" I bought a Cheetah for any future needs." So, how does this thing work - dump a bunch of air in really fast? how does it do that through the same valve stem?
On Sat, Feb 17, 2018 at 9:29 PM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 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 > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ 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
