BEADBUSTER APPLICATION GUIDE

BeadBuster XB-550i HD Compatible Wheels

The BeadBuster XB-550i HD is a 2024 updated design of our prior large frame bead breakers (the XB-550 HD and XB-554 PRO). The new design updates include:

• Premium Investment Casting Single Piece Construction
  • previously welded assemblies
• Made from hardened 4140 Chrome-Moly Steel
  • previously mild steel
• Custom Grade-8 Drive Flange Head Bolts with crowned tips
  • previously Grade-5 Bolts
• Double female ram thread length (1.5″)
  • previously 0.75"

These improvements address weld and thread stripping failures that some customers experienced with the legacy design.

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...any LARGE 1-piece wheel. However, we created a PATENTED Dual Sided Ram Foot can accommodate a large range of rim lip sizes, and it will still work on ATV/UTV (9" and bigger). 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. 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.

BEADBUSTER vs. THE REST

The BeadBuster XB-550i HD is the Premium Large Tire Bead Breaker...There is no Question

BeadBuster is the only USA based company that makes our products in the USA. The other bead breakers of this size are all basically the same copied design, and come from China.

THE MAIN ADVANTAGES TO THE BEADBUSTER DESIGN ARE:

• PATENTED DUAL SIDED RAM FOOT - along with the Snap On Spacer, gives 4 configurations that allow the tool to PROPERLY fit on small and large wheels alike. The other guys claim that the tool works on small wheels too, but its false. The foot is too long to be properly used with small Rim Lips found on ATV's and Passenger Vehicles.
• PATENTED CLAMP BOLT DIRECTION - is perpendicular to the clamping surface. All of the force from the clamp bolt acts to pull the tool into place. The "Other" design has the clamp bolt oriented almost parallel to the clamping surface. The result is the clamp bolt loses almost all the mechanical advantage turning the corner, and it is very difficult to get the tool mounted in place, especially on old, stubborn tires. This is why that design has a "Hammer Strike Pad" because its expected that you'll need to hammer the tool in place. The BeadBuster will not need to be hammered, the powerful mechanical advantage of the bolt threads does all of the work.
• CONSTRUCTION - The BeadBuster is made from single piece Investment Casting, from Hardened 4140 Chrome-Moly Steel. The Other design is made from mild steel and cast iron parts. BeadBuster material strength is at least 4x greater than the others.
• RAM DRIVE - The BeadBuster Ram Drive is a custom Grade-8 Bolt. The other design is a Hex Nut coupled to some All-Thread with a Spring Pin. The pin has relatively low shear strength and can easily break from the shock loads of an impact wrench. This design is NOT compatible with an impact wrench. The BeadBuster CAN and SHOULD be used with an impact wrench.
• SIZE - the BeadBuster is lighter (7 lbs) than the Other design (10-12 lbs) and is overall more compact, but far more powerful.
• WHEEL PROTECTION - The BeadBuster comes with a padded clamp arm to protect Aluminum wheels.
• PRICE - BeadBuster is not the cheapest. We are more expensive than the other tools from overseas. But the BeadBuster XB-550i HD is PROUDLY MADE-IN-USA, and BeadBuster is a small US business in Pennsylvania, owned and operated by 2 partners who invented the product in 2013. The quality of the BeadBuster is unquestionably superior. With BeadBuster, it is not a cliche: you get what you pay for!