Patented Design.
Premium Quality. Built in USA.
Every other bead breaker this size relies on a welded joint — the first place it cracks under repeated force.
You get none of that here. One-piece cast body. Nothing to weld, nothing to fail on you.
Ideal for large 1-piece wheels — agricultural, OTR, heavy truck, and 9"+ ATV/UTV.
Not for 7"-8" ATV wheels — see the XB-450i.
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8.1 Tons Max Clamp Force
Translation: It holds on to big ag and truck rims without slipping.
14.9 Tons Peak Ram Force — more than a hydraulic bead breaker achieves
Translation: You get pump-level force without owning a pump.
HRC 50 / 250,000 psi Tensile Strength Clamp Arm — hardened alloy, not mild steel
Translation: The arm won't spread open on the heaviest wheels.
4 Foot Configurations (2-sided foot + snap-on spacer)
Translation: One tool matches whatever rim lip depth is in front of you.
Fits 9" ATV Wheels up to Large 1-PC Ag/Industrial/OTR Wheels
Translation: The same tool handles the small stuff and the tractor tires.
Extended 1-1/2" Female Ram Thread
Translation: More thread engagement means the threads outlive the bolts.
3-Year Warranty
Translation: If it fails in three years of hard use, we replace it.
As engineered by
2 Engineers from Ingersoll Rand
What the XB-550i HD handles.
Every other bead breaker on the market has a weak point. Ours doesn't.
One-piece investment casting, FEA-optimized. No welds. No joints. Nothing to crack.
XB-550i
Car / truck / trailer
- Single-body cast — zero weldsSingle-body investment cast — zero welds, zero weak points
- FEA-optimized for cars & trucksFEA-optimized HD frame for cars, pickups and trailers
- HRC 30 / 130k psi (4140 steel)Hardened to HRC 30, 130,000 psi min. tensile (AISI 4140)
- Contoured lip clamp geometryContoured lip clamp geometry for most automotive wheels
Stamped & welded steel
- Multiple welded steel piecesMultiple stamped/welded steel pieces joined at stress points
- Weld seams fail firstWeld seams are the first failure point under repeated clamping force
- No FEA — guesswork geometryNo FEA optimization — material added or removed by guesswork, not simulation
- Cracks start at the weldFailure typically starts at the weld, not the base metal
A weld is only as strong as the joint. We don't have joints.
The XB-550i is the only one of these that isn't welded.
Patented in-line clamp screw. Single-body investment casting. 3-year warranty, made in the USA.
We're the only bead breaker with this build.
Patented in-line clamp screw. 8.1 tons of clamp force. Zero welds.
8.1 tons at the clamp pad, 14.9 tons at the ram.
US Patented in-line clamp screw — force stays in-line, not around a corner.
Investment cast AISI 4140 steel body — zero welds, FEA optimized.
Backed by a 3-Year Warranty and built in the USA.
Impact-wrench-ready Grade 8 / ASTM A574 screws.
Break beads for years, not months.
Your Tool Body and Ram Foot are Investment Cast (Lost Wax Cast) — the same high-precision process that makes jet engine turbine blades.
Grip a single-piece body with no welds, so you never watch a seam split under load. Every high-stress spot is packed with extra material to soak up the abuse.
FEA (Finite Element Analysis) shaved every ounce that wasn't earning its keep, so you carry less weight without losing strength.
You're swinging AISI 4140 steel, a high-strength chrome-moly alloy hardened to HRC 30 with 130,000 psi min. tensile strength — built to outlast the trucks you use it on.
Translation: this won't crack, bend, or wear out under repeated heavy use.
Others: welded frames crack at the joints under repeated load.
Never fight a wobbly handle again.
Get a handle cast directly into the Tool Body, so you plant your grip, drive the sidewall down, and seat the feet under the rim lip without the tool shifting on you.
Translation: the handle is part of the tool body, so it can never work loose.
Others: bolted-on or welded handles that loosen and twist.
Skip the hammer entirely.
Turn the wrench in the same direction your clamp screw actually pushes — that's the patented design every other screw-actuated tool gets backwards. Mount the screw perpendicular to the clamping direction like they do, and you lose most of your force the moment it "turns the corner." That's why those tools fight you to fully clamp.
Here, your force goes straight to the clamp — 8.1 tons max at the Clamp Pad on the XB-550i HD. You'll never need a hammer to get this tool into position.
Translation: 8.1 tons of grip from a wrench alone — no hammering on big wheels.
Others: perpendicular screws lose most of their force and usually need a hammer.
Clamp down without it flexing.
Grip the rim with a Clamp Arm made from AISI 4140 steel, hardened to HRC 50 with 250,000 psi min. tensile strength — muscle built for the load, not just for looks.
Because the XB-550i's arm is longer and carries more clamping force than the XB-450i's, you get hardened alloy steel here instead of mild steel — so length never becomes a weakness.
Translation: the arm is hardened for big-wheel loads, so it won't bend on you.
Others: mild steel arms that flex or bend on heavy truck and ag wheels.
Protect the finish while you clamp.
Clamp down without marking the wheel — an injection-molded HDPE Clamp Pad on the arm keeps steel jaws off your rim. Run it on aluminum, magnesium, even carbon fiber and skip the scratches and scuffs. It holds up for years on steel wheels too.
Translation: safe on your aluminum, magnesium, or carbon fiber wheels, not just steel.
Others: bare steel jaws that scuff and gouge expensive wheels.
Run it on full impact-wrench torque.
See exactly when you've reached end of travel — the 5/8"-11 UNC Clamp and Ram Screws use 15/16" Flanged Hex Heads sized so a socket never covers them.
Hit it with an impact wrench without worry: both screws are Grade-8 steel, HRC 36 hardness, 150,000 psi min. tensile strength, and fully Impact Wrench compatible.
