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Old Jun 29, 2019 | 06:55 AM
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Anyone around the Jax area have a personal tire changer , that could swap tires reasonably ? Call me cheap but not gonna pay a hundred bucks to carry in two wheels and have the skins swapped. Just asking? Thanks.
 

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Old Jul 1, 2019 | 11:52 AM
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I do my own. That price sounds like a great excuse to take that $100 to Harbor Freight and buy all the tools needed to swap them yourself. When you leave you'll still have enough to treat you and the wife to dinner on the way home.

Quick pointer, set the new tires in the sun for a couple hours before you remove and install them.
 
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Hey, thanks for a response.
I've wrestled them before a couple of times. Would have liked not to this time. Oh well. Will be wrestling them again.
 
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I use a c clamp to break the beads and a set of spoons. It's a pain, but I prefer to do it myself.
 
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