If you mount many tires you need one of these. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pUJ8990HQc
I made one with identical valving setup except I used a 1/2" valve for the blast valve and a 3/8" valve for the fill valve. 1/2" pipe is plenty big enough for the blast tube... flatten the end so it fits between the bead and the wheel. Instead of a propane tank I used a generic tire fill tank like this one. http://www.harborfreight.com/5-gallon-portable-air-tank-65594.html This thing will mount tires that you simply cannot mount any other way. I had some twisted 8-14.5 trailer tires (mobile home size) and I could get them on the wheels ok ( I use cooking spray oil for tire lube - works great). Then I used a ratchet strap for a tire expander which got the beads within 1/8" of the wheel bead.. but that is way too big to get the tires to seat. Fill the blaster to full system pressure ( about 100 psi in my case ) put it between the tire bead the the wheel bead and blast away.. it blows the tire onto the rim when done right. If you clip an airline onto the tire valve so it is filling at the same time as when you blast the tire, it is even more effective, as done in the video. I should have made one of these 20 years ago! >>if your need more excitement in your life you could always try the squirt of either trick I've done my share of stupid things in my life, but I'm not stupid enough to do that trick.. A guy not far from me literally lost his head when a tire exploded as he leaned over it. The tire and wheel blew off the ground as the tire exploded on the floor side and propelled the tire to the roof - but his head was in the way. Get one of those clip on air fill valves and fill all questionable tires from a distance. Some people put a truck bumper over the wheel and tire before inflating questionable tires just in case they blow. I do that when I mount tires on three piece wheels (lock ring rims). Dave On 7/28/2016 8:44 AM, John Thornton wrote: > 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
