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XB-550i HD Tire Bead Breaker (MADE-IN-USA for Tractor/OTR/Commercial/Industrial Tires)

XB-550i HD Tire Bead Breaker (MADE-IN-USA for Tractor/OTR/Commercial/Industrial Tires)

Regular price $299.00 USD
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HEAVY DUTY Large Tire Bead Breaker
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For use on:

  • Farm Tractors
  • Lawn Mowers, Garden Tractors
  • Agricultural & Industrial Tires
  • Heavy OTR (Off The Road) Tires
  • Skid Loaders
  • ATV’s, UTV’s (aka. Side x Side’s)
  • Military Vehicles
  • Passenger vehicles
  • Trucks, 4×4’s, Jeeps
  • Rock Crawlers, Mud Boggers
  • Heavy, Highly Modified Trucks (Monster Trucks)
  • Semi Tractor Trailers
  • Light Trailers

BEADBUSTER XB-550i HD FEATURES:

  • Proudly made in USA
  • Ultimate Rugged Design, Heavy Duty for Big Tires & Commercial Use
  • 4-way Configurable for a Variety of Rim Sizes (2 sided Ram Foot and Included snap on Plastic Spacer)
  • Premium Build Quality, 3 Year Warranty
  • Tool Body & Ram Foot made from Hardened Chrome-Moly Steel (AISI 4140, HRC 30)
  • Investment Casting Tool Body & Ram Foot
  • Custom Grade 8 Bolts
  • Crowned Bolt Tips prevent mushrooming and thread damage
  • Custom Alloy Steel Clevis Hinge Pin
  • Polyester Powder Coat Finish
  • Padded Clamp Arm (Will not scratch or dent rims)
  • Patented Design

>> Learn more about the BeadBuster XB-550i Innovative Features.

SPECIFICATIONS:

  • Weight: 6.8 lbs
  • Size: 10″ x 10″ x 3″
  • Max Rim Lip Depth Range (foot length): 0.585″ to ~1.50″
  • Max Rim Lip Width (clamp opening): 2.70″
  • Max Rim Lip Thickness: 1.75″
  • Rim Diameter: Any
  • Rim Width: Any 
  • Rim Material: Any
  • Max Ram Extension (throw): 2.756″ (see diagram)
  • Max Clamp Force: 8.1 tons
  • Rim Material: 14.9 tons

>> SEE DIAGRAMS AND DEFINITIONS OF TIRE & WHEEL FEATURES <<

DETAILS:

  • The BeadBuster XB-550i HD is an updated design which includes Premium Investment Cast construction from hardened 4140 Chrome-Moly Steel, custom Grade-8 Bolts with crowned tips, and extra ram thread engagement length (1.5").
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  • The XB-550i bead breaker is the big brother of the XB-450i.  The operating principle is the same, but the XB-550i is bigger in every way. Heavier steel, thicker walls, more extension; the XB-550i is designed to handle the BIG tires that you’ll find on agricultural and industrial OTR wheels, large trucks, military vehicles, etc. However, we created a patented configurable ram foot that can accommodate a large range of rim lip sizes, and it will still work on ATV/UTV*. There are 4 different foot length configurations, so that you can get the feet as close to the Bead Seat as possible without touching the Bead Retainer, but still get good purchase on top of the Bead Bundle. It's still far more portable than any other OTR bead breaker, and much less expensive. If you are a farmer, business owner, or a large vehicle enthusiast; you can use this pneumatic tire bead breaker to easily change your own tires whenever, and wherever you want. All of our tractor tire bead breakers come with FREE Shipping. (USA only)

IMPORTANT NOTES:

  1. A 15/16″ wrench is required to drive the clamp and ram bolts.  Hand wrenches will work, power tools are recommended.  You can use an impact wrench, but use caution with a 1/2″ pneumatic impact to not over-torque the bolts. A 3/8″ or 1/2″ cordless impact wrench is ideal.
  2. Tire Spoons are required to finish the job of removing the tire from the rim. Very large tires (>48″ dia.) may require even larger tire irons.
  3. The XB-550i will NOT work on 7″-8″ ATV wheels. It will work on 9″ or larger ATV wheels
  4. Do not use a hammer to force the tool into place.  Damage to the tool caused by hammering will void the warranty.  For tires with no/little gap, instead use screw drivers and small pry tools to open a gap in the tire/rim interface to get the tool started, and then allow the clamp bolt to do the work.

