Once again Hanno THANKs....I have wrestled a few split rims before on 18 wheelers.....no easy task and always very risky. We would inflate the buggers in a cage....just in case. Yes most important in several situations is LUBRICATION. I will not go into the others, however with setting beads yes....more is always better. I will probably wrestle with the first one and if I get too frustrated I will, as usual, follow my wife's advise and go to a shop and get it done. NO she does not follow MLU and I am not quite as below...