Re: [MBZ] getting tires to seat on the rim

2009-04-13 Thread Curt Raymond
Apr 2009 12:20:49 -0400 From: Brian Smyla br...@smyla.com Subject: [MBZ] getting tires to seat on the rim To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID:     194c3630904120920g58d02170y9ec6bff04ac24...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hi, Kaleb An easy (but potentially dangerous

[MBZ] getting tires to seat on the rim

2009-04-12 Thread Brian Smyla
Hi, Kaleb An easy (but potentially dangerous) way to get the tire seated is to spray a small amount of carb cleaner or starting fluid inside the tire, and then ignite it. The key is to spray a SMALL amount of the fluid in. The way I've seen it ignited was the lighter in front of the spray

Re: [MBZ] getting tires to seat on the rim

2009-04-12 Thread John Freer
Have seen this done with WD40 as well. On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Brian Smyla br...@smyla.com wrote: Hi, Kaleb An easy (but potentially dangerous) way to get the tire seated is to spray a small amount of carb cleaner or starting fluid inside the tire, and then ignite it.  The key is to