After doing about 12 tires I noticed the holes in the bead breaker tube were starting to deform. I replace the tube with a piece of roll bar tubing and reenforced the bead breaker arms.

Nice, concise and thorough video. Appreciate it.

@mickeyj4228

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment. Have a great weekend!

Thank you for making the video.

@mickeyj4228

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for commenting.

I've got the pathfinder A/T tires on my truck, which are made by kuhmo and the tread pattern looks nearly identical. I've been pretty happy with those, still good traction almost 5 years later. What size concrete thread inserts did you use? been contemplating bolting mine to the floor when I want to use it.

@mickeyj4228

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment! I did 3/8 X 2 inch drop-in anchors. It tightened down great. I would do 2 1/2 inch if I were to do it again. Don't forget the anchor set tool.

@MattsRageFitGarage

5 ай бұрын

@@mickeyj4228 Thanks for the speedy reply. I also ordered a duck head adapter a guy makes and sells on eBay for use with this tire changer. I have several tires I need to change in the near future, really excited to see how it's going to work. Shouldn't take long to pay it all off with not only the amount I'm saving on mounting and balancing at $22 a tire but saving money on the tires too not buying he from a tire shop.

did you drill extra holes for the 8 lug ford wheels ? im thinking about doing my f250 tires on mine along with the duckbill attachment

@mickeyj4228

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment. No need to drill any holes. I just dropped the pin in the existing hole and tightened it down. I did use a centering cone. They are RAM 20 inch 8 lugs wheels.

So the center cone holds the wheel and prevents it from scratching the rim?

@mickeyj4228

7 ай бұрын

Yes, it also centers the wheel, so the duck head stays alligned as you rotate it, removing and mounting the tire.

@AndreychukAndrey

7 ай бұрын

@@mickeyj4228 Also you built the kit yourself or bought it?

@mickeyj4228

7 ай бұрын

@AndreychukAndrey I built it myself. The duck head was $20.00 on Amazon. Bought the centering cone on Amazon as well. The rest was just some scrap I had in my garage.

It rides on top of of it putting the tire back on

@mickeyj4228

7 ай бұрын

Yes Sir, it does.

Where did you get the large Center cone from? I have been unable to find one.

@mickeyj4228

Ай бұрын

Thank you for your comment! I posted the link in the description, the price has cone up on Amazon. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BTD59KCT/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

How are the balancing beads working?

@mickeyj4228

5 ай бұрын

Great. I have run them in my motorhome for years. I have a slight vibration between 75 and 80 that also existed with previous tires that were road force balanced tires. The beads did not fix this. I think I have a rim wheel that is not true.

If you clicked on this video to learn about the harbor freight tire changer, unless you plan on building yourself a jig to use in conjunction with the tire changer this video is just a complete waste of your time.

@mickeyj4228

7 ай бұрын

The video title "with Duck Head Mod" Unless you modify this tire changer with the "jig" as you call it you will destroy your wheels. The "duck head" side on the original handle is just junk.

I like how you dont show actually show mounting/demounting. And 4hrs worth of work? You must have a government job to make you used to standing around half the time.

@mickeyj4228

6 ай бұрын

I'm sorry you don't feel like you got your monies worth. I obviously didn't make this video for you. God Bless!

@autocompletellc9906

4 ай бұрын

Sheesh, I thought I was going to actually see the thing in action in a 16 minute video. Good thing I skipped ahead so my time was entirely wasted.

@mickeyj4228

4 ай бұрын

I made this for family and friends. I'm not paid by you or youtube. Do you really need that much handholding with such a simplistic process? You should keep giving the tire shops your money.

@autocompletellc9906

4 ай бұрын

@@mickeyj4228 Sorry to break it to you, but yours is not private video available to only friends and family. It’s public. Let me give you some great advice for the next time you want to make a video for your friends, text it to them. Additionally, why did you make the video for friends and family-to hear you drone on for 16 minutes without much substance with regard to how the tool works? And your logic about me preferring a tire shop over doing the work on my own doesn’t make much sense given that I clicked on a video about a DIY TIRE CHANGER. If I were interested in getting the work done at a tire shop, I would be over on Michelin’s or Firestone’s KZread page. Or, I’d, like, you know, just go to the tire shop. But I came here, to watch a video about a tire changer that I am interested in, and, unlike other pages who understand that people want to see how things work, you decided to offer a bunch of talking, to me, other KZreadrs, and, oh yea, your friends and family who are none the wiser because of this video. Great job at failing!

@autocompletellc9906

4 ай бұрын

@@mickeyj4228 I guess your friends and family, whom you allegedly made this video for, is as dumb as I am, and needed you to talk them through 16 minutes of nothing.

Well, that was a dumb video. You didn't even show you actually using it!

@mickeyj4228

4 ай бұрын

I'm sorry you don't think you got your money's worth. Please send me a link to your video.

Worst u tube channel ever.

@mickeyj4228

6 ай бұрын

I'm sorry you feel you didn't get your monies worth.