XB-550 HD Demo on a 35" Jeep Tire

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Spare Parts for XB-550i HD Tire Bead Breaker (MADE-IN-USA for Tractor/OTR/Commercial/Industrial Tires)

SPARE CLAMP PAD (BB1-CP)
$5.00
SPARE CLAMP PAD (BB1-CP)
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SPARE EXTENSION SPRING (BB5-ES)
$8.00
SPARE EXTENSION SPRING (BB5-ES)
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XB-55X SPACER (BB5-SPCR)
$5.00
XB-55X SPACER (BB5-SPCR)
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CLAMP ARM (BB5X-CA)
$30.00
CLAMP ARM (BB5X-CA)
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EXTENDED CLAMP ARM (BB5X-CAE)
$50.00
EXTENDED CLAMP ARM (BB5X-CAE)
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SPARE CLAMP SCREW (BB5X-CSCR)
$12.00
SPARE CLAMP SCREW (BB5X-CSCR)
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SPARE HINGE PIN (BBX-HP)
$5.00
SPARE HINGE PIN (BBX-HP)
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SPARE RAM FOOT (BB5X-RF)
$45.00
SPARE RAM FOOT (BB5X-RF)
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SPARE RAM SCREW (BB5X-RSCR)
$12.00
SPARE RAM SCREW (BB5X-RSCR)
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  • 5 stars: 77 (83%)
  • 4 stars: 14 (15%)
  • 3 stars: 0 (0%)
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  • 1 star: 2 (2%)
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Tabitha Unternahrer

Love the tool. The owner was is even better!! He called us right away and let us know that the two parts we ordered we not compatible. He helped us change the order and they still shipped together. Amazing customer service!

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Jfciii

Just used the 550 to do 4 315/75R16 MT’s that have been on a set of Dick Cepek rims for 10 years and bead sealed at least twice.
The only issue I had was trying to get the teeth between the rim and tire because the tire has a the rim guard feature. So I used a tire bar to make room but had to leave it there for the first full push.
Other than that the tool worked flawlessly. Some tires required 3 moves to free up the tire enough.

I had previously tried the high lift jack trick and the whole side weight of my jeep wouldn’t budge the bead.
I highly recommend this tool.

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Paul Anderson

Great tool.

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David Thompson

Piece of junk only done one side of truck tire and smeared off soft pin on clamp and stripped the threads on tool.must be all foreign products used should be replaceable steel threads. Couldn't believe what a piece of crap it is. Should have lit 300 dollars on fire instead would have been less frustrating

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Vern S.
Best Money Ever Spent. Works great on big tractor tires

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I ran over a deer shed with the John Deere 4640 and ruined the tube. What’s important to understand is the technique’s required in order to use this product. Research using this on tractor tires via YouTube. Unbelievably easy once you figure out the proper techniques…! I had an 18.4x38 tire off the rim in minutes using this tool. John Deere 4640 loves it. This tools saves a lot of time and money. No more service calls. Get out the 30 inch tire spoons or whatever you have and when used with this tool makes the process enjoyable. Don’t forget the baby powder and a way to clean up the rust scale from off your rims…I used to remove tires with a sledge hammer. Never again.

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Tom

It works great.

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Anonymous

Great product

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Peter Kudarauskas

Excellent product. A heck of a lot easier than using a jack under my trailer hitch to break the bead. I wish I had this years ago.

