Received the new rear tyres for the Ferguson the other day. I've done plenty of smaller tyres in my time, anything from 8-26", never done a big tyre before though.....
Figured I'd just supersize the method for the smaller tyres. I took a few pictures as I went along. I'd be interested to hear of any easier ways to do it. This was pretty hard work (but succesful
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Old tyres were the originals, so they were pretty worn and fairly well stuck to the rims.
broke the bead by beating bits of angle down between the tyre and the rim. Just worked my way around the rim, eventually it popped down. Fortunately no safety bead, so it wasnt too hard.
Put in one of my mega tyre levers (bit of loader frame). Just worked around with a big screwdriver lifting the tyres off the rim.
Worked out much easier than expected. Bent the screwdriver though![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Pull out the tube, it was rusted to the inside of the rim, so it took a bit of tugging.
This is the bit I always find the hardest. Its a little tight to work in. Still, once the first lever is in, just work around slowly with the screwdriver. I actually used another lever following the screwdriver around to stop the tyre popping back.
Success!
Great time for a cuppa tea.
Figured I'd just supersize the method for the smaller tyres. I took a few pictures as I went along. I'd be interested to hear of any easier ways to do it. This was pretty hard work (but succesful
Old tyres were the originals, so they were pretty worn and fairly well stuck to the rims.
broke the bead by beating bits of angle down between the tyre and the rim. Just worked my way around the rim, eventually it popped down. Fortunately no safety bead, so it wasnt too hard.
![Image113.jpg](http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/mith1/Ferguson/Image113.jpg)
Put in one of my mega tyre levers (bit of loader frame). Just worked around with a big screwdriver lifting the tyres off the rim.
![Image114.jpg](http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/mith1/Ferguson/Image114.jpg)
Worked out much easier than expected. Bent the screwdriver though
![Image115.jpg](http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/mith1/Ferguson/Image115.jpg)
Pull out the tube, it was rusted to the inside of the rim, so it took a bit of tugging.
![Image116.jpg](http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/mith1/Ferguson/Image116.jpg)
This is the bit I always find the hardest. Its a little tight to work in. Still, once the first lever is in, just work around slowly with the screwdriver. I actually used another lever following the screwdriver around to stop the tyre popping back.
![Image117.jpg](http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/mith1/Ferguson/Image117.jpg)
Success!
![Image118.jpg](http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/mith1/Ferguson/Image118.jpg)
Great time for a cuppa tea.
![Image120.jpg](http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/mith1/Ferguson/Image120.jpg)