I've always wanted to have a decent tire machine around for trailer tires and odd jobs that need to get done. Finally I ended up with an old Coats 30-40a machine that had certainly seen better days. It was a hand-me down from my Uncle which I think he probably purchased at auction from Price Auto Tire a couple decades ago.
Anyways, a couple tires (35x12 r17) on the tacoma were severely cupped and I ordered a single new tire with the plans to just also rotate the (still new) spare tire in. All fine and dandy, except this machine couldn't even break the top bead. The bottom bead breaker galled up my wheel... I tried to search and see if I could fit this size on here and it said it would do it... but I think this machine needs to broken down, cleaned up and repaired.
I wonder though, am I missing something? Anybody here cut their teeth on this machine? Any tips?
I had to disassemble the lower bead breaker so I could use the top spinner to get the new tire on the wheel. But the damn spinner would only go slightly more than half way around. Is that normal? I ended up getting the bead half way back on then manually pulling it on, no big deal.
My hopes is that this machine will still work decent for trailer tires on steel wheels. If not, I may just pass it on to the next person who could use it or fix it up.
Anyways, a couple tires (35x12 r17) on the tacoma were severely cupped and I ordered a single new tire with the plans to just also rotate the (still new) spare tire in. All fine and dandy, except this machine couldn't even break the top bead. The bottom bead breaker galled up my wheel... I tried to search and see if I could fit this size on here and it said it would do it... but I think this machine needs to broken down, cleaned up and repaired.
I wonder though, am I missing something? Anybody here cut their teeth on this machine? Any tips?
I had to disassemble the lower bead breaker so I could use the top spinner to get the new tire on the wheel. But the damn spinner would only go slightly more than half way around. Is that normal? I ended up getting the bead half way back on then manually pulling it on, no big deal.
My hopes is that this machine will still work decent for trailer tires on steel wheels. If not, I may just pass it on to the next person who could use it or fix it up.
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