Gaither Tools Tire

Gaither Tools: Purpose-Built Tire Service Equipment

Gaither Tool Co., Inc. has spent decades earning the trust of professional tire technicians around the world. Tire service tools are the company's core specialty — and that laser focus shows in every product they engineer. Founded in 1988, Gaither Tool Company is an international organization committed to serving the tire and trucking industry, inventing and manufacturing convenient tools and systems needed to service and maintain tires and wheel assemblies. Today, Gaither supplies products to customers in over 100 countries, selling through exclusive and nonexclusive distributors.

Iconic Tire Tools Built for the Shop and the Road

Few brands in the tire service world carry the name recognition that Gaither has built around its flagship products. The second generation BEAD BAZOOKA® is the most advanced bead seater ever made. This legendary tool addresses one of the most frustrating challenges in tire work — seating stubborn beads on large commercial tires — with a rapid, controlled burst of air. Alongside the Bead Bazooka, Gaither's Beadkeeper® is the original tool for assisting in the mounting process. The Rubberhead Beadkeeper features a heavy-duty plastic cover to protect aluminum wheels during the tire mounting process.

For bead breaking, Gaither's Slide Hammer Bead Breaker protects expensive wheels from swinging hammers by breaking the bead loose cleanly. When it comes to demounting, Gaither's Platinum Demounting Tool offers a popular design and proven functionality for any tire shop. Technicians working on sensitive modern wheels can also rely on the Tire Spreader — a simple tool designed to spread tire beads quickly to make tire repairs faster and easier.

Protecting Wheels While Getting the Job Done

A recurring theme across Gaither's tire tool lineup is wheel protection. Tire shops can reduce rim damage by using the correct tire-changing tools, applying proper lubricant, keeping the bead in the drop center, and using coated or rim-protective tools when working on sensitive wheels — proper technique and the right equipment both help protect the wheel finish. Gaither addresses this directly with rubber-coated and plastic-covered tool variants, as well as their Super Slick'em® tire mounting lubricant, which should be applied to all tires before being mounted or before deflation.

The brand also offers the patented Bead Vice (BV-04) — a patented product designed to accommodate the newest wheel types during tire service.

Trusted by the World's Leading Fleets

Gaither Tool Co. continually invests in research and development to bring its customers the most effective tools in the business, striving to improve efficiency and reduce costs for customers worldwide — from truck maintenance shops to on-the-road tire service providers including Bandag, Euromaster / Michelin, Bridgestone's First Stop, and the United States Armed Forces. This real-world validation speaks to the durability and reliability that professional technicians demand from their tire tools.

Whether you work in a high-volume commercial tire shop, run a mobile tire service, or maintain a large fleet, Gaither's tire service lineup delivers the speed, precision, and wheel-safe design that separate professional-grade tools from the rest. Explore the full tire tools category or visit the Gaither Tools brand page to see the complete product range.