This is my first time to work with the BeadBuster XB-550, and it worked amazingly well! Even our very first attempt at using it went flawlessly.
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The BeadBuster XB-550 HEAVY DUTY is the big brother of the original XB-450. All of the 45X series tools have the same design geometry, the 550 is larger in every way. Heavier steel, thicker walls, more extension; the XB-550 was designed to handle the BIG tires that you’ll find on farm tractors, agricultural and industrial OTR wheels, large trucks, military vehicles, etc. However, we created a patented configurable ram foot that can accommodate a large range of rim lip sizes, and it will still work on ATV/UTV*. There are 4 different foot length configurations, so that you can get the feet as close to the Bead Seat as possible without touching the Bead Retainer, but still get good purchase on top of the Bead Bundle. Its still far more portable than any other large tire bead breaker, and much less expensive. If you are a farmer, business owner, or a large vehicle enthusiast; you can now can easily change your own tires whenever, and wherever you want. All of our Bead Breakers come with FREE Shipping.
Saturday, February 3, 2018
The BeadBuster XB-550 Bead Breaker! Howto and Review - Breaking down tires just got super easy!
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKRnii5kNis&w=640&h=360]
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I open the door on my jk an use my high lift jack on my rock rails works really well if you dont have a bead breaker ( I open the door in case my jack flips towards jeep it doesnt dent the door). 😀
ReplyDeleteCPO, that's a cool tool but what about after the beads broken down? I've found getting the tire off/on the wheel is usually the most challenging part without an automatic tire changing machine or a manual one for that matter.
ReplyDeleteThat's cool, but kind of expensive for something you can do fairly easily with a high lift jack and a jeep.
ReplyDeleteWe broke down a couple of these tires with a couple of tire spoons... it's not what I would call fun...but it can be done without a machine. We also used a HF tire machine... the old school manual one, to pull the tire off the 33. For me... I have beadlocks... so once I break the bead, I can separate the two halves of the wheel easily... The hardest part for me is the bead.
ReplyDeleteYep... it's all relative. It also depends on how often you plan to do this... I wouldn't want to use the hi-lift method to break down 6 tires at a time (which is actually what we did during this video). Four were to remove TPMS sensors.. and 2 were to swap tires on wheels.
ReplyDeleteI watched your bead lock video and putting them together seems to be a breeze, so with those wheels you remove the bead lock ring on the front but still have to break the bead on the back, correct? I also wonder why there is only a lock ring on the front side, in theory when running low pressure on the rocks could not the rear bead get knocked off?
ReplyDeleteThere isn't a "bead lock ring" on the hutchisons. It's literally two halves of a wheel bolted together inside the tire. And the beads set on the wheel just like in a traditional wheel. So while it's easy to unbolt and separate the halves... the beads front and back still need to be broken to pull the wheel apart.
ReplyDeleteI guess I better go back and review, thanks
ReplyDeleteThis product was actually recommended to me by a subscriber who has the hutchinsons and uses it to break the beads. I've seen other videos a guy disassembling these, and he uses "tire pliars" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5gJUAjqeWo) but I don't like those... this is a MUCH better option.
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