Tire Change Garden Tractor.

thanks for the tip I had the worst time with that tire until the tip with the vise grips went on like a charm

Man o man that was tough to watch. Great video! No pretending that changing the tire was going to be easy. Can't tell you how many times I wanted to reach in and give him a hand....or make a suggestion...LOL.

Somewhere around the 7:00 mark, I made the decision to take my wheel and tire to a tire store. Thank you for providing the inspiration!

Jimmy,Agreed on the starting fluid,UNLESS,you had a OLD timer teach You!!!!,,Been doing it for 35++ Years,,Had a Good teacher,and It was ALLWAYS!!!!!! safety first,, Like safty glasses!!!!!!!! #1,,,Thanks,Jack

That's a funny video right there...only because my tire kicked my ass last night for over an hour! I'm glad I had the same issues as Smoot did. Nice scientific equation for the soapy water and setting the 2nd bead! We need to be neighbors!!

Thanks for posting...I couldn't figure out how to get the new tire on til you showed that little trick where you throw the rim into the tire, worked like a charm!

You vise grip trick just saved my weekend. thanks for the help!

Very funny! Laughed my head off! You got the job done, and that's what matters!

Great job my American friend - well done. I'm in London and we can learn a lot from you guys - it;s all about achieving the end result - which you did. Great tip on banging the tyre to get the last rim to pop on - I was completely stuck with that. Cheers Mate

The vise grip trick was a life saver. Thanks for posting the video. Very helpful.

Thanks for posting this video, it was good just to see how someone else tackles it. I had not changed a small tire before, and your tip of using a vice-grip to hold the tire back was very helpful. I just finished and filled two tires with air, success!

I really like your videos Smoott. I'm not the most educated person when it comes to mechanics and so forth but I find your vids really cool to watch. I learn more stuff all the time. Thanks.

I like your use of the vise-grips to stabilize the tire as you mount the tire assembly. Bravo Zulu !

I was an hour into this madness, just as I was about to do a swan dive off of my roof i finally found this video. my wife thanks you too. She was about to file.

6:28 the mole grips idea is genius! Really helpful, thanks mate.

My local Discount Tire place does them for free. I have to admire Mr. Dembicki for his persistence.

I came to your channel because I have the same tools you do and I don’t need to watch someone with a machine that I don’t have chance a tire.

To anyone who has not done this,do it before you comment,it's not as easy as this guy made it look ,to do these little wide tires on a bench, can suck bad,nice job Smoott, I do a lot of garden tractor tires and motorcycle tires so I bought a cheap tire changing machine from harbor fright with the adapter for motorcycle tires beats the hell out of doing it on the bench or floor, Thanks for posting

i met you a loong time ago 'online'..and its funny over 15 yeats later Im trying to change my tractor tire and found you. thanks for the vid and the giggles Poof! ~Des~

I just love watching your videos Smoot. I wish we could see more mechanical ones. Not really into your cooking pig snouts or whatever

"You know me, I do everything the hard way"...story of my life ;).

Thanks for taking the time to do this! I needed the vice grips trick! ...and a bigger tire iron instead of a small pry bar and working on the ground helped to. Great job!

Smoot, Thank you very much for making this video. I now have the confidence to try this myself instead of buying the whole tire and rim assembly.

sometimes those things can be a pain. This may be a little easier for you. When you go to do this wait until you have a hot sunny day. take the new tire and lay it out on the pavement /concrete and let it get hot. May take a hour or two. That way the rubber gets soft and its a little easier to work with. And I use a lot more soap.

Even with vise grips I cannot get my tire back on. There has to be some other trick. This is really hard! EDIT: I got it on. In addition to all the other tools, the key technique is working on the ground/floor, not a workbench. Keep your knee on the side you put over the rim first. Without your knee compressing that side, the other side requires too much stretching to get on the rim. Hope this helps someone else.

Great job, thanks for the help! When I was a kid, back in the '60s, my dad had a gas station and I worked there fixing car tire flats as one of my chores. We had a really nice tire machine and I bet I fixed over 1000 flats when I worked there. This was the first garden tractor tire I had to replace and it wasn't fun or easy. I didn't have the big tire iron like you have, but I did have a pair of vice grips and a screw driver. Only took a couple minutes to get the new tire on. Thanks again.

The vise grips are a life saver. Keeps the starting spot down inside the rim.A long bolt in a vise helps to keep the tire from moving around too. Thanks . Good vid.

Great tips on getting the job done - it was like watching you wrestle an alligator - wasn't sure who was going to win, but fun to watch.

vise grips did the trick for me, thanks for showing that tip, very helpful!

