Ultimate Manual Tire Changer Modifications
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
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This is a follow up to my original video about the Harbor Freight manual tire changer. In this video I show the final modifications and demonstrate them in use. Using the tire changer has become incredibly easier compared to when I first bought it.
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Wow, nice modifications 👍👍👍
If you don't want to scratch the edge of the rim's outside, is it possible to turn the rim with the outside pointing downwards?
Then you'll work on the backside of the rim.
I love your overkill approach. That thing will last you a lifetime, well done.
Best modded tire machine I've see on UA-cam. I'm making one. Just need to get the tubing and other parts
Thanks, I appreciate it! Let me know if you have any questions.
Can you make one fór me?
this video 7 years old, I'll start by saying that your fabricated add ons are sweet, nice job, I also was looking for videos that pitch altered tire changer ideas that I can use...... my words are pre thought of, your work is so good, I can't replicate which means your video to me seems like your just showing off and bragging, that's cool, I would to, nice work, great ideas, now I will find something I can do lol , thanks
I had the EXACT same idea a few weeks ago. Now that I see how well it works, I'll probably make one in the summer. Thanks for sharing.
So many modifcations are opposed to the idea behind the Harbor Freight tire changer - simplicity and ease of understanding how it works through grass-roots support.
I very much like the attempt because it shows self-reliability. Kudos.
You are honestly the best ever, your actually selling what you have made its cool that your doing that, not many people would the same
Now if only Harbor Freight would make it that way to begin with!! Nice job!
The original HFT version is an affordable to everyman tool. Not knocking this excellent mod, or your comment. But if HFT made it this way to begin with I am afraid it would be hard to keep the price down. ( I paid $35 for mine)They could however build and offer the mod as a separate purchase. More could afford the quality in 2 purchases. And depending on the price I know I would consider the second purchase.
👍👍Cool, this almost like a powered tire changer. I like that you use the bearings that makes sense.👍👍
One of very best engineering videos I have watched on UA-cam. I wish this guy the very best of good fortune for his future. I don’t propose to copy any of this, but his thought pattern, skills and presentation was excellent. Thank you.
This is great. I made one using a cheap hydraulic jack. Works great, but it was permanently installed in my old place so that's where it stayed.
I have seen some vis where guys put these out side on cement pads they take up some floor space. They are going crazy making bigger and bigger. Great vid
I'm so glad I fund you channel. I really need something like this.
I just did 8 285/70R17 dually wheels on mine with a similar home built setup (without all the bearings and washers and stuff) worked good but was a learning curve, learned I need that cone, larger deck/base plate with recess for flat rims, and some clamps. Note to others, if leaving old wheel weights on, start at the weight and you don't have to fight the duck over them, learned that 1/2 way through....
Ingenious!!! You have inspired me to try to change my own tires.
@Mathias Augustine shut up you’re spamming and I reported you
@@Omlet221 Salt much
Hi great job. 👍👍
I'm the french guy who have inspired you. 😁😁😁
Yes, you are! Thank you! I really enjoyed your tire changer videos. Thank you for showing me what is possible with some thought and ingenuity.
I saw that! TY Yours I could steal and Probably Make.....................lol
Wow. You did an amazing job on that setup. You should make them and sell them.
So glad you decided to start making these. Your a genius!
The bolts/lugs on the base is a great idea.
I did the Hunter-foot duckbill mod on my own but I’ve had some struggles with it- mostly due to the wheels moving around over the post, and the damage from the winged centering hold-down fitting is frustrating and totally unacceptable.
I’m going to weld some 1/2-20’s on there right now!
The other problem I had was a destroyed a “heavy duty” pallet in 2-1/2 tires for my jeep. That’s a problem - but I don’t have my shop built yet so no concrete to anchor to.
Thanks for the real world tips without the “look what I did!” attitude of other vids. Complexity and attitude is not required LOL
This is awesome. You've inspired me to make a simpler less expensive version for myself. I'll be sure to mention you in the video when it's finished. Thanks for the ideas.
