A Home Made Tire Changer (Small Tires)

hi guys yes the furnace is running we had a spring snowfall and guess what this is not the LX 178 this is my 180 and kimo this morning and saw this and then yesterday I was just plowing some snow with the little guy and I must have hit something in the alley and I just put air in at 5 minutes ago and it's already flat it has a tube you can see right there there's a bigger valve stem so the to stem doesn't go back into the wheel so I'm going to just put some air in it push it backwards into that dryer spot back over there and we'll go over Plan B I guess you might as well watch Hey so because there's a tube in here you can push that valve stem right back into the tire wheel whatever so we'll go to some air in it okay before it gets flat again I'm gonna push this little tractor back about six feet maybe okay where are you now get some soap spray it on that guy and we're gonna see where that leak is oh I think it's coming up inside the tube so if there's a miss leaking if the tooth punctured it's probably leaking inside the wheel so we should find a leak also along the wheel somewhere unless the tube gave it almost out already I really don't want to do another one of these guys I'm gonna get the jack lay it out all right I got soap all over everything but I do have it up on blocks and now we're just going to pop this cap off and get that snap ring off there we go there's a snap ring there I know I neg but nothing like a good set of snap on snap ring pliers right and that you just pull off of there like nothing so now we get to change tube I have a look well it sucks cuz I was gonna use this tractor today it's not the expense it's the loss of the machine for a day or two now all of you are coming I'm just gonna do what I do okay - fine well I am continuing on the work on my flat John Deere tire it is a what size is this bad boy fifteen by six by six and I think it's leaking out the valve stem please excuse the noise that's what happens at YouTube you have to have here is not only a graduate it's this cold outside so anyway it's leaking air the air is coming out of the valve stem hole but because this is a tubeless tire there may be a hole in the tube somewhere and the air is just leaking out of the closest point or it could be a bent valve stem we don't know and quite a few John Deere tractors come with it with the valve stem on the inside like if this was the if this was the track you're not right this was the tractor here about still would be on the inside but I like to have it on the outside for maintenance and doing more maintenance so I have made my own little tire changer from a lot of comments on my last front tire video off the LX 178 and of course this is off the John Deere one II but I've just done this it gets pretty damn clever but this is office suggestions from other people I need something to hold the tire still so let's just pop this on here we need a collar or something to hold the tire down because it's on a bearing right this time like this I might be able to break the beat without getting my homemade jack press over me we're gonna leave the heat on and tell us warm enough in here to breathe this has been the spring from hell no all over the country to both countries Canada us right now I think that's there's storms going on on both coasts and in latitude so here we go that's pretty good now we're gonna try and break the be breaking me all right I think it's good look at that nothing doing here [Music] okay so now I have to get just this top of the tire oh that's all I got I need without breaking the tube right because the tube wait to be salvageable I tell you whoever suggested this I will look it up in my comments and send you a thank-you now if I had a bigger bar I might even be able to go around like something like that gosh that just might work except it just kind of terrorists the tire a little bit so gets them so and maybe some gloves for Grandma new coat I'm just gonna talk a bit more I don't wanna wreck anything okay this is interesting I may get a longer bar or just get to know one more screw driver roll yeah we're there [Music] look at that okay I was also guarded against warned against sticking your hand in there because there could be a nail or even a hypodermic needle or anything sticking in here right poke it off so let's be careful and get that tube out of there I'm gonna break the bead on the other side just to make my life easy now that two should just pop out of there now although hesitant I might even matter Aaron today I might have to just take that Schrader valve out of there things are you do afterwards right so I'm just taking the Schrader valve out or whatever that thing's called I'll just give you a little look at that see that really I'm not trying to hide my works on it of course the fact that it's cold in here doesn't help oh yeah got the tube out [Music] so now put the Schrader valve back into the tire and put some air in the tube weak I shouldn't be out here okay that's fine now where this leak is so as you guys remember the air was coming around there but it's not so no it's gonna be somewhere on the tube I'm suspecting on the outside the show oh hi I think we can fix that alright so the first thing I'm going to do is clean this painting this hole with some methyl hydrate is right here cut some dirt off it in sorry about my voice I can't project now the beautiful thing about methyl hydrate is it cleans and it gets all the greases okay and it's clean okay okay watching kit I'm just gonna scratch the area around the hole now I'm gonna get all kinds of comments get some peace so get some methyl hydrate in your little shock it's the same thing as gasoline antifreeze are very close hey I'm gonna put the glue on the on the hole I'm gonna sand it a little bit more [Music] some glue that's too much okay I'm gonna let that dry so well that's gonna go have a bowl of soup all right we're gonna put this patch on you try not to touch the outside as to remove the plastic layer man I hope I can make a sensible video out of this I'm just using the heel of a any kind of a - little screwdriver anything to make the seal up the hard part is waiting for that contact cement to dry just gonna leave that for a few minutes and we'll put it back in ok gosh I hope this video makes sense but now I have checked the inside of the tire for any nails or punctures there's nothing there it must have just been something that I ran into and we're gonna put this together I think we're good no I polish it take that brush and just clean this up a little bit [Music] okay let's get this tube back in there now do I blow this tube up and check it for leaks with that fresh patch on there or do I just go for it I'm not go for it and if it leaks a little bit I'm gonna use green slime all right so now I have the tube through the hole and you see that I'm just gonna put this valve stem tool on there for now until I now this is these tires are a lot softer than the tires I was using before but I still gonna use these you guys can see this another fine thank you I really want to get this tractor back on on the ground cuz it's gonna snow again tomorrow and this March no I like this bigger one better of course as long as I don't wreck that tube we're there now okay that's a lot easier I'm not even puffing let the air out of it and wiggle it around and fill it again now one moment please I should have safety glasses on for this so if I get killed I look good at the funeral I don't have a Schrader valve in there yet perfect a bit more air in there okay hey baby now these carry 10 pounds good okay I changed the valve and it's much easier to change and check now I'm just trying to hit 11:11 pounds just just to watch it for a few days [Music] how so sensitive it is 13 well eleven I'm gonna throw this old Valley let's go put it on the tractor more look at my super cool not mine it's not my idea that I just came up with the rig [Music] someone else's suggestion [Music] so now I am putting right here I'm putting a larger valve stem on there so that it doesn't get stuck through if there's a flat yeah this way just like that there we go you know when it goes I'm just gonna get a hammer not these blocks back at me don't touch it there we go let's get this the jacket here and put it on the ground that's all we got to do thanks for watching this one tubes

Channel: Bruce Pender

Views: 321,186

Rating: 4.5182977 out of 5

Keywords: John Deere, John Deere 180, Repair flat tire, flat tire, small tire flat repair, lawn tractor flat tire, flat, Repairing a flat your self, tube repair, flat repair, Bruce Pender

Id: 5GbsnjINBvs

Length: 22min 31sec (1351 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 30 2018

Reddit Comments

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Actually, I can't say changing tires on M365 is hard, once you have the right tools.

I've purchased a set of three tire irons (actually, they're made of plastic, but whatever) for $1.5, and I say it's the best $1.5 I invested — ever. 😄

Seriously, it turned out it isn't that hard. The hardest part is to get the nipple out of the wheel disk, especially on the front wheel.