Thanks for this video. I watch KZhead to learn things as I'm on my own now and I find this very helpful. I'm glad things didn't go perfectly the first time so I can see some problems that arise.

What a hassle this is. My neighbor and I did this last night and I was looking to see if there was a better way than how we did it. Apparently not. It probably didn't help that he was 3 sheets to the wind. I will say that if you want to save time use some very good snips and cut the old tire off; you don't need that hassle in your life, especially when you're going to wear yourself out trying to put the new one on anyway.

when you have it on the ground, knee or vise grips holding on, and you put that screwdrive or prying bar in and push it away from the rim, hold that with 1 hand and then take a hammer in the other hand, and just tap on it by the rim it will go right around ! I know it sounds hard, but do it that way once and you'll say O OK!

That was helpful. Thx. Now I take my soap bubbles and my quarter to the local air machine...

Just read the comment from Brewer. Laughed so hard, my side hurt!! Nice!

That dude is strong 💪

Thanks for posting this. I used the vice grips as you showed for the remount, and successfully installed two new front tires to replace my tread-bare ones, in under an hour. Disregard the negative comments that have been posted by others.... those losers would probably never take the initiative to do their own tire replacement anyway.

smoott, great job you make it look too easy. Keep up the good work!

I tried this the same way and gave up. I bent both of my tire mounting tools and gave up after 2 hours on the first tire. Far and away the most frustrating thing I’ve ever tried to do

I just did this to my rear tires on my mower tonight and the vise grip was a great idea wish I would have thought of that. This is not a fun job that’s for sure. Good video keep it up!

Great video - wish I had watched it before trying this for myself this weekend. Took me damn-near an hour to get 'er on the rim. The vice grip thing was a stroke of genius. I'll echo a helpful comment from below: securing the rim to the table is helpful for wrestling with the tire. Also, if you're at the air compressor part and the tire bead doesnt want to rise to the surface of the rim, a belt clamp squeezing the circumference of the tire can help force it to expand up. Thanks again. Great vid.

I like the hell out of that visegrip idea . I bet my sweetys foot wished I would have watched this video first :) Just kidding but we was getting to that point... but let me say I used to change truck tires with the widow maker rims but this thing about whipped my butt. Good video. Thx for sharing

Good video. The vice grip was the key that I couldn't figure out.

"Son of a Bitch" LMFAO I knew you were gonna say that before i heard it in the video, well done!! I have the same project with my tractor tire, hopefully I will get'er done just the same!!!

the vise grips and strap made it a lot easier. thanks for the tips.

Nice video. I like to use a rod or bolt same size as the axle clamped in a vise, it helps to hold the wheel steady and easier to remove the tire. I always replace the valve stem also, new tire, new stem.

Thank you, tire changing for a man with normal tools. I am getting right on it.

I've got a little mini tire that is a pain in the ACE to get on...I'm going to try the Smoott-Magic-190 Vise grips attachment to get this little sucker on. Thanks for the tip!

Wow my friend that new tire was so hard to introduce it into the rim, and i didn´t know this tire was so expensive: $32.99 wow , i have two rims like yours in my house without tires ,and i was thinking to buy tires for them but, i notice in this video that they are expensive.

Harbor freight tire machine: Cheap at twice the price. “ There’s no fight bloody knuckles won’t reward!”

I bet that pry bar snd sctrwdiver tear up tubes real well during the tire installtion ptocess. Try tire spoons next time and the installation will be quicker and easier..

This guy could be my twin according to friends and family! Been there, done that with this tire change thing... Hurt finger n all! The easier way? Take tire and rim to local mower service center. Worth it to pay the extra $5. instead of risking injury!

This is every job that I do. Cheers brother. : D

😂😂😂 exact water/soap measurement LMOL

Awesome video. Now im bout to go out to my garage...

great job, I wonder if the inside of them tires can be painted with FLEX SEAL, i have to put new tires on my mower also, thanks for the help

Smoott, good video.

Well, right up front he did say, "You know me, I like to do things the hard way."

I've found out that if you can clamp the wheel to the table some how it's much easier because it's not moving around on you..

this guy has got it down...i use similar technique sometimes I use a strap around the tread of the tire to help seat the bead

just what i was looking for, looks kinda hard but i will give it a go. Thanks mate!

It was the hammer trick that did it for me. I love problems that can be solved by hitting with a hammer.

This guy cracks me up

This video beats the shit out of another one where the guy spends 15 minutes fighting 2 pry bars and still barely got the job done. Using this guys method and a trick of my own or two I was done in 7 minutes flat (no pun)

@hardies1 Actually the compressor is fine. it was half full of air already and it is on a long extension cord on a weak circuit. if i dont bleed it down to at least half before i kick it in it will blow the breaker. working on getting a bigger circuit out there. but thanx for the advice. hope ya keep watchin my vids

I can do car tires bought a manual tire changer small motor cycle tires and yard tractors are tough,,,my son did the break cleaner and lighter trick for the tire bead set ,,,done right now !

always replace the valve stem when you put new tires on a rim..

