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Old 10-26-2011, 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by rs899 View Post
I haven't tried breaking the bead with the HF tire irons ( though I have some), but the HF manual tire mounter works well for this. I have had one for maybe 5 years and have easily paid off the initial investment ( and have the bubble balancer as well). The harder part is getting the tire back on the rim (takes quite a bit of force to push the bead on w/o harming yourself) and that's where the tire irons help.
Do you have plastic coated irons to protect alloy rims? Bubble balancer eh? Is it any good?
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