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Tire iron

Post by Charlie B in N.J. » Wed Apr 26, 2023 12:11 pm

I believe I just picked up a set of irons. Can someone please post measurement’s? I’m on the road right now and can’t measure these.
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Re: Tire iron

Post by Art M » Wed Apr 26, 2023 1:01 pm

Tire irons come in different lengths. Are yours used or new. If new what brand are they or where did you buy them.

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Post by Charlie B in N.J. » Wed Apr 26, 2023 1:05 pm

Quite used. Not ruined. In fair shape. Laughed out loud when the seller said they’re so small. I’m guessing about 12” or so long X maybe 3/4 or 7/8” wide. The ends are slightly curved. Of course no markings.
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Post by Steve Jelf » Wed Apr 26, 2023 1:06 pm

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They're a display-only item. They make changing a clincher the job from Hell. :D
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Post by Charlie B in N.J. » Wed Apr 26, 2023 1:08 pm

NG I guess. The ends of these don’t flare like that.
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Post by Charlie B in N.J. » Wed Apr 26, 2023 5:25 pm

Here’s a pic of what I’ve got. Certainly worth $5.00
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Re: Tire iron

Post by John kuehn » Wed Apr 26, 2023 7:03 pm

I have to say the originals are nice for T tool collectors BUT Ford needed a better idea for tire irons. The Harbour Freight iron or something similar really do work better in a tire changing situation.


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Re: Tire iron

Post by Allan » Wed Apr 26, 2023 7:14 pm

Steve"s photo shows them well. Some Canadian ones come with a raised Ford script and the factory number.

My recent fitting of a set of nice pliable Blockley tyres could probably have been done with T tyre irons
Perhaps Henry knew what he was doing, if old time tyres were as pliable.

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Re: Tire iron

Post by Art M » Wed Apr 26, 2023 9:32 pm

I have three tire irons, which came from my father's garage in the 1920s and 1930s. Two measure 16 inches in length and one measures 17 inches. I threw out the longer ones that were made from leaf springs.

I don't know how to post the pictures that show the very slight hook or bend at the end of each tool.

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Re: Tire iron

Post by Steve Jelf » Wed Apr 26, 2023 9:45 pm

I don't know how to post the pictures ...

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Post by Charlie B in N.J. » Wed Apr 26, 2023 9:45 pm

Tough to see in my pic but the ends are curved slightly in opposing directions. Exactly what you’d expect in a tire iron..
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Post by Charlie B in N.J. » Wed Apr 26, 2023 9:51 pm

Go down past submit. Click on attachments and add file. The size might be wrong though. I have a resizer I used today. First time in about half a dozen years so it was relearn again. Pain in the chops.
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Post by Steve Jelf » Thu Apr 27, 2023 12:50 am

It's rare that I have to resize a picture. I post picture files full size and the website makes them fit. Very rarely I get the dreaded yellow triangle telling me the file is too big. I find that if I ignore the numbers given in the warning and just reduce the size by one pixel, that works. Why do some files need to be resized but most don't? Beats me. Why does a one-pixel reduction work? I have no clue. Of course, I'm working from a computer.A "mobile device" may be completely different.

Just for fun, here's a 4 MB file (3648 x 2736 pixels) posted without resizing.


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Re: Tire iron

Post by Craig Leach » Thu Apr 27, 2023 3:23 am

I have a set of H-F 24" tire spoons. Only use them on truck tires ( because I only have two good truck tire spoons ) Just mounted a 450-21
today and used the 10" & 12" Showa spoons that I picked up from a swap meet ( two of the 10" are from the first new Yamaha I purchased in
1970.) I think they work best because of the short little curve on one end. they don't seem to grab the tube as much as the bigger ones.
I don't think I have ever paid more than a dollar each for the rest I have. I know they are not period. I don't care when I have to change a
tire by myself :x
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Re: Tire iron

Post by ABoer » Thu Apr 27, 2023 5:08 am

I have good result with These Irons ,
One is original Michelin ,
The other is a reproduction
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Re: Tire iron

Post by Mikey1968 » Thu Apr 27, 2023 1:29 pm

When I was in high school starting out working on my own car, a 68 Cougar, my dad gave me a handful of old tools. 40 years later, I buy my 26 Touring and discover the tool I've beaten on all these years and used to hold the front strut studs on my 2 Fox body cars (86 Capri and 89 GT) was actually a T tire iron! :o Still have a 68 Cougar, btw.

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