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[Fless]

Anyone figure an easy way to break the tire bead and swap out the sensors at home? I saw a video of someone taking the wheel off and using the rear rotor by lowering the truck onto the tire. I need new sensors in both my trucks and the tire shop wants like $90 each! ...I hate lights on the dash!

Easier way:

What did you do to your NBS GMT800 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

I've seen a 4x4 hub FAIL right in front of my eyes one time. The axle was removed from the LF hub and driven, it came apart pulling into the shop. Wheel fell off, fender damage happened, and messed up the tie rod from the landing. happened to my bosses truck. granted his shit was all sorts of...

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[solli5pack]

Easier way:

What did you do to your NBS GMT800 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

I've seen a 4x4 hub FAIL right in front of my eyes one time. The axle was removed from the LF hub and driven, it came apart pulling into the shop. Wheel fell off, fender damage happened, and messed up the tie rod from the landing. happened to my bosses truck. granted his shit was all sorts of...

www.tahoeyukonforum.com

Hell yeah!

 

[solli5pack]

Can anyone confirm if a Home Depot pancake compressor can re-seat the bead?

 

[Fless]

There are a couple of work-arounds if you have trouble reseating the bead.

One is to take a ratchet strap around the circumference of the tire and tighten it so that the tire sidewall pooches (a technical term) out to meet the rim.

Another is to use a bicycle inner tube, lightly inflated, to plug the gap. It should be lubricated with talcum powder or soapy water.

I'm sure others like @89Suburban will have suggestions.

 

[Fubar0715]

I have an Amazon tool also - use it twice a year when swapping my wife's all season on and off for the snow tires. We did spare wheels/sensors and the tool takes like 2 minutes to get all the corners talking to the car.

 

[Joseph Garcia]

Can anyone confirm if a Home Depot pancake compressor can re-seat the bead?

I doubt that it will work alone due to the low CFM output from a pancake compressor, but used in combination with what @Fless suggests, you may have a working combination.

My shop has a 5 gallon auxiliary compressed air tank with a slightly flattened pipe coming off its discharge connector with a ball valve. The tank is filled to 100+ psi, and then insert the flattened pipe slightly into the broken bead area, and release the ball valve quickly. The tire immediately inflates, pushes out the slightly flattened pipe, and the bead is sealed. Then, just top off to the desired final air pressure.

 

[89Suburban]

There are a couple of work-arounds if you have trouble reseating the bead.

One is to take a ratchet strap around the circumference of the tire and tighten it so that the tire sidewall pooches (a technical term) out to meet the rim.

Another is to use a bicycle inner tube, lightly inflated, to plug the gap. It should be lubricated with talcum powder or soapy water.

I'm sure others like @89Suburban will have suggestions.

You only have to break the outer bead to install the sensors. If you are having a hard time getting the OUTER to reseat you can put 2x4's sore some other type of blocking under the "beaded" back sidewall of the tire on the floor and push down on the rim to get it to seal.

Sometimes when I install new tires they come compressed from being stacked or banded together during transport and can be a bear to get seated. I used this stretching method for 24-48 hours to get the tire relaxed to the point it will seat itself.

I invested in this tool after my Harbor Fright breaker finally wore out. It was worth it to me since I do all the tires changes on mine and my families vehicles. However it is difficult to use on rims that are flat faced and do not have a "lip" for the tool to press against. And you also have to be careful as it may damage the rim finish.

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[89Suburban]

Can anyone confirm if a Home Depot pancake compressor can re-seat the bead?

It should. It helps to remove the valve core to get a better blast of air through for the initial seating of the bead. Be advised some air chucks may not engage without the valve core installed. You need to make sure you have one that will operate whether the core is installed or not. They are refere3d to as "open flow" chucks. These work good for these scenarios:

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