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Gary Smith

Great tool

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Lora Rennicker

Works great for Tractor Tires

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Robert Brandeberry

This thing is awesome. We do 25-30 rear tractor tires a week with this thing. It handles most with ease. The bolt does go through alot so I’d get an extra ram bolt. That’s the only down fall but it seems the bolt threads is softer than the threads on the body so that’s a plus as well.

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Clayton Smithline

This Tool works great! I usually have to fight getting the inner bead off the rim due to using a biodegradable shampoo for lube during installation that glues the bread to aluminum. It took using the XB-550i in 5 different spots to get the bead of and less than 10 minutes of time. This will be in my trail tool bag from now on. just incase GREAT product.

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JEFF R CALL

USED IT A FEW TIMES AND IT WORKED WELL. I HAD A PAIR OF UTV TIRES THAT HAD TO BE CHANGED. I DO NOT THINK I COULD BREAK THE BEADS WITHOUT THIS TOOL

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Jonah VanderPol

very high quality. works great for doing tires on the ground. the only reason I won't give it 5 stars is because you can't break the back bead on the unit especially with skytraks. was hoping this tool would save me a ton of time, but I can only break the front bead with it. the nut for the clamp should be on the rear to pull the clamp in so that we can use it on either bead. (I understand this would raise the cost of the unit) I would be willing to pay an additional 100$ easy to have this same small unit with the reverse style clamp for professional tire guys. it could be called the 550iPRO or something. I'm excited to try your new OTR one coming out in the fall specifically for that reason. this one will just sit at the shop instead of in the service truck since it is only useful with doing tires off-unit

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Anonymous

Only used it once so far but it easily broke the beads on my old race 35in. tire. It didn't hurt the aluminum wheel either! Seems to be a quality tool!

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Randy Binder

Great

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Phillip Sparks

I have broken down about ten tires (various sizes from smaller car to large pickup) so far with the XB-550i Bead Breaker. It has performed great, even on old, very stiff 4" wide whitewall tires on rusted rims. Follow directions, keep the threads lubed, use soapy water on tire beads, it will get the job done. And this is not my first rodeo with tires.
Very satisfied with this purchase. Only complaint (I'm kidding) the good looking XL gloves aren't big enough for my hands. I have that problem all the time, so no surprise. Thanks for offering a USA made quality product that does as advertised!

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Jamie Yonker

Works great! Plastic pad on the wheel side could be a bit more robust. It doesn’t tolerate sliding action and can be pulled off.

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Mel Alvarez

First time I used it and I was impressed. Very durable and ease of use.

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Ron Adolph

Really good quality tool
This makes tire changes possible without using a garage

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Lance

Haven't used it yet. It appears to be well built

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Bentley

It’s my go-to for tires big and small. It’s compact and sturdy. I’ve broken down beads on 46” and 53” military tires dozens of times and broke beads on various other problem tires that have been on for decades. It’s my go-to method to break beads of any size.

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Anonymous

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Dave Panning

Used it on a rear tractor tire. Worked great. Tire was fairly new and soft yet. Hope it works just as good on an old stiff one.

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Anonymous

Works as described. Great for tractor tires.

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Anonymous

I have the heavy duty version and am impressed. no pounding with hammers to loosen bead. can be used anywhere, and with tire still on vehicle. will do most tires from large tractor to atv.

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Jeffro

Don’t know why it took so long for someone to figure this out!! Easy to use, works perfectly, and im thoroughly impressed!! Will be ordering the bigger size here in a few days. Works on my little John Deere tractor and my 15” trailer tires!! Ordered the tire spoons also. Just waiting for them to get here. Im gonna save bookoos of money fixing my own tires!! 💪🏼💪🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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Anonymous

Works great had old tractor tire pushed the bead right off

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Wes Miller

Great product! Works as advertised and makes breaking a tire down much easier. Great customer service as well. Good company, I highly recommend them.