Manual Tire Changer Duck Head Adapter Kit with Duck Head Tire Changer Fit for Most Car Tires (with Silver Cone)

This went over the new black Harbor Freight Manual Tire Changer without an issue. It worked great to help me remove and install my 18 inch tires. At that size they did fight me a little, and it being my first time changing them I had to figure out the kinks of using it (and figuring out that I had put it together backwards to start), but once all that was ironed out, it worked great.I highly recommend getting and using the steel spacer version, as it'll help to ensure you don't mar the wheels as you put rotational force on it in case it slips.

This duckbill tire changer upgrade for Harbor Freight tire changer is actually better quality than the tire changer itself which is surprisingly well made for the price. It fit the tire changer nicely and was a great price and prompt shipping. However, as soon as it was handed off to USPS it went down hill from there. Unexplained delays and delivery dates changed. This is nothing new for the post office. I truly wish Amazon would quit using the post office for delivery.

I can’t give this for five stars because there are a few flaws but I guess it’s made to fit multiple different manual tire machines. So it takes a marginal at best tire machine and makes it slightly above marginal. It is a game changer if you have rims that you don’t want to get scratched. Tire spoons are fine for old farm equipment etc. but if you have nice aluminum wheels on your car etc. this does vastly reduce the chance of doing any damage to those wheels. It is pretty easy to operate surprisingly does not require much force for normal tires. I don’t imagine that this would be a viable option for extremely low profile like these kids have nowadays, but for your average Chevy, or dodge or ford or Other car with normal tires that should work fine as an add-on to your existing tire machine. The build quality is typical for the land that it comes from. But it works.

Works great! I don't even have mine bolted down and was able to a 225/50r17 tire off. I did have to use physics and bead lube to help, and flipped the wheel to do the backside, but if you're going to do tires yourself, bead lube is an absolute requirement. Soapy water can work, but bead lube stays longer and helps when seating the bead afterwards.

Great addition to my HF tire changer. Can change tires on aluminum rims with no scratches when used properly. Appears they have improved the design recently. The locking handles are off to the side now. The duck bill is red and matches my other duck bill, which appears to match the dimensions of the major supplier. I believe this kit is very strong and Will last a lifetime. The paint has just a few small defects but overall the appearance is very nice. I highly recommend this exact kit. There are two ridges that protect the rims from the mounting bolts on the inside of the duck bill. In the photo I am using my own shallow head Allen cap screw and sinking them for extra protection. Just a little extra insurance.

For the price i can't complain, if any of the welds don't hold up when I use it I'll just reweld them. And for the ones complaining about the adjustment screw knobs not being able to make a full turn, don't know about theirs but mine came with spring loaded knows, so work like a ratchet.

Assembly was fairly easy despite no included instructions. Seems like it has great potential to be a helpful tool, however it just never stays in the wheel groove to do it's job, and I always end up having to use pry bars to get the job done.

As others have commented, it takes a couple tires to get the hang of it but definitely better than just using the base tire changer. I got this one because other had commented that it fit the Harbor Freight changer and it does, some of the others the ID of the tube will not fit over the body of the HF model. Pretty sturdy, not sure how others are breaking the welds, you don't need to reef these down very much. Only issue I have is the OD of the centering plug, I'm doing 18" wheels from my F-150 and the 3" OD is too small, 4" would be great and cover pretty much everything. All in all, pretty happy with it so far.