I meant i couldn't get the tire OFF the wheel. I had my hi-jack pushing down right next to the tire bead, using the rear of the xj as weight. The tire lifted the xj off the ground and the bead held. I could NOT get them off.

 

going to be pretty hard w/o a tire machiene i have mounted and dismounted a bunch of tires and your going to have an extremely hard time

 

let all the air out put soapy water on the bead take a heavy suv or truck and drive on the side of the tire and pull on the rim then back off slowly thats how i push my bead down when my valve stem broke. and works just be careful not to damage the tire. but that should work

 

might tear a sidewall doing that?

 

thats why you have to be careful and have some one watching with you. i work as a tire tech. and if your really careful you shouldn't tear it unless one the tire is dry rotted.

and let me re say what i meant about driving on it. drive like across its sidewall trying to miss the rim. so you can do a hole side at a time