look at the wheels in a bike park, loads don't have any weights on them

[scunnylad]

I change all my own tyres, I have a bracket fastened on my garage wall with a piece of pipe pivoting off it as a bead breaker,sorry I domt have a photo. I made a wheel balancer,pic below . Been doing this for 15 odd years and as was mentioned above I have noticed that tyres these days rarely need any weights. Decent levers ,rim protectors and a tub of tyre lubricant make the job a lot easier too
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[CoolHands]

I bought the abba bead breaker and tyre lube stuff. Not worth pissing about with home made crap.

[AJHDingo]

Couple of additions - get the tyre warm first both on the wheel and the new one. The rim protectors have a loop on them - put cord on as when the protector flips and drops inside the tyre it is major PITA to extract without the cord. Recommend the ABBA kit.

[scunnylad]

Nothing wrong with homemade,if you have access to some material and can weld. This is the bead breaker I mentioned earlier,takes up no space when you remove the arm from the wall bracket . Same principle as most bought ones and sturdier

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[AJHDingo]

That I like!

[SBDJ]

These are quite handy:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234780768406

https://www.sealey.co.uk/product/5637203322/tyre-b...

I've used both, I actually prefer the Wheelmate.