Originally Posted by
Rowan
None really, but I used the wide Schwable plastic tyre levers to do a similar thing. The hook on the end is quite shallow to avoid snagging the inner tube, and the width gives good purchase on the bead, plus they are quite strong. I am not sure a bead jack would do a much better job, for me.
Where's Unfiltered Dregs to tell us that pinching tubes is a bygone issue with tubeless tyres.
Only advantages might be the VAR tool never gets under the bead except for that little hooked end. Almost impossible to damage the tube. And the leverage might be greater.