No problem! If you need any info shoot me an email at lucidautowerks@gmail.com
First video I liked...2nd video I love. The mods are great.. awesome workmanship...takes tires off like a boss..
Thank you! I'll have some more tire changer videos coming out in the near future.
Great to hear...I’d like to see what can be done with the bead breaker. Mine keeps slipping and going into the sidewall..
Have you seen my bead breaker video? ua-cam.com/video/6dFTvsRoaPk/v-deo.html I don't even mess with the one that came on the stand anymore.
Excellent video thank you very much, just changed my first ever car tyre today and I'm really chuffed.
Wow!!! You have taken this Harbor Frieght tire changer to a new level. I have one of these changers, and I can tell you, for a 70 year old man with a fix income this modification will come in very handy.👍
I sand casted aluminum for my center cone worked very good. Thanks for video!
That’s awesome! One day I want to start melting metal. I’ve watched a few videos from MrPete and that Ford guy on UA-cam and it’s definitely interesting to me.
@@LucidAutowerks I used a funnel and I believe 1 5/8 " muffler pipe for the center to use as a mold. Hope this helps someone out there.
Still love my ultimate tire changer, been using it for years. I added the Mojo Lever and I'm making another Lever myself. All these cool tools just make changing your tires at home so much easier. I even designed a portable mounting platform so I can take my tire changer to my friends and families house and change tires there if I want.
That's great to hear, Clint! I saw some recent videos that you used it in. You were one of the OG purchasers and I really appreciate that!
Awesome example of what can be done with a basic Harbor Freight Tire changer. Thank you for posting this - I have made one, but without roller bearings just plain heavy duty tube that I bored out to a close fit over the existing hold down. There is little play and for the number of tires I will be changing should work fine. Just waiting for the arrival of the duckbill to complete. Thank you again for this awesome example. There is no way I could mount 245/75/R16 10 ply tires with the existing bar only without damaging either the rim or tires so this has solved my problem. Whole mod took about 2 hours with some scrap square tube and round stock. Duck bill from Amazon.
That's awesome, I'm glad to hear you built one! I could never even think of doing anything but dismount tires from steel wheels when I first purchased this tire changer. Mounting tires was pretty much impossible. Now I feel confident enough to mount and dismount tires on wheels that I actually care about!
Nice mod! Go one further and weld a 4 inch piece of steel re-bar to the secure bolts so you can eliminate using a wrench to tighten - I did that on my homemade lathe - so simple and helps tremendously - BTW - I bent the HF bar using a breaker bar on a 15" Ford rim - China crap! Cheers!
I had to put a steal rod in side of my bar to reinforce it
Nice mod build, famous last words @15:39 "I do not plan on making any to sell" Hope you do well on sales.......
Awesome! Just got one, and plan on doing something like this. Worked at a service station doing tire work for a few years a while back and the duck bill was quite nice after using the full manual harbor freight setup. Couldn’t help but notice you need to weld a couple handles onto those bolt heads to eliminate the need of a wrench.
Lol, just noticed I’m posting under my wife’s account
That's a great idea! I'll add that to my machine soon.
It's called a duck head
Lucid Autowerks ua-cam.com/video/itZPXtv_x5I/v-deo.html&feature=share
I added a couple magnets also to assist with the bead breaker. Nothing major, but I think it helps out quite a bit.
@@kyleroberson9059 correct. I realized that after someone asked me which one I used. There was a year between when I ordered the part and actually made the video so I forgot what it was called.
Looks great, I can’t wait to finish building mine. Looking forward to not have to bring tires in to garage
A T-slot made of bar stock screwed below slots n the hat would allow you to make up and use mating T-nuts tapped to any pitch and diameter that floats your boat.
The T-Slot is essentially a hands-free wrench and an assistant to keep the nut from dropping on the floor and rolling under the bench.
Once the wheel is bolted down tight to the hat the T-slot will not be taking the bulk of the force of tire removal. The bolt, T-nut, and the hat will.
You can screw the T-Slot to the bottom of the hat with #8 countersink head machine screws.
