Here is another thought I had. If you do not care about the tire, maybe get a big knife, machete, or saw and, after deflating it, just cut the tire up and off the rim.
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, "Jerry Gmail" <jhnidy@...> wrote:
>
> Anybody got a way to break the bead on a tubeless tire?
> I would like to save some Al wheels but not the tires. The shops around
> here all want 10 dollars to remove the rubber. So I have 40 dollars to
> spend on a tool that will do this. I have heard that you can jack up a car
> and lower the car on to the side of the assy to accomplish this but I was
> wondering what would happen if I made a big pair of pliers out of 2X4s. I
> have enough weight to generate a lot of force if I made the 2X4s 3 or four
> feet long.
>
> Google Jer
> Woodhaven, Mi
>
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