On Monday, December 12, 2016 at 8:41:46 PM UTC-5, Oren wrote:
On Tue, 13 Dec 2016 00:35:30 +0000 (UTC), Frank Baron
wrote:

If you've never broken the bead of a passenger tire with a tire breaker you
won't be able to help because this is the kind of question that takes
someone who has actually done it.

I worked at a Firestone tire shop and local gas stations as a
youngster teen. Used the tools and learned the Redneck way in an
emergency when a shop with tools was not immediately available, YMMV.

We didn't have Harbor Freight tools back then.

I did too. And I used a simple air driven machine that broke the bead.
I would think HF could duplicate that in China today for $100, make
a simple version. Man went to machines for this because to do it with
hand tools, is a pain in the ass.