No need to use OEM lug nuts/bolts. Machine 60°and or 90° cones that fit around the bolt(s) that you want to use for retaining the wheels you're servicing.
You gotta do a video on the build. It looks amazing man.
Could have saved me over $1,000 if I had seen this video of the modded HF manual tire changer since I DID own one. The welds holding the threaded tube that holds the tire to the plate broke on my first one, then the second one the bead breaker bent beyond repair. The supplied rim holder also gouges aluminum rims badly, so that billet aluminum alignment piece would have been great to have. I could have made a new breaker, but I gave up on it and just bought a full size air powered unit from Eastwood for $,1,500. I'd been better off buying your modification since my needs are only hobby use. I hope more people share this video and your channel. You should patent your upgrade setup and see if Harbor Freight will buy it from you or license you to build them.
Make some wing nut / T handles out of some 5/16” - 3/8” round stock and weld to the heads of those bolts and then you won’t need any wrenches. Pretty slick modification for the HF tire changer
You should consider modifying this kit to work with motorcycle wheels as well. Mounting the fat MC tires is a challenge, even with the Harbor Freight setup. So something similar for MC tires and rims would be awesome.
Good Job, I'm gonna get one of these ASAP, brilliant and you save a bucket over taking your car to the shop and paying and paying and paying to have tires installed. It pays for itself very quickly! Thanks man :)
I'm really happy with mine, the welds are on point. Thanks for making this quality product.
Thank you for your purchase and thank you for your kind words! I put everything I’ve got into making these so it’s always nice to hear positive feedback 👍🏼
You should real sell these. I would buy it in a heartbeat.
I've decided to start producing these. Please email me at lucidautowerks@gmail.com if you're interested
@@LucidAutowerks
How much?
Ive tried to email you and it comes back as an invalid email address
@@toddcoleman5388 Weird. I've gotten a few emails from people inquiring about it. The email again is lucidautowerks@gmail.com
Definitely want to buy one. I emailed you.
A friend of mine saw this deal on ebay and wants to make it work on his machine. So thanks for the video to give us more ideas. I however have a coats tire machine and when i want to change a tire it makes no difference if its an f250 or a geo metro. I can't live without the real deal. I owned a manual one for 2 tires lol
The rub is the road force balancing system nowadays mounts or remounts tires and wheels to achieve minimum radial run-out.
So a tire store you may be able to establish a rapport with is the best and least time and trouble. If you don't do several a month of your own, your need for smoothest operation will outweigh your ability to do it in your own shop with this much ease when finally you've done all this work and purchased all this.
while I do agree, I also rarely ever balance my tires unless there is a noticeable vibration. I use a bubble balancer initially.
Wow this was really cool. I was pretty set to hate hard on it before I even saw it, but you've converted me!
I wish I could afford to purchase this attachment, it would definitely save on my elbow that's bone to bone. Great job
Ok , now that's a great video and awesome improvements to the Harbor Freight tire changer.
Thanks bud! I honestly didn't realize how bad the first video was until I watched it again about a year after I posted it. It practically made me seasick haha
Like it alot ,nice job. Good tire changer for steel wheels but messes up nice rims. Would like to build one can you do a build video on making one ,take it apart. Or recommend how to make one ,where did you get the parts ,duck bill part?
Super stoked to find this and that you produce them!
Great mod, thanks for the vid!! Also, maybe "T" bars welded to the two bolts, so no wrench needed? Thanks again.
Great idea. I do that on the ones that I sell now.
I made a duck bill attachment as well . Can't believe how much money I've saved over the years . I use my buddies digital tire balancer and its perfect. I drive mk4 jettas ! With the factory 17 inch rims .little tough but I like the challenge
Dude , you can stick the big bar in the square tube to spin the thing around,it makes it easier, as long as the machine is bolted down,
Yup I’ve done it that way a few times. This tire was easy to do but when I need more leverage on something like a low profile tire I stick the bar into the square tube.