Translation: your bolts won't strip or shear even at full impact-wrench torque.
Others: hardware-store bolts that round off or shear early.
Keep your threads smooth for the long haul.
Push hard against the Clamp Arm and Ram Foot without wrecking your threads. Screw tips naturally mushroom under that pressure — crowning them keeps the deformed material clear of the Tool Body's female threads, so wear never turns into stripped threads.
Translation: years of heavy impact-wrench use won't ruin the threads.
Others: flat-tipped screws mushroom and chew up the threads over time.
Never snap a hinge pin mid-job.
Load the Clamp Arm without loading the pin. Slotted holes in the Tool Body let the arm's corner bear directly against the body, so the high-strength alloy Clevis Pin barely feels the force. No precision-tolerance hole to fuss over, and no pin left to fail on you.
Translation: there's no pin to snap on you mid-job.
Others: a single hinge pin carries the load — and snaps.
Push harder than a hydraulic setup.
Get 1.5" of thread engagement — a full 2.4× the nominal 5/8" thread diameter — and you can drive a peak Ram force of 14.9 tons. That's more peak force than a hydraulic bead breaker, with no pump to haul around.
Grease the threads and go: it takes less torque to shear the Grade-8 bolt (~169 ft-lbs) than it does to strip these threads, so the easily-replaced bolt gives out long before the tool ever would.
Translation: the bolt breaks before the tool's threads ever do — a $12 bolt is a 5-minute fix, not a reason to buy a new tool.
Others: strip the threads and the whole tool is scrap.
Stop buying a tool for every wheel size.
Flip the 2-Sided Ram Foot (Long Side or Short Side) and snap on the plastic spacer to get 4 configurations of effective foot length from one tool.
Cover everything from a 9" ATV wheel up to the biggest 1-piece wheel on the farm or job site — with the same tool in your truck.
Translation: one tool adjusts to your rim lip instead of you buying a different tool for every wheel size.
Others: a fixed foot that only fits one rim lip depth.
Free shipping · 3-Year Warranty
Nothing else in this class does what the XB-550i does.
No hammer. No hydraulics. No shop compressor required.
Position the clamp
Set the clamp arm and pad against the rim, opposite the valve stem.
Tighten by hand
Tighten the Clamp Screw by hand until snug — no hammer needed to seat it.
Bring in the ram
Continue tightening (impact wrench compatible) until the Ram Foot contacts the tire sidewall.
Break the bead
Apply ram force until the bead breaks free — repeat on the opposite side if needed.
Real footage — breaking the bead on a large 1-piece wheel with nothing but an impact wrench.
Carry one tool instead of four.
Cover Rim Lip Depths from 9/16" past 1.25" with the 4-configuration Ram Foot system — so a single XB-550i HD handles the full spread of ATV, Ag, Industrial, and OTR 1-piece wheels.
9" ATV wheels and up — including reinforced Rock Rims.
Tractor, sprayer, and implement wheels — large 1-piece rims.
Skid steers, wheel loaders, telehandlers, forklifts (1-pc wheels).
Off-the-road 1-piece wheels for construction and mining equipment.
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“I ran over a deer shed with the John Deere 4640 and ruined the tube. Unbelievably easy once you figure out the proper techniques…! I had an 18.4x38 tire off the rim in minutes using this tool. This tool saves a lot of time and money. No more service calls. I used to remove tires with a sledge hammer. Never again.”
“Used it a few times and it worked well. I had a pair of UTV tires that had to be changed. I do not think I could break the beads without this tool.”
“Great tool.”
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Know exactly what you're getting.
- Max Clamp Force
- 8.1 tons at the Clamp Pad
- Max Ram Force
- 14.9 tons peak — more than a typical hydraulic bead breaker
- Clamp / Ram Screw
- 5/8"-11 UNC, fully threaded, 15/16" flanged hex heads
- Screw Material
- Grade-8 steel · HRC 36 · 150,000 psi min. tensile
- Bolt Shear Torque
- ~169 ft-lbs (threads outlast the bolt)
- Ram Thread Engagement
- 1.5" — 2.4× the nominal 5/8" thread diameter
- Tool Body / Ram Foot
- Investment cast AISI 4140 chrome-moly · HRC 30 · 130,000 psi
- Clamp Arm
- AISI 4140 chrome-moly · HRC 50 · 250,000 psi min. tensile
- Clamp Arm Hinge
- High-strength alloy Clevis Pin · slotted body carries load
- Ram Foot
- 2-sided Ram Foot + snap-on Spacer = 4 effective configurations
- Rim Lip Depth Range
- 9/16" through >1.25" across the 4 foot / spacer configs
- Compatible Wheels
- 9" ATV wheels up to large 1-piece Ag, Industrial, and OTR wheels
- Warranty
- 3-Year WarrantyTranslation: if something goes wrong, it's covered — not a gamble on a cheap import.
- Patent
- US 9,333,819 B1
- Country of Origin
- Built in USA
Frequently Asked Questions
What BeadBuster Owners Say
Rated 4.7 Out of 5 From 10,000+ Verified Reviews — Real Feedback From Ag, Construction, and Heavy-Duty Shop Users.
“Best money ever spent. Works great on big tractor tires. I had an 18.4x38 tire off the rim in minutes using this tool. This tool saves a lot of time and money. No more service calls. I used to remove tires with a sledge hammer. Never again.”
“Used it a few times and it worked well. I had a pair of UTV tires that had to be changed. I do not think I could break the beads without this tool.”
“Great tool.”
There is no second choice.
The XB-550i HD is the heavy-duty BeadBuster — for commercial trucks, agricultural, construction, and off-highway wheels where more clamp and ram force is required.
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