$450 on the Bay of E or the river store.
Delivered in about 48 hours, or was it 24, either way quick.
This is the entire owners manual, one folded page, just pictures.
There is a local to me dealer in Kalamazoo, they were out of stock, so off the the interwebs.
My long term plan for this it to add an electric motor for rotation but first I want to see how bad it really is out of the box.
I'm sorry, "pry the foetal bird's head?" Might be the greatest bad translation EVER.
dculberson said:I'm sorry, "pry the foetal bird's head?" Might be the greatest bad translation EVER.
It WILL be the title of my next album
In reply to dculberson :
Max tire size 22", max wheel dia. 39". It will be fine as long as you put large wheels on your small tires.
Only one mistake while assembling without instructions, because there are none. The large shovel arm has to free float on the air cylinder rod, if not the pull rod won't reach the big turntable. Pictured washer needs to be under the nut.
Other than that I will be trying it out tomorrow. Sprockets have been ordered and I'll pick up a foot switch this weekend.
It comes with a quick disconnect that takes an 8mm compression fitting on both sides. Cut that off and replace it with pushlock fitting and standard air fitting.
I had an old pneumatic tire machine decades ago ,
Great for pulling tires off of rims you were going take to the polisher , I always worried about damage to the outer lip .
I would love to see it working and if there is any lip damage.
One snow tire is mounted but needs to come back off so I can install the TPM. A bit of a learning curve, once I figured out where to apply pressure it went right on.
Rim locks would have helped a lot, they will be here today.
Worst part about this setup is moving the push bar a few times to complete a full revolution, again rim clamps would help. Currently working on the power rotate.
In reply to californiamilleghia :
No damage due to the plastic inserts in the duckhead.
akylekoz said:In reply to californiamilleghia :
No damage due to the plastic inserts in the foetal bird's head.
Fixed it for you.
And my tire machine has plastic inserts, too. You can still gouge the hell out of your wife's wheel installing a new Bridgestone, ask me how I know!
How big a footprint is it? Is it light/not so clumsy enough to shove in a corner when not in use?
In reply to twentyover :
It can definitely get shoved in a corner, if fact it is kind of a pain to use unless you attach it to something. Weighs about 150lbs, its on a 48 x 60 skid in this picture.
So far it has just needed that driver mod, practice that is.
Bolted to a skid with some nuts sunk into the backside of the wood. This prevents sliding around, and if I take it home it is easy to disassemble and reattach for tire change day.
Rad tied around the pull bar will get replaced with a spring, its to keep the bead breaker in place.
In other news I did add a motor to it briefly, it didn't have enough power. So I'm looking for a 3/4" shaft gearmotor, 1/4 or more HP, 80 rpm or less. 15 to 20 ftlb should do the trick.
First set installed, next up is the pile next to these for the truck. After that I move on to racecar tires, spec Miata size for my Lemons Mustang.
Oh, I'm also testing balance beads in place of a spin balance.
275-60-20 big floppy tires are easier to mount than the 18" 60 series snow tires. The dismount arm is clearly set up for small diameter tires, I may add a pivot to it so it fits tall tires better. Armada rims are alloy with a plastic chrome covering glued over the top, not even a scratch.
Next up I will attempt to remove spec Miata size Rivals with a born on date of 2016.
Today will be my first drive with balance beads in all four tires on the Armada, I'm curious.
At this point I have $550 into this including beads, two sets in I'm almost half way to paid for. Best part is I change them on my lunch break so no waiting or scheduling at a tire store.
Yeah I change all my own motorcycle tires. The best part is no waiting or scheduling. Moto dealers are usually way high on tire changes, they charge well for the time it really takes unless you buy the tires from them, which have the labor cost baked in. So the money is what made me buy a tire changer, but the convenience is what keeps me DIY.
I never had luck with car tires though.
Removing the old Rivals went well, except for they keeping them off of the bead, I had to push the tire down to get the spoon in place. Maybe our 225 tires need a wider than 7" rim.
Three more to dismount, then powder coat followed by my first NEW tire install.
How have the balance beads worked out? I'm looking at finally building a shop building and getting something similar to mount/dismount tires to save time and if balance beads work over having to get something to add weights, I'll go for that.
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