Hi chris just a quick tip that may help i watched a bloke with a race truck use 2 rachet straps hock from the side rail into the holes in the wheel rim to lift the wheel on to the studs in sandy conditiond
This might have been mentioned, but (pro tip), with split rims you don't need to remove the rim from the truck. Just jack it up, pull the retaining ring and pull the tire off the rim. Then do your repair and slide it back on. We use a 6' bar and a block to lift and slide it back on. We even do big loader tires that way.
Any time I’ve ever done a split rim I always point the ring toward the ground when airing them up that way if it comes off it goes straight to ground and not flying off across the world. But that on normal size tires I’ve ever messed with
One great safety tip for changing split rims without a safety cage: You should only inflate the tyre to about 5psi (until the flange seats) then bolt it on. Once it is bolted on the vehicle then inflate remotely on the other side of the vehicle if possible. Then if anything goes wrong you won't have wheel components flying at your face! Happy camping and stay safe 🤙
Hello Chris & Ange, I have another tip for you because l am not sure if you did this. I know you couldn't find the leak so your assessment could be spot on but this might be useful for next time. Mark the tyre with chalk where the valve is situated before disassemble. Then when you locate the leak on the tube match it back up on the tyre by just resting it on top. By doing this you can get a general idea where the tyre was punctured. Then carefully rub your hand along the inside of the tyre in that general area in particular, but also the entire inside area just to be sure for the offending foreign item. By doing this you can feel more confident that you are not fitting the repaired tube, or a replacement, back in while the foreign item is still in the tyre. If you don't do this you might find the tube will get punctured again. Hopefully l explained this well enough. Jason from Melbourne Victoria.
Great show travel safely 😁 👍🍺 a couple of small tips Carry a 4way valve tool and extra valves . It may be a faulty valve in the tube and the tool can re-tap internal valve thread . Removing valve to air down often weakens them. Use a few ratchet straps around the tyre over the split rim locking ring to hold it down when airing up in case it flys off Use ratchet straps to raise the wheel up onto the hub or you can use a few metre long or longer bars . Leverage makes a big difference. a long handle shovel also works Definitely use a jack stand Did you permanently wire your diesel transfer pump on your dash board yet
Plus one to checking the valve core. I've had a few on them fail over the years. Each time that they failed, they only leaked at low tyre pressure. Made it hard to diagnose.
My name is Bethani Dudley, ) & I used to drive big rigs on down to bicycles) & I live in the USA & if you want to stop having flat tires, put a product for your tire / & tube called SLIME. This fluid is green in the color & you don't have to take the tire off the rime. This stuff WILL seal the tire & puncture while the tire is still on the vehicle, you just have to rotate that tire that is going flat while it's off the ground a couple inches. What you are trying to do is help the slime go all over the inside of the tire/tube. Slowly Hand spins its wheel assembly. Air up the tire/tube after about 5 minutes to make sure you get good coverage. GOOD LUCK !!!
Mate the good thing about Y-tube is there's no shortage of experts , half of em wouldnt have travelled further than their clothes line. Thanks for sharing guy's stay safe and have fun
Good job on the tyre, Iain just changed all five of our tyres over to the new wheels, and the split rims are a lot easier than solid wheels. Iain made a jack stand out of a laminated wood, to work together with the jack, not replace it. It is also flat, so packs away nicely. Iain also says it is best to put it in 4wd and diff locks on when jacking it up, we made that mistake once and the truck rolled forward and fell off the jack when the wood under the jack broke. We damaged a portal and the truck ended up on a flatbed - $1000 for the 300km trip home, but we had insurance so just the $200 excess.
I made the jack stand out of LVL, about 90mm x 240mm wide and shaped to fit the axle. I made it from 2 x 240x45 LVL, glued and screwed together. If you go with 3 x 240x45mm LVL, it will work for your truck, as long as you use it with the jack, not as a replacement. As Trish wrote, put it in 4wd and lock the diffs, as that will help stop it rolling. You are lucky you picked up that it was leaking, as a slower leak would have made the tyre overheat and destroy it. We have a Tyre Pressure Monitor, it has saved us a couple of times giving us warning of punctures and leaks, long before we realised it was going flat, the alarm was going off. You will need something with an external aerial, as we found that we sometimes did not get signal from the sensor, and our truck is a lot smaller than yours. It cost $400 with internal sensor and the external aerial, well worth is epecially given the cost of a tyre. You would need the external sensor, due to the tubes. Good luck with your next bit of the trip, so many great places to visit down there. Iain
Well done on the repair job. There's plenty of haters out there re split rim set ups. But the Aussie outback has seen over 70 years of trucks and utes wearing split rims. They are just so practical for the sort of use you are putting the Mog to. Just pull them to pieces every couple of years and give them a wire brush and a bit of TLC. Also, be very liberal with talcum powder when reinserting the inner tube. It helps enormously to permit the inner tube and tyre to move independently of one another without chaffing when at low tyre pressures. Another tip when no axle stand is available. Chock the other rear tyre (plus put in 4WD diff lock). Logs, rocks, or the proper Mog tyre chocks that the Mog came with from Germany. If you were thinking of going the battery operated rattle gun for spinning the wheel nuts on and off with, think of going with a brand that also make a small battery chainsaw and drill. Very useful additions when in remote countryside
Instead of breaking your back and that long as bar.. Check out something called a "Torque Multiplier" And at 17:00 a ratchet strap from the flat bed under the tire and back up to the flat bed might make a cradle that you could use to rachet the wheel up high enough to push it onto the lugs. That or weld on some eyelets in the right spot to form the cradle.
Make sure the inside of the tire is completely clean of any small stones or debris. When the tube is inflated those small objects get trapped between the inside of the tire and the outside of the tube. Then when the tire flexes the small objects can easily rub a hole in the tube. Stand the tire up so all the debris falls to the bottom and carefully clean it all out. Run your hands all over the inside of the tire to make sure there isn't any debris imbedded in the inside of the tire.
Great video .My back nearly died watching you loosen those wheel nuts . You look in pretty good physical shape use that too your advantage and use your weight and push down on those wheel nuts .Your back will thankyou in ten years time .Love the vids .