I got into a tire changer not to save money, but to have the capability of mounting tires at home. I live in the forest far from an auto shop.
Really nice work and some good idea’s you got there. Thanks for sharing. I might have to save up and get me one of them ultimate tire changer attachments. Makes it look easier for sure. Keep up the great work, and hope you are well!
Thank you!
Save yourself some money and just buy the duckbill for less than $20 and mount it on the end of a bar. Works great.
Holy smoke, I gotta modify mine, this is awesome lol I love it :)
Tutorial on how to make the swivel masterpiece???🤔🤔🤔
very nice setup., well worth it in the long run
I really like your 'duckhead' setup. GREAT job- excellent video.
Hello, could you put in a detailed step-by-step description of how did you make this tire removal arm ??
The bead breaker looks like,it,need a 2nd lower adj pivot arm that keeps the. Arm from,popping,away from the rim while under press
My HF bead breaker bent. They need to brace it better from the factory.
Awesome innovation - can't wait to put my order in. So tired of taking time to drive into town and sit and wait situation. I will advertise for you in my area because everyone needs one on the ranch. I will be putting my order in today.
You have a good skill set. I’m a licensed residential builder in sc formerly of CT. I liked your 45 degree nut, I’m doing that on my give away changer, I used round tube in round tube for my ducks bill foot at first in the middle of the 3” long round tube I changed it up to two 3/8” bolts with hose bib handles to take the flex out of the pipe. Also, I sliced the holding pipe (3”) and removed 1/4” of steel from the holding pipe which closed the tolerances . I squeezed it together in a Vice and welded the outside. Made a big difference.
I do (restore old Vw’s busses and pickups with wide five wheels and made a plate. I bought the four cones and used the burr to get it to fit right. My drill press is variable speed so at 2,600 rpm, it took a while longer to size. It works on 4 bolt later year VWs.
Regards, Jim Morris
Thanks Jim. That trick with the steel cones is great. One of the most time consuming parts of my kit is actually making the aluminum centering cones. I make them all on a manual South Bend lathe from the mid 60s. Takes me a good amount of time to make each one. I changed my design away from the 45 degree nut only because it was really tough on the drills to make that large of a hole and have an interrupted cut. I sharpened my one drill so many times that it became a stubby! Now I redesigned that part so that I can cut it on my plasma table.
Great video I made one not as nice as yours I had to use round pipe to keep the cost down some was free some I bought at Lowe's I still got about 50 in material not counting my welding wire and time so yes it would be hard to make a profit but they sure do save the wheels
I'm glad it worked out for you! The parts that I had to purchase to sell them are actually much more than I had anticipated. The screw collar in the video was $10 alone, but the style I'm using now are more than double that and I'm using two per machine :/
@@LucidAutowerks W0W $$ Nothing is reasonable today
I just placed my order. Can't wait to get it
Pretty darn clever young fella!!
Thank you, sir!
I’m definitely buying the one on your website soon, hopefully you still produce them in a couple months
Yup, no plans of stopping anytime soon.
nicejob... I did see one guy on youtube who used a vise grip for a rim clamp.
This is what I love about UA-cam even when different people speak different languages they can still figure each other out at times.
Super great modifications.... work smarter not harder I always say. What would you charge if you were to make one of the cones ? Nice work!!
man that thing works fkn great dude !
Nice. Thinking about ordering one of these.
This is a hell of a business idea I would definitely pay for one if you were able to make it
Thanks! I’ve been making and selling them for the past year. Check out the description section for links on where to purchase and for some customer uploaded videos.
Put some nylon or HDPE on the duckbill/your spoons and you can do aluminum rims without scratching them.
Graduated cones can cover a wide range of wheels but is a simple solution,
Just returned this changer this morning. The arms on the bead breaker just immediately bent and the long multi tool bar is hollow and bent while getting the wheel back on.
