Easy on the ether in a little tire like that. Just a quick shot works better than a big one. Get the bottom seated, spray, step back and light a piece of paper to toss at the gap on top. No need to hurry a lot, the starting fluid needs time to mix with the air and won't come out the bottom.
Works almost every time. Mike On Dec 27, 2013 3:45 AM, "Fmiser" <fmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Scott wrote: > > > > I'm going nuts trying to seat the beads on a new set of tires on > > my lawn tractor. > > > I tried a cargo strap around the tread but that doesn't even get it > close. > > > > Any thoughts? Thanks. > > Warm the tire as much as you can - but don't let _her_ find your > tires in the oven. > > Soap up the bead and seat good. > > Press fit the bead to one side. > > Use a _big_ cargo strap, or better a chain to apply squeeze > forces. With the chain, use a pipe to twist the chain tight. It > will take a lot of force to squeeze the tire bead out to the other > seat. > > The tire mounting rigs use a blast of air to "pop" the tire open. > You could make yourself one with an air tank and a 1-2 inch (2.5 - > 5 cm) pipe and valve. > > Finally, there's the extreme method. Spray a couple second burst of > starter fluid in the tire (best to get it inside the tire, not just > on the rim. Also get it all around, not just in one spot), spray a > "fuse trail", light it, and at the moment the tire goes "fooomph!" > apply as high a volume of air as you can through the valves stem. > Best to have the core out to get higher flow. > > I'm not _advising_ this method, but I have used it successfully. > > -- Philip, who doesn't have any tire pieces permanently embedded - yet > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