You might want to get a cordless impact gun. That bar is bending pretty far and if it fails, it's nice to have a backup. The impact gun is also nice when it comes to spinning lugs on and off and is super handy with anything kind of bolt needed work, and you've got a ton of them! Nice work.
they can break that type of breaker bar but the main thing to avoid that is grease or antisieze on the threads.theres no other way around it. lubing the threads also get them tighter because the threads don't bind.
Yeah, a good impact is priceless for many reasons in this type of vehicle and situation. Chris looked like he was enjoying the workout however and I suspect there is already a good impact somewhere in the Moog.
Hi there guys Next time in this particular instance check the valve core first before doing anything. When deflating / inflating tyres these are easily damaged. I've had the same issue twice. Chris the way that brace bar bends you may wish to look at purchasing a battery operated impact driver. Just a thought. Love your work; travel safe . Regards Steve H
Great work on getting the tire back on, it's a BIG job for sure. One thing i have picked up over the decades 4 wheeling is too use about 1/2 bottle of talcum powder in each wheel of that size when you are using a tube inside. It does an amazing job of keeping the tube in place when run at lower pressures. I LOVE all that your doing now and look forward to the next vid each week. CHEERS AND SAFE TRAVELS Steve h.
I know the joys of changing tubes and mounting tires on split rims. My father was a milkman from the 1950s till mid 1970s when I took over the family business. The 5 ton milk truck had split rims with duelies in the rear. The nice thing with duelies is if you only need to work on the outside wheel you could just run up onto a 2 inch board with the inside tire to lift the outside one high enough to get it off. No jack required. Even back then it was difficult to impossible in the U.S. to find a tire shop that would work on a split rim, so we had to do it ourselves.
Hey mate I grew up with an old man as a truck driver . When youvuse the tyre levers to get the bead lock off , cross them over. This allows you the use the bottom one as a l pivot point making it far easier.
Good effort on the tyre there a dead weight for sure. Get yourself a good battery impact impact gun you have the means to charge it plus you wont have to break into a sweat breaking the wheel nuts off. Loving the channel and the day to day adventures of you both 👍
@@888johnmac Id think your air tank wouldn't be big enough im running a 150 ltr tank and that does car stuff but ive also got a SnapOn gun that does most stuff. Milwaukee does some good ones not cheap but well worth havin.
You know you've nailed your power system when you stop thinking about it, and you're not always checking battery levels etc. The best technology fades into the background and lets you get on with what you need to do. Awesome wheel change too. Chris needed that workout lol. :)
You’re reasoning for putting the tyres on yourself at the beginning was the right choice, good in ya for following you’re instincts. That situation would have been a nightmare if you hadn’t. 👍
You need some inner tube patches.. I have had tubes with 5 patches on them and still held air for months .. In the USA I Use Freylube on the beads and all metal places that could rust..
List of things to get: One heavy duty jack stand , maby two. Check ... Good video guys. Its times like this that make the trip memorable. Chris, you look in good shape. The bar on the lug nuts was really bending. What a good workout eh ? : )
It is a skill to use the two tyre levers efficiently to get the split rim off. ID the indent on the split rim near where the rim meets. One end of the tyre lever fits perfectly in there and you lever that over then pop the second lever under the ring to hold the split rim up... then remove the first lever and work your way around the split rim...... don't over think that you can do it better just do the process. If you can carry a milk crate to sit the rim on (without the split rim) and usually the tyre will simply fall of the rim without all the pushing and pulling of the rim from the tyre. The weight of the tyre works in your favour.
A shovel is the best thing for levering a wheel off,you have plenty of leverage,another thing I would not leave the truck om that jack without a safety stand,I know you don't have a stand but you could find an old stump or something to use in the bush.it's a very top heavy rig now and if it come off the bottle jack it could tip over so a stump is better than nothing.
Don't want to contradict you, but are you sure it wasn't just the valve? You can get tools that can not only pull the valve, but also clean / recut the thread. Valve threads can get messed up with you are taking them out all the time to air down. Their is a product by ARB (and others) that is a "Tire Deflator with Gauge". You probably already know about em from your Jeep days. They keep the valve encapsulated and out of the sand / muck. Great for deflating the tyres quickly and not introducing sand / grit / mug to the valve. Means the valve thread stays good on the Valve and the tube valve stalk. Get two so you can air down two tires at once. With practice you can even do two at a time by yourself. I've tried the Staun deflators, but with the big tires, they take too long and you would need several sets of 4 to air down to different levels. Lookup "ARB Tire Deflator" and "STAUN Deflator" if you dont know what I'm talking about. Also, carry 10 or so valves with you in your spares box.
I think you did 100% the right thing in doing those 5 tyre changes yourself. There ain't no tyre cages in the wop wops, so you got to do what you got to do....or possibly die of thirst.......and the practise is definitely a lifesaver. I say good call! BUT you got an awesome compressor on that truck, why no air gun, air jack etc? I know you have muscles for both of you, but why strain yourself? Mind you, I bet the Mrs enjoys watching those muscles bulging, and it is damn good for ratings! I will have to think of something else to get my ratings up when I do my videos. I have just bought a U1700, and I am finding your videos are an inspiration and a great incentive to get the truck up to your standard asap! A couple of mods I will do is put a portable, 2000KG winch mounting points above each wheel station, so the Mrs can mount the tyre again easily. A second is an air jacking points on all the axles and, crucially, two spares, so at least I might not have to worry about sorting out a flat tyre straight away (unless I get two punctures).
I won't complain when roadside assistance takes a while to show up for a flat 😁 😁 Funny watching this as the last major flat I had to deal with was years ago on my Dad's monster truck camper. The wheels were painted the same colour as yours. Only problem was the nuts were painted on the wheel by the previous owner. Broke the wrench trying to get them off. Fortunately a friend had a garage close by, he came out to us and tried getting the nuts off but gave up and used a air canister to inflate the tire so we could get back to the garage and use the impact gun.One thing you might want to consider is a can of flat repair that you can inject into the tube. HORRIBLE junk if you don't have a tube but if you are stuck someplace and cannot change the tire it works.
