Redneck tire install.... setting the bead!!

[kup99]

Dumb question, but what type of aerosol have you used? I tried WD40, and no go? Maybe a bit too cold?

Anyway, what have you used!!

I know it's not that Tech, but the rims and tires are going on my 80!! I'll even try to post a video, or some before and after pics!!

Thanks,

 

[Boone]

Try hair spray... works in potato guns...

 

[RMPIPE]

I have always seen ether/starting fluid used.

 

[mister]

I have always seen ether/starting fluid used.

Me to.

 

[Adam R]

Modern WD-40 no longer burns. They days of making flamethrowers with the stuff are over.

I've seen ether used successfully.

Adam

 

[kup99]

I'll try the hairspray!! then if it fails buy some ether!! ...... since i've never bought ether, where do you get it??

 

[NLXTACY]

the only time I saw it the guy used starting fluid. Worked like a charm.

 

[BEE-JAY42]

The best trick i've seen is bouncing the deflated tyre and rim on the ground, when the tyre hits the ground it spreads and pushes itself back over the bead.

 

[raYGunn]

Just don't be these guys...

YouTube - tyre fitting gone wrong

 

[lacruiser]

I'll try the hairspray!! then if it fails buy some ether!! ...... since i've never bought ether, where do you get it??

Any auto parts store sells starting fluid, which is usually just ether in an aerosol can.

Suggestion: Use it very sparingly, like maybe 3 half-second bursts of it. Too much can be hazardous!

And NEVER use it on any diesel engine equipped with glow plugs or a glow screen. That can turn into an explosive event.

 

[Tenzig Norgay]

Any flamable liquid will work. I've used white gas before, maybe about a tablespoon, just stand back. The trick is to start with just a little, then work your way up, it may take 4 tries, but at least your alive.

 

[rubberduck]

How about an air compressor? Then run a ratchet strap around the center of the tread. Works for lawnmower tires. Lots less burnt flesh.

 

[MaddBaggins]

How about an air compressor? Then run a ratchet strap around the center of the tread. Works for lawnmower tires. Lots less burnt flesh.

Thats too easy (same method I use)

 

[pruboy]

ether/starting fluid if you must. Much safer to take it off and use a ratched strap and compressor.

 

[BirfMark]

If you do it with starting fluid/ether, make sure you pull the valve core or the bead seating won't 'stick'.

 

[jonheld]

How about an air compressor? Then run a ratchet strap around the center of the tread. Works for lawnmower tires. Lots less burnt flesh.

THANK YOU! I've done this many times and it works all the time. Sometimes you need to get creative if you've got a 13.5" wide tire on a 12" rim, but the flamethrower trick is freakin idiotic IMO.

 

[arndog123]

How about an air compressor? Then run a ratchet strap around the center of the tread. Works for lawnmower tires. Lots less burnt flesh.

x3. I also use a spray bottle filled w/ soap and water to coat the bead.

 

[Dave 2000]

I have done it on lorry tyres in the past, although modern lorries tend to be real good at starting, the older ones always had a can of ether to spray into the air intake on cold mornings so we used it to semi inflate the tyre back on the rim whilst the wheel was still on the lorry.

regards

Dave

 

[sandcruiser]

the guy at the local tire repair place puts grease on the bead. some sorta "tire grease". you might check into it @ the local auto parts store. seems to help the bead seat.

 

[Walking Eagle]

If you do it with starting fluid/ether, make sure you pull the valve core or the bead seating won't 'stick'.

no, you keep the valve core in.

I just did this, and every time I tried doing it without the valve core in all the air would come out and then the bead would unseat. Course, 16.5" tires and too much grease from when they mounted them to begin with didn't help. Was reseating them cause when I went to add bb's for balancing I unseated the bead on the first one I tried.

make sure the Starting fluid is NOT SAFE FOR DIESEL's. The stuff that is safe for diesels doesn't explode, it just burns.

Lay it down the ground, spray a little against the rim, then light it up and prepare to s*** yourself. Oh, and keep a fire extinguisher handy, and make sure it's full.