Bead breaker

[donny662]

Originally Posted by timsgs

I have had good luck with the 10 1/2" Motion Pro spoon type tire iron. I have used it on some older stuck tubeless tires and always gotten them to break. It takes a few times to go around but they always break.
Turn the iron upside down so the lip bites the rim and lever down and keep working around. I am surprised what they will break being their compact size.

Originally Posted by BtoV

I agree with using “spoons”, I use irons but same deal. Just learn to pop the bead with the irons because you have to carry them anyway. I have removed tube and tubeless tires this way. All the other methods mentioned have only frustrated me and I wind up using the irons.

I've never been able to get this to work with tubeless type tires on a rim with a safety bead. Avon Distanzia 120/70-17 and 150/60-17 and Metzler Tourance 150/70-17 were attempted on my DRZ400SM rims.

I even put the Distanzia 150 in a bench mounted vice, and the bead still hung onto the rim. I built a 4 foot long lever with a wooden leg to break the bead, but that isn't available in the field.