Bead locks Tire removal help

[bjr]

I have the Harbor Freight manual tire post machine and for passenger car tires it does okay. A buddy's son came by with a 8 or 9" in diameter ATV tire from a quad runner Honda and it had bead locks on the wheel. I tried all my tricks like soap water on the wheel and even tried the big tire slid hammer and for the life of us could not get the wheel bead to break. What do you guys do the break loose the beads with the bead lock bump groove on the wheel? bjr

 

[KentT]

Dunno if it will work for you, but I've had good luck in using my vice to squeeze small tires enough to break the bead. Done this with 8" garden tractor tires that had the wheel rusted and bonded to the tire...

Might work for you...