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NTC-950-2 Tire Changer

NTC-950-2 Tire Changer

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At National Auto Tools, for $3,695.00, as of our latest check.
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Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 31 ratings. Buyers like: Great machine for the price; Fast shipping; Easy to assemble and works well. Common complaints: A little tippy; needs to be lagged to the floor.

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From National Auto Tools

  • Dual pneumatic assist arms make changing difficult tires easy
  • Handles wide profile, low profile tires and run flats
  • Bead blast technology shoots air into the sidewall to help set beads and inflate
  • Powerful side-mounted bead breaker
  • Includes steel and plastic mount/demount heads, plastic wheel clamp covers, soap tank and brush, and tire tool bar
  • Free shipping to the lower 48 United States
Guarantee
1 year parts warranty, no labor; parts and ground shipping free, labor not covered; excludes plastic protective pads and tooling on clamps, heads, bead breakers
Shipping
Ships by LTL common carrier freight with lift gate service; driver does not move or assemble equipment; you must call the freight company to schedule delivery;
In the box
Steel mount and demount head, Plastic mount and demount head, Plastic wheel clamp covers, Soap tank and application brush, Tire tool bar

About the NTC-950-2 Tire Changer

Triumph NTC-950-2: the tire changer that arrives with the accessories already in the crate

The unadvertised cost of a tire changer is the second order. You buy the machine, and then you find out the mount/demount head that came with it is the wrong material for the rims you actually work on, that the clamps will mark an alloy wheel, and that there is no soap tank. The NTC-950-2 is worth looking at partly because of what is in the crate: both a steel and a plastic mount/demount head, plastic wheel clamp covers, a soap tank with an application brush, and a tire tool bar . Two heads means a steel wheel and a painted alloy get the appropriate tool rather than the one you happen to own.

The machine underneath is a fixed-tower wheel-clamp changer with dual assist arms, aimed at shops with volume and at the tyres that punish a bare machine — wide fitments, low-profile sidewalls and run-flats. It clamps from 16 to 28 inches on the inside and 14 to 26 inches on the outside, handles tyres up to 43 inches in overall diameter and 15 inches of rim width, and breaks a bead with 5,500 lbs of force on 110V power.

Will It Fit?

A tire changer needs more room than its footprint suggests, because the working area is the swing of the tower and the space a technician stands in, not the base.

Assembled size. 56 x 93 x 80 inches — 1,422 by 2,362 by 2,032 mm — so check your ceiling as well as your floor if the machine is going under a mezzanine or a low beam.

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Crate size and weight. It ships at 38 x 65 x 51 inches (965 x 1,651 x 1,295 mm) and 900 lbs. Plan the route from the unloading point to the final position before the truck arrives; 900 lbs does not go up a step.

Air supply. The bead blast system and the assist arms are pneumatic and the machine works to 120 PSI. A compressor that keeps up matters more here than on a manual changer, because bead blasting is a sudden, large draw rather than a steady one.

Power. 110V with a 1-1/2 HP motor, so no three-phase supply is needed.

Working room. Leave clearance all round for a 43-inch tyre to be rolled in and stood up. That is your measurement to take, in your building.

Bead blast: what it actually does

Bead blasting fires a sudden volume of air into the sidewall gap as the tyre sits on the rim, forcing the bead outward so it seats against the flange and the tyre begins to hold pressure. Without it, a stubborn low-profile or run-flat tyre becomes a wrestling match with ratchet straps and, in the worst cases, techniques nobody should be using in a professional shop. With it, seating a difficult bead is a pedal press rather than a fifteen-minute fight, which is the difference between a job that pays and a job that costs you the bay.

Dual assist arms and why clamping range matters twice

The assist arms hold the sidewall down and away from the bead-breaking edge while the head does its work. On a modern low-profile tyre the sidewall is short and stiff enough that it will not stay where you put it by hand, so the arms are not a luxury item — they are the reason the machine can do the tyres it claims. They also take the load off the operator, which shows up over a full day rather than on a single job.

The two clamping ranges quoted for a wheel-clamp changer are not alternatives, they are two different grips. Clamping from the inside of the rim, the range is 16 to 28 inches, which is what you use on a large truck or SUV wheel. Clamping from the outside, it is 14 to 26 inches, which is what you use on a passenger car wheel where an inside grip would foul the drop centre. Between them they cover the fitments a general shop sees, and a machine with only one of the two ranges is a machine that occasionally cannot take the wheel in front of it.

Perfect For

High-volume tyre shops where the assist arms pay for themselves in operator fatigue alone.

General repair shops that keep tyre work in-house instead of subletting it.

Performance and wheel specialists handling low-profile and run-flat fitments on expensive alloys.

Fleet workshops covering both passenger cars and light trucks on one machine.

What's in the Box

• Steel mount and demount head

• Plastic mount and demount head

• Plastic wheel clamp covers

What buyers say

Buyers like
  • Great machine for the price
  • Fast shipping
  • Easy to assemble and works well
  • Assist arm makes mounting and dismounting easier
  • Great communication from National Auto Tools
  • Long-lasting; one owner has used theirs since 2012
Buyers complain about
  • A little tippy; needs to be lagged to the floor

Specifications

Inside Clamping
16-28"Source
Outside Clamping
14-26"Source
Max Wheel Width
15"Source
Max Tire Diameter
43"Source
Bead Blast
YesSource
Horse Power
1.5 HPSource
Bead Breaker Force
5,500 lbsSource
Max PSI
120 PSISource
Voltage
110 VoltSource
Assembled Size
56x93x80"Source
Shipping Size
38x65x51"Source
Shipping Weight
900 lbsSource
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