Pookapotamus
01-18-2014, 11:56 AM
The wife had a nail in her tire yesterday and asked me to fix it, which is no biggie done many and takes about 20 mins, using a plug. I am not a huge fan of plugs and much prefer to use the plug & patch combined but there is no way to un-seat the bead and remove the tire to do this without a proper tire machine.
So the designer in me got to thinking of a way to make a portable air powered tire machine. There are some out there that are portable but they are big and bulky hydraulic or manual jobs. But I am lazy and would like a small unit that can easily be packaged into the jeep and be air powered cause most of us have on board air.
So I have come up with a design that weighs under 20 lbs. Basically you bolt it to the rim and an arm carrying an air cylinder can pop the bead then separate it. It would in no means be fast compared to an actual tire machine but I think it would take about 5 mins to separate any tire from any rim and would be able to manufacture them for around $100 in materials.
My question is: Do you guys think this is something that you (the Car/Jeep/off-road enthusiast) might be interested in? For your shop? To carry in the jeep? Worth wile product at all?
No unfortunately I have not come up with a way to balance the tire afterward but it would sure save cash from having a shop change your tires.
Pook
So the designer in me got to thinking of a way to make a portable air powered tire machine. There are some out there that are portable but they are big and bulky hydraulic or manual jobs. But I am lazy and would like a small unit that can easily be packaged into the jeep and be air powered cause most of us have on board air.
So I have come up with a design that weighs under 20 lbs. Basically you bolt it to the rim and an arm carrying an air cylinder can pop the bead then separate it. It would in no means be fast compared to an actual tire machine but I think it would take about 5 mins to separate any tire from any rim and would be able to manufacture them for around $100 in materials.
My question is: Do you guys think this is something that you (the Car/Jeep/off-road enthusiast) might be interested in? For your shop? To carry in the jeep? Worth wile product at all?
No unfortunately I have not come up with a way to balance the tire afterward but it would sure save cash from having a shop change your tires.
Pook