Chris definitely deserved the chilled time after that 😊 You are 100% right, feeling more confident everyday! Thank you so mu h for your comments Ian :)
An easier way to get the tire back on the truck would be to use a lever like a large bit of wood or a shovel and slide it under the tyre and gently stand on the other end and you use your body weight to lift the tyre like a seesaw it works on my 1100×20 tyres I have done it on 1600×20 nice video and great scenery
Guys, good job on the tire repair. You’ve now graduated👩🎓👨🎓from Big A_ _ tire 🛞 University. Chris, it was very smart of you to learn how to and practiced on the original tire mounting 👍. Now for my 10¢s, which I’m certain you have it already on your shopping list. 1. A pair of jack stands 2. Longer tire iron bars to walk the tires on to the lugs 3. A spare breaker bar. Watching you breaking the wheel lugs loose showed there was quite a bit of flex on the breaker bar. They usually let go at the pívot point where the socket connects. All in all, another great video guys, looking forward to the next one.
Listening to David Sinclair’s podcast during the meal, you both are healthy and strong, you need power for change the tire on the The Unimog. Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱❤️🇦🇺🇫🇷
you have a near perfect truck. what you need are tubeless tires. the kind with the webs in them. made without sides. but supported. then melt sides on them to keep the mud out of the webs.
Good bit of teamwork! You guys work well together! Good idea, doing the tires yourself the first time, for just the reasons you stated, some folks would be in a bad spot, not having some familiarity with the job. Thanks for sharing the adventure.
Try leaving the rim on the truck next time you can make a quick clamp over if that ring comes off you’re protected and you can spin it. If you’re going with that technique of taking it off you needs at least a five foot bar use your shoulder and the bar line up the holes lift push with your shoulder I used to change them at 17 and 74kg. Just advise happy travels
this video was randomly suggested on YT for me. casual thoughts while watching the tire repair, I'm assuming you know the dangers of split rims when airing back up the tires and such. have you thought about a mechanical air compressor such as a DIY York compressor on the engine or if the truck uses air brakes, to tap into the factory air system. i would recommend a 4ft wood 2x4 or possibly heavy truck tire spoon, to allow you leverage under the tire to lift it back up. or what about letting that bottle jack down a little bit to allow the tire to go back on easier and then jack it back up to finish tightening down the lugs IE make the truck come to you instead of you brute forcing the tire up to it.
Buy yourself a 3/4 Milwaukee rattle gun and do your self a favour. Will pull those nuts off with ease. A couple decent pry bars can help with lifting up the wheel and lining it up with the studs too. Great work
You'll find you may get more flats than expected. Given the extra weight and wider wheel track you'll be picking up sticks and other objects on the side of the trails.
Ange, thanks again for the M.O.G. shot. (Mog Over Go-pro). Lovely Groper catch Chris and great work with that tyre fix. I'll never complain about my 50KG wheels again. Marty from Perth
You have air on the truck. Get an air impact wrench. Also use your weight to push down to break nuts free. Also use the breaker bar on the ground to lift the tire. not your back.
Why would anyone give you crap for working on your tires yourself? Must be people who never travel off road. Heck if they think that's dangerous, every time you climb in and turn the key is dangerous. Heck, you can choke on a French fry. Great job with the tire.
Unfortunately low pressures for sand driving and tubes you will have to get used to this.... Unless there is a tubeless option for the mog. Im not sure. But I do know that getting rid of tubes was the best thing that ever happened to 4wding
There tires can be run tubeless too but not with these rims. We chose to keep our original wheels as the alternative alloy beadlock rims make the Mog stance way too wide in our opinion. We now carry 2 spare tubes just in case :)
@@TheOutFit fair enough. I feel though, that you guys are likely to do a lot of sand/ beach driving and running low pressures is the best way to get flotation and avoid getting stuck. However tube tyres don't like low pressures as the tube and valve move around and it takes only a small amount of movement for the tube to deflate. Anyway I've really enjoyed the build and great to see you getting out there and enjoying it. Keep up the great work and may the white ox wish you both many more happy adventures to come! Hope to see you on the trails sometime
@@thewhiteoxoverland the army was running tubes fine, we hope we won't have too much issues either 🤞 thank you for your comments and for watching, it means a lot!
And I thought changing out the TPMS sensors in the wheels of my F150 last week was a challenge. He's right tho, the reason was to learn how to break a bead and change out tires without taking it to a shop. Plus, I saved $300.
I am thinking of a mechanism to be able to fit the tires using the winch. Am just thinking never tried it but I’ll think of something that might help you guys. All the best and keep up the positive spirit
Hello new subscriber, love the Unimogs but i'm going to use a ACCO 6x6 truck 4bt cummins, auto etc. EX Army 30yrs another tip for remounting the wheel, use a tyre lever or pick handle or your breaker bar and or a shovel (yes a shovel works great we used it in the army changing the new MAN truck tyres, I learnt something new after 25yrs of service) anyway great job you are both inspiration to the rest of us.
Use lube on those treads,it will be easier on your tools because it will stop the threads binding,you will get better clamping force because the threads won't bind,also don't over tighten them they are probably only supposed to be around 300 foot pounds any more than that may stretch the threads,in which case they will be damaged and hard to remove,
Put the Inner Tube on soapy water .. have tire leak detector in a spray bottle and spray it on the tube.. It will make air bubbles where your leak is ..
Careful with jacks. changing rear brake pads on a classic Range rRover on a tarmac drive years ago. only going to be five minutes on a bottle jack. leant in back for a spanner, swore something moved, stepped back. gave it a minute, about ready to continue and then brake disc against the ground wouldnt you know. right cow to to jack back up but got all limbs anyway. axle stands since then defo or wheel between chassis/axle and ground with a wheel off as short as possible unless on axle stands , diff lock in, in gear at least another wheel chocked by some means. if a wheel/ tyre change get the spare ready first. can always chuck the flat one in the back or wrestle it back on after a breather, checks the spare out for as long as its on to. 2 ton of classic Range Rover wakes you up let alone 9 ton of unimog, might be beyond anges lifting ability does look good as tyre crew though. enjoying the travels. we all live n learn hopefully.
