The easy way to seat the bead on a riding lawnmower tire is to place the tire on a bucket, cover the center with a rag, push down on the rim, inflate. The air pressure will build up in the bucket and you can feel the rim rising up to force the tire to expand to seat the bead. Works every time.
JT On 7/28/2016 7:27 AM, Todd Zuercher wrote: > Sorry Gene, This is what I wrote. > > I've had some luck re-seating stubborn old tires by jacking up the wheel so > there is no weight on it, then if the tire still won't seat, wrap a ratchet > strap around the circumference of the tire and tightening it down until just > before the tread is about to buckle. This will usually push the tire beads > out enough to get them to start to seal against the rim. (a bottle of tire > slime put in and smeared on the tire beads would be a good idea as well.) > > Failing that or if your need more excitement in your life you could always > try the squirt of either trick. > > Or just throw a tube in it. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gene Heskett" <ghesk...@shentel.net> > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 12:19:27 AM > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] OT Seating Tire Bead > > On Wednesday 27 July 2016 23:30:21 Todd Zuercher wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Gene Heskett" <ghesk...@shentel.net> >> To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 8:41:09 PM >> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Nother Q about these Chinese inverters >> >> On Wednesday 27 July 2016 11:26:55 Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> I got everything hauled to the scene except my clamshell digger. >> Plumb wore the old man out. The rider had a flat tire that did NOT >> want to re-seat and hold air. Needs new rear tires, guessing 25 yo & >> badly weatherchecked. And them'er $50/copy. Sigh. OTOH, I am still >> looking down at the grass. :) >> >> Cheers, Gene Heskett > Your reply got auto snipped Todd, as it was all below my sig separator! > > To summerize, I did all of that, but I had to bring my 4 ton rated > handyman around to pick it up, and its weight combined with my bad back, > collapsed disks, I hurt myself pretty good by the time I actually had > air in it again. A bit of time in the sack, and one of my near beers > and I think I can walk back to the kitchen and make some leftover > chinese food disappear. > > Then tonight is put out the trash night, which I did very very carefully. > > I expect it will be flat again in the morning as my last mowing took me > across some rosebush runners which probably perforated it several more > times. I've been considering fresh tires on the back for at least a > year as the knobs they used to have for tread are now about 1/16" high > and are surrounded by visible carcass threads. I've now replaced both > front tires in the last year, for the same reason. Stems check fine, > but the air leaves anyway. > > Cheers Todd, Gene Heskett ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
