If you’re a dedicated DIYer, chances are you’ve replaced a tire or two. If it’s something you do with any frequency, you probably know from experience just how frustrating it can be to seat a stubborn ...

Many of us here in magazineland don't run bead-lock wheels. The problem with that is that we still air down when we are wheeling, often to 8 psi, which means we tend to blow the tire bead off the rim ...

The “Poor Man’s” motorcycle tire bead breaker works like a charm! Here it is: the world’s cheapest (and most effective) motorcycle tire bead breaker! This method has not failed me yet; it works on ...

Not everyone wants to spend Snap-On money when it comes to specialized tools, and really, who can blame them? If you can make it yourself, you might as well. That’s the modus operandi of Mr. Brian ...

A new truck tire bead breaker from Esco can break both truck tire beads at the same time, eliminating the need to lift and turn the truck tire/wheel assembly. With the pneumatic truck tire bead ...

Ken-Tool has released the Mega AirBlast, a bead seating tool designed to properly seat the bead of tubeless tires to the rim. The Mega AirBlast has an operating maximum pressure of 165 psi (11 bar) ...

Bead locks are all the rage-- if you don't have a set already then you've probably at least thought about getting some. Problem is, they're not all the same. Sure, they all have a common goal: to ...

If you've been driving that good-looking pickup truck and suddenly your steering wheel shimmies like it's trying to escape your hands at 70 mph, then you already know what tire imbalance feels like.

ST. LOUIS — Hunter Engineering Co. has developed a "top-side blast inflation" system called FastBlast that the shop equipment maker said is optimized to seat even the most difficult tires in a matter ...