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jethro2

08-01-2007 13:33:35




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I got new tubes and tires for the front of my 8n and thought i would have an easy time swapping them out. I am dissappointed i wasnt able to suceed. Any good tips on how to do this?




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Vacherie

08-03-2007 19:40:57




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 Re: changing front tires in reply to jethro2, 08-01-2007 13:33:35  
I put new front and rear tires on my Kubota yesterday. 11.2x24 and 5.00x15. Road charge was 90.00. I didn't touch anything but the phone and checkbook. The tires had been on the L-245 for thirty years.



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LWD

08-01-2007 21:58:27




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 Re: changing front tires in reply to jethro2, 08-01-2007 13:33:35  
wood splitter=bead braker for a start and then a slide tool to finish, only becouse that is what I have.



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Dave H

08-01-2007 18:45:55




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 Re: changing front tires in reply to jethro2, 08-01-2007 13:33:35  
Another substitute fr the bead breaker is the ole powerstroke pick up and a 4 foot 2X8.

I just broke the fronts down on my 8 N with this rocket science tool. Lay the 2X8 edge close to the rim with the tire laying flat. Drive the beast up on the ramp and stop close to the rim for a little while if it don't give in right away.

After the tire shop used the 5 foot bars on one of my spin outs and bent the hey out fo the rim and expected me to pay for the damages, I said never more.

I ain't a professional tire changer but I think i don't have to change tires for a living if I got a couple of the right spoons and some slick um.

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klf

08-02-2007 20:53:04




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 Re: changing front tires in reply to Dave H, 08-01-2007 18:45:55  
Whoever the idiots were that changed your tire for you didn't know what they were doing.



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jethro2

08-01-2007 15:23:46




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 Re: changing front tires in reply to jethro2, 08-01-2007 13:33:35  
Thanx guys il go take it to the tire shop tomorrow morning



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klf

08-01-2007 14:52:29




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 Re: changing front tires in reply to jethro2, 08-01-2007 13:33:35  
A lot of beginners tend to pinch the tube also. I think your best bet would be to have someone change it for you. If you pinch a tube or 2, you will have more into it than hiring it done.



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Dean

08-01-2007 14:38:31




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 Re: changing front tires in reply to jethro2, 08-01-2007 13:33:35  
Jethro:

Like the other posters have already said, this is one job that is usually more cost effectively done by the pros at the tire shop.

That said, I nearly always do my own for various reasons but it is a tough job if you do not have the correct tools.

Usually fronts are harder to change than rears.

It will be much easier if you have a slide hammer to break the beads from the rims and two good tire irons to remove the tire from the rim and reinstall it.

If you do it yourself and plan to keep the tractor, do yourself a favor and buy a can of rim grease. Though the rim grease will make installation of the tires easier, the real benefit is its prevention of rust between the rim and tire. If you use it you should have no trouble breaking the tires down in ten years or so.

Dean

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soundguy

08-01-2007 14:28:10




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 Re: changing front tires in reply to jethro2, 08-01-2007 13:33:35  
as the other guys said.. if this is a 1 time thing, it will cost you more to get the correct tools vs hireing it done.

ideally you need 2 tire irons.. i like a flat spoon & a stepped one.. but opinions vary on the best tool, depending on technique and person.

A valve fishing tool, and a valve core tool is needed as well as som vegi based soap to help lube things up.

If you do it yourself, set the tire at an angel against a wall.. and set rim straight down in it.. once you have one side o fthe rim in, let the bead set in the trough of the rim.. put the tube in.. and I like to air them with a couple pounds to keep em outta the way.. then I take the slotted spoon an bend the bead under the rim at one place, and hold that iron with my foot.. then take the other spoon and work the bead around in short increments till you get to the other side.

The bead don't stretch.. but will bend an should snap in place pretty good once you air it..

Soundguy

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john hunt

08-01-2007 14:10:35




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 Re: changing front tires in reply to jethro2, 08-01-2007 13:33:35  
take to tire shop and give them 15 dollar and it done.. or do this buy three tube, two tire iron a tire dollie and bfh. and three hour later one side of the tire broke and got the tube in and air it up the tire and tire won't hold air... priceless .... " question how time has that happen to any one of us .... "



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old

08-01-2007 13:55:55




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 Re: changing front tires in reply to jethro2, 08-01-2007 13:33:35  
I do my own all the time, but I also have all the correct tools to do it. You need a tire hammer or bead braker. If you use a hammer you have to have a good aim or you will hurt the rim. You also need a pair of tire irons some dish soap mixed with water and a good air compressor. To have the correct tools your talking about spending around $100 for them and even then you can pinch a tube real easy unless you have been doing them for years like I have. Bottom line is if you don't know how to do it have some one teach you or spend the $5-10 each to have them done by a good tire shop

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DennyF

08-01-2007 13:43:40




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 Re: changing front tires in reply to jethro2, 08-01-2007 13:33:35  
Tire shop and their changer, unless you have good tire irons and lots of patience.



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