Thank you, I found this quite helpful

I just take my tires over to Discount Tire and they charge me only $5/wheel. I think spending the money is well worth it.

Get two clamps on easy and west. Press down south with your knee, fold over north slowly with a long thin round flathead screwdriver that wont bend too easily. Use a lot of pressure. Once north Pops over it's smooth sailing from there.

Its helpful to lube the face of the bead but just a little tip liberly lube the bead its self the tire will even bead up better we are in the truck tire buss. and if one doesn't lube the heck out of those beads they will not mount straight and they wont balance still learning every day after 40 yrs. !

I like the vice grip idea, looks like it would be easier on the ground?

I always keep me tires on the ground when changing them. That way I can step on the sides and hold them in place with my feets

What's that exact measurement? A "Scwlooctzh"? lmao

Great vid! He Reminds me of Pheidelphia Collins from Trailer Park Boys... Baaaaaaammmm!

your a cool guy it is helpful.

Soapy water is very corrosive. Causes rusting of the rim inside the tire because moisture cannot escape the inflated tire. Silicone spray lube won't damage the rubber or cause corrosion. Also a rope tourniquet around the center of the tire will spread the beads and help with seating them.

lol i feel your pain i did 4 6in tires and my dam hands hurt!!! I struggled just like u did,not so easy is it!!!

Vice Grips = Aha! moment, Thanks I think I'll buy some valve stems BEFORE I start this project.

wait what were those measurements exactly?

cool video

The video is appreciated, but the valve stem would have been the first thing I checked, unless tire damage was obvious and I would have taken out the valve stem core with a valve stem tool to set the bead. On tires that are really difficult to bead, using a ratcheting strap or a rope with lots of tension around the tread of the tire, can help with getting the bead to catch a seal. Or, one can put a tube in tire and save some money.

I hate seating the beads on tires... mainly because I don't have a compressor. It's not easy to do it with a bike pump, but it can be done sometimes if you run a ratchet strap around the tire to smoosh the bead against the rim

Last time I changed the tire, it took me over an hour and a lot of stress. Thanks to your video, today it took me about 7 minutes. The vise grip trick is really good. I was almost ready to use two but managed with one. Also, I found that the tire would not fill up with air when lying on its side. Did you stand yours up on purpose or just by chance? Also, my tire did not suddenly pop onto the bead when overfilled with air, but it seemed to be sealed tight. Does it have to pop suddenly? I didn't want to hit it with my hammer. I drove it about two hours over rough terrain and did not lose much air so I'm guessing its ok. Thanks for posting!

$32.99 per tyre but when the girl rang them through they came up as wheelbarrow tyres at $14.99 each lol

That was helpful. Thx.

I just did one two hours ago and I bought a new valve stem when I did it. I had to get a strap because the tire wouldn't air up.

I was waiting for the blood to flow. My easier way is to mount a long 5/8" dia eyebolt I have vertically in my big vise. It is the needed 3rd hand. I use the vise grips of course to anchor the start of the bead and just work it around. Safety glasses are a good idea since debris fly at light speed when the bead pops. If it does not seal I have used driveway sealer on the bead. I still have a ring of tar drops around the garage walls! I use pass link chain around the tread and twist it with a big bar to force the beads to the rim if they will not seat initially. To bad the tires were too far gone to just put tubes in them. A for Effort. P.S. I use a heat gun to make the 'hubcap' pliable and it comes off barehanded.

TY for this all I needed was the soap lol

Sumbitch haha, great vid thanks.

So was the valve stem damaged or you just had to tighten the schrader valve hardware. Wasn't clear.

when u put the pry bar on back side of tire take hammer hit tire right next rim couple smacks it comes right off

Give it a glueben shlueben....love it sounds like my old man

I have done that , Because I was to cheap to buy a inner tube. It is very dangerous could start a fire , ruin a tire or someone could get hurt. Think about it starting fluid compressed air and fire. Something go Boom !!

@diceman2010 anytime bud. keep watchin, will have more how to vids soon. thanx for watchin

Your valve stem is supposed to line up with that silver dot on the tire.

this video was kind of funny, great entertainment but not the way i'm gonna change mine.

Greetings Smoott. I want to try this but I do not want to dent or damge the rim on my john deere garden tractor.

whats ur measurement? "that much water and a goooooosh of water.....exact precision lolol

Thks for giving me the confident to try

Good vid.