Save some money and buy bead lock rims . I like split ring rims for a specific reasons but bead locks are superior, you can deflate to about zero,no rings to jump off and harm somebody. Yes, one do get bead locks for Unimog
We chose to keep our original wheels as the alternative allow beadlock rims make the Mog stance way too wide in our opinion. We are happy with our choice so far :)
@@TheOutFit why dont you have a 1/2 & 3/4 battery drill, i change 5 tires in 20 mins. rigid, milwalki, makita.. that extension bar is chinese, get a u.s, japan, swedish one..
@@TheOutFit you want to know about life span,,look up hymalyan people, 160 yr old.. grains vegies. clean air. [ no diesel fumes], i was a vegi for 5 yrs, cost is hurendous. jacks is cheaper,, they dont want you to live long.. ie, covid..fluride, clorine, jacks. gets me that healthy babies, teenagers, get cancer..i know for a fact, over the yrs, 3 people have been ''killed'', for curing cancer.. only 1 i know of now is a deregistered doctor from u.s. living in texas.. only place he can practice. id say, as with nuke poisoning, the parents live, but the kids get the disease. past thru genes..
Some observations: I noted you have the original tyre wrench ( and I assume the bar) use it instead of that lightweight chrome one. When that snaps under pressure something will snap in your back/shoulder. Have a look at the torque setting of the wheel nuts when you get home.... they should not be that tight. I noted that the tyre you fixed did not have a rubber dust ring inside the tyre,,, see original Army/mog wheel/tyre combo if you have one. As others have said get a four way valve tool and remove the core to remove all the air quickly
Epic episode as usual, looked like such a sweet spot! Worth considering a impact driver? I was watching watch a 4x4 recovery channel and the dude was using a breaker bar and gave himself a hernia. If not I find pushing down easier than pulling up. Some longer tire leavers would help with the locking ring but also for leverage lifting the tire onto the lugs. Keep the great content coming!
Dude that is next level hats off to you, your dad would be so so proud of your strengths and I’m not referring to your muscles. Well done mate stuff those that put shit on you originally about the tyres, you showed them 👌🏻
Is it necessary to run the engine to have more power for the electrical compressor when your engine is already driving your onboard compressor? Your onboard compressor is for sure much stronger than your other gadget.
Regarding heavy sand driving and seeing you're equipped with beautiful winches, have you considered carrying a good sand anchor for those times when Maxx Traxx aren't adequate?
Admittedly, nothing near the same as dealing with a MOG tire repair in wild, I've done my fair share of coach bus tires in my day. Crazy heavy, loooooong tire levers. Much sweating and swearing. It was mentioned elsewhere, first thing I always checked was the valve core. All it takes is a tiny grain of sand in there to make them leak....
Put ROO SHOOS on front off ya vehicle when travelling the wind blows through and makes a high pitch noise only ROOS can hear and they will stay clear , only cost ya about $5 for a pack off 2 from a car parts shop
Bro, respect the hard work!!! but......Air tools! Impact for the win lol. and was there a whole or was it just a bad valve core? extras are a good investment.
Tube tires really hate low psi , what happens is they heat up and the valve steam leaks , the truck was built for hard runs , if you want get heat censers and carry lots of tubs.....
Hi chris just a quick tip that may help i watched a bloke with a race truck use 2 rachet straps hock from the side rail into the holes in the wheel rim to lift the wheel on to the studs in sandy conditiond
This might have been mentioned, but (pro tip), with split rims you don't need to remove the rim from the truck. Just jack it up, pull the retaining ring and pull the tire off the rim. Then do your repair and slide it back on. We use a 6' bar and a block to lift and slide it back on. We even do big loader tires that way.
And air in tube and go in water to find leak
maybe you can teach him.
Yep, even on normal rims the vehicle weight can help a lot, especially tractor rears. (You lower the wheel into the new tyre.) :o)
Any time I’ve ever done a split rim I always point the ring toward the ground when airing them up that way if it comes off it goes straight to ground and not flying off across the world. But that on normal size tires I’ve ever messed with
@@4wdtennessee459 That can be worse, then the whole assembly goes airborne :o
One great safety tip for changing split rims without a safety cage:
You should only inflate the tyre to about 5psi (until the flange seats) then bolt it on. Once it is bolted on the vehicle then inflate remotely on the other side of the vehicle if possible. Then if anything goes wrong you won't have wheel components flying at your face! Happy camping and stay safe 🤙
when they let go, you look like a burger ring. death rims.. jeeps ,f250, dodge had them.
Hello Chris & Ange, I have another tip for you because l am not sure if you did this. I know you couldn't find the leak so your assessment could be spot on but this might be useful for next time. Mark the tyre with chalk where the valve is situated before disassemble. Then when you locate the leak on the tube match it back up on the tyre by just resting it on top. By doing this you can get a general idea where the tyre was punctured. Then carefully rub your hand along the inside of the tyre in that general area in particular, but also the entire inside area just to be sure for the offending foreign item. By doing this you can feel more confident that you are not fitting the repaired tube, or a replacement, back in while the foreign item is still in the tyre. If you don't do this you might find the tube will get punctured again. Hopefully l explained this well enough. Jason from Melbourne Victoria.
Great show travel safely 😁 👍🍺
a couple of small tips
Carry a 4way valve tool and extra valves . It may be a faulty valve in the tube and the tool can re-tap internal valve thread . Removing valve to air down often weakens them.
Use a few ratchet straps around the tyre over the split rim locking ring to hold it down when airing up in case it flys off
Use ratchet straps to raise the wheel up onto the hub or you can use a few metre long or longer bars . Leverage makes a big difference. a long handle shovel also works
Definitely use a jack stand
Did you permanently wire your diesel transfer pump on your dash board yet
Plus one to checking the valve core. I've had a few on them fail over the years. Each time that they failed, they only leaked at low tyre pressure. Made it hard to diagnose.
My name is Bethani Dudley, ) & I used to drive big rigs on down to bicycles) & I live in the USA & if you want to stop having flat tires, put a product for your tire / & tube called SLIME. This fluid is green in the color & you don't have to take the tire off the rime. This stuff WILL seal the tire & puncture while the tire is still on the vehicle, you just have to rotate that tire that is going flat while it's off the ground a couple inches. What you are trying to do is help the slime go all over the inside of the tire/tube. Slowly Hand spins its wheel assembly. Air up the tire/tube after about 5 minutes to make sure you get good coverage. GOOD LUCK !!!
