Originally Posted by
Chuckles1
Soapy water on bead of tire and rim can be a hand-saver. Careful with tire jack; you can bend your rim if you apply a lot of force.
This is interesting. On tough tires I’ve used the old VAR lever and now the tire Jack. I’ve never heard of a rim bending; not that it can’t happen.
The VAR lever would bend to where I thought the lever was going to break, but it never did.
John