Tire stores suck. Okay, not all of them, but the average big chain tire stores kind of do. So if you want to be self reliant and not have to worry about them tearing up your wheels, or dealing with the high pressure sales tactics, you can install your own manual tire machine at home. You can buy all kinds of manual tire changers at a variety of price points, and in this first video you’ll see how you can mount one without always taking up a bunch of space in your garage. The second video shows just how to use one of these changers to remove a tire yourself.

I know some of you are going to think that using a manual tire changer has to be a ton of work and that you would only want one of those automatic machines like they use in the tire store, and I get it. But think about this. The only reason that the fancy automatic machines exist is so that a production tire shop can change tires quicker, easier, and more profitably than they could with a manually operated changer. If you are only doing a couple sets of tires per year, or even per week, these changers will totally handle your installs. Of course there are some limitations for them when you are talking about certain sizes of tires, so check out the specs on the changers you look at before buying.

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In today’s “how to install a manual tire changer” video, I’ll be showing my method of how I’m installing a manual tire changer in the garage so I can easily remove it when not in use with easy to install drop in anchors. I however have a potential disaster to worry about with my specific installation – drilling through a heating/hydronic pipe in the garage floor. So if you happen to also have a heated slab in your garage or shop, this method may help you as well. I’ve also used an inexpensive SDS Plus hammer drill to drill my holes, but you can use a regular drill, it will just take more time and effort (a lot more).

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If you’re wondering how to remove a low profile tire from an alloy wheel at home, using an inexpensive manual tire changer without damaging the wheel – this video shows the complete process.

In this example, I’ll be removing a 235/45R20 tire from an alloy wheel to demonstrate how well this works on a fairly large low profile tire without any wheel damage. If a manual tire changer and duck head mod works on this size, it will work on many.