Mate the good thing about Y-tube is there's no shortage of experts , half of em wouldnt have travelled further than their clothes line.
Thanks for sharing guy's stay safe and have fun
Good job on the tyre, Iain just changed all five of our tyres over to the new wheels, and the split rims are a lot easier than solid wheels. Iain made a jack stand out of a laminated wood, to work together with the jack, not replace it. It is also flat, so packs away nicely. Iain also says it is best to put it in 4wd and diff locks on when jacking it up, we made that mistake once and the truck rolled forward and fell off the jack when the wood under the jack broke. We damaged a portal and the truck ended up on a flatbed - $1000 for the 300km trip home, but we had insurance so just the $200 excess.
I made the jack stand out of LVL, about 90mm x 240mm wide and shaped to fit the axle. I made it from 2 x 240x45 LVL, glued and screwed together. If you go with 3 x 240x45mm LVL, it will work for your truck, as long as you use it with the jack, not as a replacement. As Trish wrote, put it in 4wd and lock the diffs, as that will help stop it rolling. You are lucky you picked up that it was leaking, as a slower leak would have made the tyre overheat and destroy it. We have a Tyre Pressure Monitor, it has saved us a couple of times giving us warning of punctures and leaks, long before we realised it was going flat, the alarm was going off. You will need something with an external aerial, as we found that we sometimes did not get signal from the sensor, and our truck is a lot smaller than yours. It cost $400 with internal sensor and the external aerial, well worth is epecially given the cost of a tyre. You would need the external sensor, due to the tubes. Good luck with your next bit of the trip, so many great places to visit down there.
Iain
Hola muy bueno el comentario.. Lo voy a poner en practica. Gracias. Saludos desde ARGENTINA.
Well done on the repair job. There's plenty of haters out there re split rim set ups. But the Aussie outback has seen over 70 years of trucks and utes wearing split rims. They are just so practical for the sort of use you are putting the Mog to. Just pull them to pieces every couple of years and give them a wire brush and a bit of TLC. Also, be very liberal with talcum powder when reinserting the inner tube. It helps enormously to permit the inner tube and tyre to move independently of one another without chaffing when at low tyre pressures.
Another tip when no axle stand is available. Chock the other rear tyre (plus put in 4WD diff lock). Logs, rocks, or the proper Mog tyre chocks that the Mog came with from Germany.
If you were thinking of going the battery operated rattle gun for spinning the wheel nuts on and off with, think of going with a brand that also make a small battery chainsaw and drill. Very useful additions when in remote countryside
Instead of breaking your back and that long as bar.. Check out something called a "Torque Multiplier" And at 17:00 a ratchet strap from the flat bed under the tire and back up to the flat bed might make a cradle that you could use to rachet the wheel up high enough to push it onto the lugs. That or weld on some eyelets in the right spot to form the cradle.
keeps you fit,,.
Make sure the inside of the tire is completely clean of any small stones or debris. When the tube is inflated those small objects get trapped between the inside of the tire and the outside of the tube. Then when the tire flexes the small objects can easily rub a hole in the tube. Stand the tire up so all the debris falls to the bottom and carefully clean it all out. Run your hands all over the inside of the tire to make sure there isn't any debris imbedded in the inside of the tire.
Great video .My back nearly died watching you loosen those wheel nuts . You look in pretty good physical shape use that too your advantage and use your weight and push down on those wheel nuts .Your back will thankyou in ten years time .Love the vids .
You might want to get a cordless impact gun. That bar is bending pretty far and if it fails, it's nice to have a backup. The impact gun is also nice when it comes to spinning lugs on and off and is super handy with anything kind of bolt needed work, and you've got a ton of them! Nice work.
they can break that type of breaker bar but the main thing to avoid that is grease or antisieze on the threads.theres no other way around it. lubing the threads also get them tighter because the threads don't bind.
Yeah, a good impact is priceless for many reasons in this type of vehicle and situation. Chris looked like he was enjoying the workout however and I suspect there is already a good impact somewhere in the Moog.
you live a life of adventure and choose to be in the beautiful outdoors. OUTSTANDING.
Doing your own tires is really important!
Hi there guys Next time in this particular instance check the valve core first before doing anything. When deflating
/ inflating tyres these are easily damaged. I've had the same issue twice. Chris the way that brace bar bends you may wish to look at purchasing a battery operated impact driver. Just a thought. Love your work; travel safe .
Regards
Steve H
Great work on getting the tire back on, it's a BIG job for sure. One thing i have picked up over the decades 4 wheeling is too use about 1/2 bottle of talcum powder in each wheel of that size when you are using a tube inside. It does an amazing job of keeping the tube in place when run at lower pressures. I LOVE all that your doing now and look forward to the next vid each week. CHEERS AND SAFE TRAVELS Steve h.
I know the joys of changing tubes and mounting tires on split rims. My father was a milkman from the 1950s till mid 1970s when I took over the family business. The 5 ton milk truck had split rims with duelies in the rear. The nice thing with duelies is if you only need to work on the outside wheel you could just run up onto a 2 inch board with the inside tire to lift the outside one high enough to get it off. No jack required. Even back then it was difficult to impossible in the U.S. to find a tire shop that would work on a split rim, so we had to do it ourselves.
Hey mate I grew up with an old man as a truck driver . When youvuse the tyre levers to get the bead lock off , cross them over. This allows you the use the bottom one as a l pivot point making it far easier.
Doing your own tires is really important!
I run tubeless so a plugkit can fix 90% of the punctures 😀
Good effort on the tyre there a dead weight for sure. Get yourself a good battery impact impact gun you have the means to charge it plus you wont have to break into a sweat breaking the wheel nuts off. Loving the channel and the day to day adventures of you both 👍
lol , i was thinking air-gun run off the truck's air ... but yeah anything but a breaker bar & effort
@@888johnmac Id think your air tank wouldn't be big enough im running a 150 ltr tank and that does car stuff but ive also got a SnapOn gun that does most stuff. Milwaukee does some good ones not cheap but well worth havin.
