I gather you used soapy liquid to lubricate the rim and tire?
Sometimes taking the valve out of the stem and putting a air hose with a
hose clamp over the stem will work cause you are getting a larger volume
of air into the tire quicker.
Using a chain and chain binder around the circumference
the tire to seat it.
I can't imagine a can of the goop is all that expensive.
-Curt
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:50:40 -0400
From: Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net
Subject: Re: [MBZ] getting tires to seat on rim
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
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: Re: [MBZ] getting tires to seat on rim
I'd forgotten before but at the snowmobile/atv shop where I hang out they
now use some thick goop to help tires seat. The goop is like Vaseline with
fibres in it, you slop a bunch of that on top, shove the tire down onto
the rim and add air, the goop keeps
in it, just short of putty.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:24:45 -0400
From: WILTON wilt...@nc.rr.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] getting tires to seat on rim
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Slime is supposed to be good stuff. Lawnmower tires are chp and dry out
bad so slime is a good idea. I usually use
]on Behalf Of Tom Hargrave
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 3:18 PM
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I suspect that the issue Kaleb is having is that the sidewalls will not
expand car enough apart for both to tough the rime. If this is the case,
slime won't
exactly
Tom Hargrave wrote:
I suspect that the issue Kaleb is having is that the sidewalls will not
expand car enough apart for both to tough the rime. If this is the case,
slime won't work.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
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On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin
Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 6:05 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] getting tires to seat on rim
exactly
Tom Hargrave wrote:
I suspect that the issue Kaleb is having is that the sidewalls
I got them mounted just fine (I do not have a manual stand) I just could
not get them to seat properly. Im going to try the wd40 trick next time.
Tom Hargrave wrote:
Some tires are so stiff that it is impossible to mount them on a manual
stand. If that's the case with yours, the only answer
Went to install new tires on my truck yesterday with my tire machine.
Finally got old tire off, new tire on, but COULD NOT get it to seat on
the wheel. I tried just about everything I could think of. I have
never had a problem before with car tires, and I did do a couple of 16
truck tires
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On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin
Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 11:57 AM
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Subject: [MBZ] getting tires to seat on rim
Went to install new tires on my truck yesterday with my tire machine.
Finally got old tire off, new
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On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin
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Subject: [MBZ] getting tires to seat on rim
Went to install new tires on my truck yesterday with my tire machine.
Finally got old tire off
At the tire shop, I've only seen them pull the valve core, put a locking air
chuck on the stem, and wiggle the tire on the rim with their hands while
standing on the foot throttle of the inflater. With car/pickup tires, you can
almost always get both beads touching at the same time. With
what did you do, hook it up under the inside lip of the tire? How did
you get the hooks out?
harry watkins wrote:
Here is what I did when I had the same problem.. I made three, 3-foot
hooks out of #4 rebar and tied them together at the top. With the
bottom bead pushed down as far as I could
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Subject: [MBZ] getting tires to seat on rim
Went to install new tires on my truck yesterday with my tire machine.
Finally got old tire off, new tire on, but COULD NOT get it to seat on
the wheel. I tried just about everything I could think of. I have
never had a problem
Yea, I usually just have to hook the air up to it, step on the pedal,
and wiggle the tire up a down in a couple spots and away it goes. Not
this time though.
Mitch Haley wrote:
At the tire shop, I've only seen them pull the valve core, put a locking
air chuck on the stem, and wiggle the tire
: [MBZ] getting tires to seat on rim
I tried a ratchet strap around the circumference of the tire, did not
work. Was using the wide kind, maybe should have used the smaller ones.
Archer wrote:
Do the tire shops still use an inflatable belt around the center of
the tread to spread the beads? I
I think the bottom one was setting against the rim, but could not get
the top one up enough to get a seal
Tom Hargrave wrote:
Do you gave a way to get at least one bead to partially seat? Maybe you can
set the rim on another seat the one side?
If you can then you can turn the tire over on a
They grab the bottom sidewall near the tread and you just ease it up until
you eyeball contact with the rim. If air escapes, go up some more. You're
doing the same thing that you would do with your hands except this is easy.
These are not sharp, all I did was bend the rebar in the shape of a
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