Yeah I had the same problem with the bead breaker. Some people reinforce the one on the stand but if you look at my other videos I built up the other bead breaker that they sell. ua-cam.com/video/6dFTvsRoaPk/v-deo.html
@@LucidAutowerks I was going to just lock the arms with screws into a piece of oak in between but then the long tool bent and so I returned it this morning (literally I was there when they opened). You did well modifying it, after all the idea and design is good, their execution not so good. I saw a cool tool with nylon inserts that was a better long tool on here, some other video...
Appreiate your skill brother. Very good way to go and something to try. Thanks!
Thanks! I appreciate the kind words.
You have a pretty good idea man keep up the good work
Very badass! Nice fab work 🍻
Thank you!
I tried used my harbor freight tire changer for the first last night. I need this
That's a great attachment! Due to a recent experience at my local tire shop(s) I'm going to start changing my own tires.
I've changed hundreds of tires in my life and don't understand why tires shops can't do a quality job...
That’s exactly why I started changing my own tires. Tire shops only seem to care about doing it fast and have zero regard for how they treat your wheels.
Tnks 4 ur video ..I appreciate ur time ! It help's a lot ..tnk u ! God bless u!
I bought one so that I could also use the separate attachment for changing motorcycle tires..
I buried lead anchors in my garage floor. The base plate on this tire machine was bending while attempting to spin my gmc canyon tires off the rims..I ended up pulling the anchors out of the floor.. I had four new tires I bought on eBay to install on my truck. I ended up taking the tires to national tire and battery tire store and they charged me $20 a wheel to mount and balance the tires on my truck wheels..
I also bought the attachment for holding a motorcycle wheels on this harbor freight tire changing machine. I ended up just spooning the tires off the motorcycle rims using a plastic milk crate to sit the wheel on like i always did it.. I bought the tire machine and the motorcycle wheel attachment so I would not damage my wheels. I used rim protectors, and I did not even try to use that Neanderthal styled tire prybar that comes with the tire machine..
I will say this. The bead breaker on the tire machine is worth buying the tire machine for...You don’t have to have the tire machine mounted to the floor just to break the beads loose.
Pretty slick
Thanks!
Hi I like your idea can you sell me the bottom and top collars and the brass washer I don"t have a lathe to do that part I will pay for them I have evrthing else Im just missing those parts to complete mine thanks.
Sweet setup man
YOOOOO you rock! I will definitely be saving up to support you and get one of each your accessories. Wonderful video wonderful product.
Well done! Very easy to follow! Thanks
You need to use some soapy water when using bars (you're creating a lot of friction) or you risk missing up the rubber.
Thanks. I used tire lube when mounting the tire but I didn't bother when I was dismounting it. These tires weren't very good although they were worth keeping around to use for rollers. Normally if you're removing a tire you're replacing it with a new one but I understand what you're saying.
nice! wish i had my garage still!! would make one!! thanks for the video!
Dude..... You're a genius!
Dude! that tire is not good!. Great video with very cool mods!
It holds air and has some tread so it’s good enough for what I would use it for. I only use 14” wheels and tires for storing or moving around vehicles. Can also use them as burnout tires on my E30 😃
Excellent video
Great video.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you, a lot of information here.
Good tire changer. I like it. Thanks for the share dude.
Not sure if this would work but maybe take design tips from mini changer where dismount/mounting bar straddles around the center post but has the duck bill mounted on the end of it. Cost would come down if it works....
How can I get or where do I get the arm support clamps or I don't know what to call them but they are both the upper part and the lower part of the post that adapts to the mechanical arm
Whoa,,,,u the man. Did you make the bead breaker yourself? holding the tire firm and breaking the bead is always the hardest part. I use tire levers to put and pull. Lube and leverage are the most for actually taking tire off the rim.
New levers are aluminum so a bit thick steel works fine and more durable. Just gotta be careful with mags.
yep I want one... but I want a lot of expensive stuff that I have a hard time justifying. I'm still gonna think about it though.
great modifications
Why not stick your long bar into the horizontal square piece for leverage?
Great video, thanks
great job
thanks for video. your manual debeeder at end of video, could you put two vertical fingers or similar on top to locate handle vertically to save going 180 degrees with handle all the time??