You know you've nailed your power system when you stop thinking about it, and you're not always checking battery levels etc. The best technology fades into the background and lets you get on with what you need to do. Awesome wheel change too. Chris needed that workout lol. :)
You are 100% right, it's so nice not to have to stress about our power usage at all :) thanks as always for watching!
Good truck, I fixed these for 20 years in the Australian Army
You’re reasoning for putting the tyres on yourself at the beginning was the right choice, good in ya for following you’re instincts. That situation would have been a nightmare if you hadn’t. 👍
Thank you so much for the support!
in our 4x4 club,,if,, your going on a long trip, or even 3-4 days,, unseat/re seat, your tires. before you leave.
You need some inner tube patches.. I have had tubes with 5 patches on them and still held air for months .. In the USA I Use Freylube on the beads and all metal places that could rust..
throw a shovel in the truck .. Its the best thing to lift tire back up on the studs... great job guys
Two items you need soap water bottle to check for air leeks. Long pry bar to help lifting the tires up on axle. Remember the slege hammer.
List of things to get:
One heavy duty jack stand , maby two.
Check ...
Good video guys. Its times like this that make the trip memorable.
Chris, you look in good shape. The bar on the lug nuts was really bending.
What a good workout eh ? : )
It is a skill to use the two tyre levers efficiently to get the split rim off. ID the indent on the split rim near where the rim meets. One end of the tyre lever fits perfectly in there and you lever that over then pop the second lever under the ring to hold the split rim up... then remove the first lever and work your way around the split rim...... don't over think that you can do it better just do the process.
If you can carry a milk crate to sit the rim on (without the split rim) and usually the tyre will simply fall of the rim without all the pushing and pulling of the rim from the tyre. The weight of the tyre works in your favour.
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A shovel is the best thing for levering a wheel off,you have plenty of leverage,another thing I would not leave the truck om that jack without a safety stand,I know you don't have a stand but you could find an old stump or something to use in the bush.it's a very top heavy rig now and if it come off the bottle jack it could tip over so a stump is better than nothing.
Don't want to contradict you, but are you sure it wasn't just the valve?
You can get tools that can not only pull the valve, but also clean / recut the thread. Valve threads can get messed up with you are taking them out all the time to air down. Their is a product by ARB (and others) that is a "Tire Deflator with Gauge". You probably already know about em from your Jeep days. They keep the valve encapsulated and out of the sand / muck. Great for deflating the tyres quickly and not introducing sand / grit / mug to the valve. Means the valve thread stays good on the Valve and the tube valve stalk. Get two so you can air down two tires at once. With practice you can even do two at a time by yourself. I've tried the Staun deflators, but with the big tires, they take too long and you would need several sets of 4 to air down to different levels.
Lookup "ARB Tire Deflator" and "STAUN Deflator" if you dont know what I'm talking about. Also, carry 10 or so valves with you in your spares box.
I think you did 100% the right thing in doing those 5 tyre changes yourself. There ain't no tyre cages in the wop wops, so you got to do what you got to do....or possibly die of thirst.......and the practise is definitely a lifesaver. I say good call!
BUT you got an awesome compressor on that truck, why no air gun, air jack etc? I know you have muscles for both of you, but why strain yourself? Mind you, I bet the Mrs enjoys watching those muscles bulging, and it is damn good for ratings! I will have to think of something else to get my ratings up when I do my videos.
I have just bought a U1700, and I am finding your videos are an inspiration and a great incentive to get the truck up to your standard asap! A couple of mods I will do is put a portable, 2000KG winch mounting points above each wheel station, so the Mrs can mount the tyre again easily. A second is an air jacking points on all the axles and, crucially, two spares, so at least I might not have to worry about sorting out a flat tyre straight away (unless I get two punctures).
I won't complain when roadside assistance takes a while to show up for a flat 😁 😁
Funny watching this as the last major flat I had to deal with was years ago on my Dad's monster truck camper. The wheels were painted the same colour as yours. Only problem was the nuts were painted on the wheel by the previous owner. Broke the wrench trying to get them off. Fortunately a friend had a garage close by, he came out to us and tried getting the nuts off but gave up and used a air canister to inflate the tire so we could get back to the garage and use the impact gun.One thing you might want to consider is a can of flat repair that you can inject into the tube. HORRIBLE junk if you don't have a tube but if you are stuck someplace and cannot change the tire it works.
Great job, no need for a workout for a day or two now. Another box ticked and further experience and confidence gained.
All the best.
Ian
Chris definitely deserved the chilled time after that 😊 You are 100% right, feeling more confident everyday! Thank you so mu h for your comments Ian :)
An easier way to get the tire back on the truck would be to use a lever like a large bit of wood or a shovel and slide it under the tyre and gently stand on the other end and you use your body weight to lift the tyre like a seesaw it works on my 1100×20 tyres I have done it on 1600×20 nice video and great scenery
Guys, good job on the tire repair. You’ve now graduated👩🎓👨🎓from Big A_ _ tire 🛞 University.
Chris, it was very smart of you to learn how to and practiced on the original tire mounting 👍.
Now for my 10¢s, which I’m certain you have it already on your shopping list.
1. A pair of jack stands
2. Longer tire iron bars to walk the tires on to the lugs
3. A spare breaker bar. Watching you breaking the wheel lugs loose showed there was quite a bit of flex on the breaker bar. They usually let go at the pívot point where the socket connects.
All in all, another great video guys, looking forward to the next one.
Listening to David Sinclair’s podcast during the meal, you both are healthy and strong, you need power for change the tire on the The Unimog. Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱❤️🇦🇺🇫🇷
it's a good thing to have an extra spray bottle with 10% dish soap and the rest water. spray on tube to find leaks.
Great video. Shows the benefits of a lovely relationship and good companionship on a big outdoor adventure.
Thank you for watching and commenting!
you have a near perfect truck. what you need are tubeless tires. the kind with the webs in them. made without sides. but supported. then melt sides on them to keep the mud out of the webs.
Get yourself a pair of, 3 ish foot, cheater bars (usually gal pipe) they come in mighty handy for a range of things.
