Had same problem with rear tires for riding mower. OE tires were quite flexible (and porous). New ones were very thick and stiff. Blocking the beads apart and heating almost worked, but not quite. Tried all the other DIY tricks I knew, without success. Finally had to go to pro tire place that had a Cheetah (plus a big compressed air supply). Later I had the same drill seating a tractor tire, so I bought a Cheetah for any future needs.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes > Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2018 11:17 AM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com; davesl...@okiebenz.com > Cc: Kaleb C. Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> > Subject: [MBZ] Mounting tires > > I am trying to mount this new set of tires on this 240d. They were strapped > together for shipping which compressed the sidewalls down to about an inch > of each other. I can’t get the damn things to seat on the rims. The bead > blaster > on my tires machine does not seem to be helping. Any ideas? > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________ 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
