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-----Original Message----- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Scott Ritchey Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 6:49 PM To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' Subject: Re: [MBZ] Seating Beads on New Tires All, Thanks for the advice and tips. I tried most of the things mentioned (except ether, which I didn't have) without success. I ended up going to a tire shop today to get the beads seated. Two tire shops (that didn't have air cannons) tried without success. The third shop had the air blaster and did the job on just a few minutes for $5 a tire. But they were busy so I had to wait about an hour form them to get to my job. In retrospect, it might have worked to pry the beads apart for a couple hot, sunny days. I did pry them apart for one day but it's winter here and the sidewalls popped right back as soon as I worked the bead back over the rim. I never had a problem with a car tire but these little mower tires were different: wide tires, wide rims, stiff (4 ply), and the beads were almost touching when they arrived strapped together with only a couple UPS stickers on the outside. So thanks to Dan and the others that said to go to a tire shop. By the way, this is what the tires looked like. You can see that the tread was already depressed in the middle so strapping it around the tread did almost no good. <http://i.ebayimg.com/t/2-20X8-8-DURO-20x8-00-8-4-PLY-NEW-LAWN-MOWER-TURF-TW O-TIRES-20x8x8-TIRE-PAIR/00/s/NDE1WDU0OQ==/z/iCsAAOxyKsZRufgA/$(KGrHqN,!rEFG i2Q!M8WBRufg!kZ8g~~60_35.JPG> Scott > > 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 _______________________________________ 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