Accidentally stumbled on this video & channel. This vlog kept getting better towards the end.
Keep going
Thanks a lot for watching until the end, it really helps our channel!
Good bit of teamwork!
You guys work well together!
Good idea, doing the tires yourself the first time, for just the reasons you stated, some folks would be in a bad spot, not having some familiarity with the job.
Thanks for sharing the adventure.
Thank you so much Michael for watching and commenting!
It's been too many years since I collected a feed from the sea.
Looking forward to returning to Australia 🇦🇺 and following in your footsteps 👣 😀 👍 😊
if you have a good shovel works well to refit the wheel stand on the handle and let the pivot do the hard work
Try leaving the rim on the truck next time you can make a quick clamp over if that ring comes off you’re protected and you can spin it. If you’re going with that technique of taking it off you needs at least a five foot bar use your shoulder and the bar line up the holes lift push with your shoulder I used to change them at 17 and 74kg. Just advise happy travels
this video was randomly suggested on YT for me. casual thoughts while watching the tire repair, I'm assuming you know the dangers of split rims when airing back up the tires and such. have you thought about a mechanical air compressor such as a DIY York compressor on the engine or if the truck uses air brakes, to tap into the factory air system. i would recommend a 4ft wood 2x4 or possibly heavy truck tire spoon, to allow you leverage under the tire to lift it back up. or what about letting that bottle jack down a little bit to allow the tire to go back on easier and then jack it back up to finish tightening down the lugs IE make the truck come to you instead of you brute forcing the tire up to it.
You have air what about rattle gun
Buy yourself a 3/4 Milwaukee rattle gun and do your self a favour. Will pull those nuts off with ease. A couple decent pry bars can help with lifting up the wheel and lining it up with the studs too.
Great work
You'll find you may get more flats than expected. Given the extra weight and wider wheel track you'll be picking up sticks and other objects on the side of the trails.
Couldn’t think of anything less relaxing that driving a mog around Australia 😂
Ange, thanks again for the M.O.G. shot. (Mog Over Go-pro). Lovely Groper catch Chris and great work with that tyre fix. I'll never complain about my 50KG wheels again.
Marty from Perth
You need a slid hammer to break bead easily. Should only be few minutes to knock off repair tyre if needed, replacing tube and back on
You have air on the truck. Get an air impact wrench. Also use your weight to push down to break nuts free. Also use the breaker bar on the ground to lift the tire. not your back.
Why would anyone give you crap for working on your tires yourself? Must be people who never travel off road. Heck if they think that's dangerous, every time you climb in and turn the key is dangerous. Heck, you can choke on a French fry. Great job with the tire.
smart move carrying that spare tube. great video...thx
Best $50 spent!
Chris you made changing the tyre a form of art better you than me cheers
Thanks a lot for watching Stephen!
awesome video you guys. Thanks for taking us along. Save and happy travels until next time.
Thanks as always for your comments and for following along!
Unfortunately low pressures for sand driving and tubes you will have to get used to this....
Unless there is a tubeless option for the mog. Im not sure. But I do know that getting rid of tubes was the best thing that ever happened to 4wding
There tires can be run tubeless too but not with these rims. We chose to keep our original wheels as the alternative alloy beadlock rims make the Mog stance way too wide in our opinion. We now carry 2 spare tubes just in case :)
@@TheOutFit fair enough.
I feel though, that you guys are likely to do a lot of sand/ beach driving and running low pressures is the best way to get flotation and avoid getting stuck. However tube tyres don't like low pressures as the tube and valve move around and it takes only a small amount of movement for the tube to deflate.
Anyway I've really enjoyed the build and great to see you getting out there and enjoying it. Keep up the great work and may the white ox wish you both many more happy adventures to come!
Hope to see you on the trails sometime
@@thewhiteoxoverland the army was running tubes fine, we hope we won't have too much issues either 🤞 thank you for your comments and for watching, it means a lot!
Good Thing Chris is a beast. Changing tires that size is not for the average person. Nice job guys.
Thank you so much for watching Kevin!
Wow, what a job! Great teamwork! Thank you for sharing. Love that vehicle!
Thank you so much for watching Craig!
And I thought changing out the TPMS sensors in the wheels of my F150 last week was a challenge. He's right tho, the reason was to learn how to break a bead and change out tires without taking it to a shop. Plus, I saved $300.
No gym required after that tyre change, big job guy's well done 👏 👍 😀 great vid
Thank you so much for watching Rick!
I am thinking of a mechanism to be able to fit the tires using the winch. Am just thinking never tried it but I’ll think of something that might help you guys. All the best and keep up the positive spirit
Hello new subscriber, love the Unimogs but i'm going to use a ACCO 6x6 truck 4bt cummins, auto etc. EX Army 30yrs another tip for remounting the wheel, use a tyre lever or pick handle or your breaker bar and or a shovel (yes a shovel works great we used it in the army changing the new MAN truck tyres, I learnt something new after 25yrs of service) anyway great job you are both inspiration to the rest of us.
Use lube on those treads,it will be easier on your tools because it will stop the threads binding,you will get better clamping force because the threads won't bind,also don't over tighten them they are probably only supposed to be around 300 foot pounds any more than that may stretch the threads,in which case they will be damaged and hard to remove,
Nice. For those people giving you flack about how 'dangerous' it is... It's fairly obvious those individuals have never changed their blinker fluid.
Put the Inner Tube on soapy water .. have tire leak detector in a spray bottle and spray it on the tube.. It will make air bubbles where your leak is ..
Careful with jacks. changing rear brake pads on a classic Range rRover on a tarmac drive years ago. only going to be five minutes on a bottle jack. leant in back for a spanner, swore something moved, stepped back. gave it a minute, about ready to continue and then brake disc against the ground wouldnt you know. right cow to to jack back up but got all limbs anyway. axle stands since then defo or wheel between chassis/axle and ground with a wheel off as short as possible unless on axle stands , diff lock in, in gear at least another wheel chocked by some means. if a wheel/ tyre change get the spare ready first. can always chuck the flat one in the back or wrestle it back on after a breather, checks the spare out for as long as its on to. 2 ton of classic Range Rover wakes you up let alone 9 ton of unimog, might be beyond anges lifting ability does look good as tyre crew though. enjoying the travels. we all live n learn hopefully.
Save some money and buy bead lock rims . I like split ring rims for a specific reasons but bead locks are superior, you can deflate to about zero,no rings to jump off and harm somebody. Yes, one do get bead locks for Unimog
We chose to keep our original wheels as the alternative allow beadlock rims make the Mog stance way too wide in our opinion. We are happy with our choice so far :)
did you check the valve?do you have a valve removal tool and spare valves?
No it was coming from behind the valve stem where it attaches to the tube.
@@TheOutFit well done on the change anyway!
@@TheOutFit why dont you have a 1/2 & 3/4 battery drill, i change 5 tires in 20 mins. rigid, milwalki, makita.. that extension bar is chinese, get a u.s, japan, swedish one..
@@TheOutFit you want to know about life span,,look up hymalyan people, 160 yr old.. grains vegies. clean air. [ no diesel fumes], i was a vegi for 5 yrs, cost is hurendous. jacks is cheaper,, they dont want you to live long.. ie, covid..fluride, clorine, jacks. gets me that healthy babies, teenagers, get cancer..i know for a fact, over the yrs, 3 people have been ''killed'', for curing cancer.. only 1 i know of now is a deregistered doctor from u.s. living in texas.. only place he can practice. id say, as with nuke poisoning, the parents live, but the kids get the disease. past thru genes..
Some observations: I noted you have the original tyre wrench ( and I assume the bar) use it instead of that lightweight chrome one. When that snaps under pressure something will snap in your back/shoulder. Have a look at the torque setting of the wheel nuts when you get home.... they should not be that tight. I noted that the tyre you fixed did not have a rubber dust ring inside the tyre,,, see original Army/mog wheel/tyre combo if you have one. As others have said get a four way valve tool and remove the core to remove all the air quickly
Hi Trevor, we have a dust ring - I have put a note in the video to mention we didn't film that part!
Epic episode as usual, looked like such a sweet spot! Worth considering a impact driver? I was watching watch a 4x4 recovery channel and the dude was using a breaker bar and gave himself a hernia. If not I find pushing down easier than pulling up. Some longer tire leavers would help with the locking ring but also for leverage lifting the tire onto the lugs. Keep the great content coming!
On average most people can lift double what they weigh so lifting is always the way to go on tight nuts.
He could probably sit on it if he pushed down, you wouldn’t generate enough force that way. Lifting is the way to go.
Dude that is next level hats off to you, your dad would be so so proud of your strengths and I’m not referring to your muscles. Well done mate stuff those that put shit on you originally about the tyres, you showed them 👌🏻
Really impressed and the breaker bar is the way to go!!
Thanks for watching Clare!
Great video, you did a good job changing that tyre. 👍
Thank you for watching!
Get a pipe to go over that power bar for any really stubborn nuts 😁
Looks like a 3/4 in, keep an eye out for an old 1in on your travels
Wow, quite a job to change a wheel!! Well done the two of you!!
Thanks a lot Joseph! It was a much faster and easier job than last year :)
Is it necessary to run the engine to have more power for the electrical compressor when your engine is already driving your onboard compressor? Your onboard compressor is for sure much stronger than your other gadget.
Very nicely done tireman thank you!!!
Thanks a lot for watching Chris!
Regarding heavy sand driving and seeing you're equipped with beautiful winches, have you considered carrying a good sand anchor for those times when Maxx Traxx aren't adequate?
My guess is that they have ... : )
Not sure if you did this but first thing to do when you have a air leak around the valve, is to put some spit over the valve and check for bubbles.
You guys need to invest in battery or air impact tools to remove the wheel lugs
Safety tip, you need to put some blocks on the other tires to prevent them from rolling.
Admittedly, nothing near the same as dealing with a MOG tire repair in wild, I've done my fair share of coach bus tires in my day. Crazy heavy, loooooong tire levers. Much sweating and swearing. It was mentioned elsewhere, first thing I always checked was the valve core. All it takes is a tiny grain of sand in there to make them leak....
Aku suka saat kalian saling kerja sama mengatasi permasalahan dan sukses selau untuk kalian 👍👍👍
Seriously impressive tyre/tube change
Thank you so much for watching!
Great episode guys. That campsite is one my favourites 😀
Thanks a lot Angus for watching! We are glad we have spent 4 days there, so much to explore around :)
Invest in a electric rattle gun, it won’t undo the torqued nuts, but will save heaps of time once cracked.
you mean battery.. electric needs 240v..
@@harrywalker5836 or air. As would have a compressor and air tank surely.
Milwaukee M18 impact will knock those lug nuts off...
@@harrywalker5836 I think electricity comes in all volts battery powered 18v volt would still be electricity ⚡️🤔
Yeah3/4” Milwaukee electric impact wrench no worries 😉
Maybe take the tube in the water with ya and you’ll find the leak guaranteed! But I’m sure you thought of that! 😁😁
Next, when breaking the nuts, put the breaker bar at 9-10 o'clock, first. It will be so much easier with your body weight...
Put ROO SHOOS on front off ya vehicle when travelling the wind blows through and makes a high pitch noise only ROOS can hear and they will stay clear
, only cost ya about $5 for a pack off 2 from a car parts shop
If you take the inner tube out of the tire and hold it under water you will see bubbles in the spot where there is a leak mate!
It was a beautiful area, I really enjoyed this video, especially the fishing. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Pete for your comment, we are glad you liked it!
Bro, respect the hard work!!! but......Air tools! Impact for the win lol. and was there a whole or was it just a bad valve core? extras are a good investment.
Great job guys!! Did so well!
Use to love driving the Mog. So easy to handle, it'd be even better if it had the modern comforts of the day. The one I drove had nothing LOL.
Tube tires really hate low psi , what happens is they heat up and the valve steam leaks , the truck was built for hard runs , if you want get heat censers and carry lots of tubs.....
You got on-board Air brother where is the Rattle Gun ;-)
Chris, you’re an absolute legend!! All that work and not one swear word? 😜 I’m impressed, Well done guys, another great video..👍
He did very well indeed 😄 thank you so much for following along!