Fixing leaking mower tyres - OIL optional!!...
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- Опубліковано 27 тра 2023
- Fixing mower tyres that have been leaking. Showing how to remove and reinstall the tyre, re-seal the beads and seal up any leaks in the carcass using OIL and loctite! :)
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😂 you're killing me, haven't laughed that much 🤣 in a long time
First, get rid of the screw drivers , get good tire irons. Don’t use oil, it eats the rubber and you could be spreading three cups of oil across your yard. Just buy a tube, if the side walls are leaking, they don’t have much life left. In the off-season block up the tractor to get the weight of the tires. If they go flat it won’t crease and damage the side wall.
Find the leaks before you take the tire off of the rim. That way you know what you are up against before you go through all the trouble of taking the tire off of the wheel. If you know where the leaks are coming from, you may be able to patch them from the inside without having to add the goop into the tire, which is never to long term fix if it works at all.
I'm guessing, but for most of the people watching this, the tyre is already flat/off-the-bead, so finding leaks beforehand is not an option. In my experience with these mower/ off-highway/ etc tyres, the issue is not a puncture (like a screw/ nail), so a patch is also not an option - the issue is leaks at the bead and/or sidewall. The tyres I've worked on like this are all at the same pressure months later, so I'm happy it works, YMMV.
@@RangieNZ I agree but...1st - get an air compressor, do not use a bike hand pump. You can get an electric air compressor for under $100 USD. 2nd - if the tire is off the bead, jack up the mover and fill the tire back up with air and then identify the leak whether it is a hole in the tread or a bead leak. If your compressor won't re-bead the tire then use a strap around the outside of the tire. 3rd - if the bead is the cause of the leak then go buy and inner tube for that size tire. No goop required. 4th - if you want to skip the diagnostics, just go buy an inner tube for the tire size, done. - These are only my opinions. Thank you for the video. Love & Light, Peace.
@@WishfulThunkiner I already have a big compressor. I mentioned in other comments, that it was blocked in behind a pile of other stuff that I didn't want to move. The beads quite often leak, especially with cheap/ old tyres. I'm not really a fan of tubes - fitting a tube can often be more difficult than sealing the bead. :)
I can't believe it he conquered a tire without a single swear word, who could ever believe
If thats the easy way, I would hate to se the hard way. LOL
Pretty much. Old rubber goes hard and unmounting/remounting them is tricky. If you buy new tyres, then they are more compliant and more readily seal on the rim, but that wasn't the point here - just fix what you've got! :)
You are so right and funny
Made that look easy😂
I use a bead breaker, much larger pry bars and tire spoon, bead sealer for leaks around bead (after rim and tire bead cleaned), Berrymans tire sealer for dry rot, and plugs for holes in tread. All bases are covered and works great.
Motorcycle tire levers work great.
Berryman's is good stuff. So is Ameriseal.
Lots of Locust tree spikes where I mow, so whether or not there will be a puncture is not the question, just how fast it will self heal :-0)
I've used Slime for both front tires that were constantly leaking down. Works great and not necessary to dismount the tire and do all the other things.
If you leave the leaks too long, the bead comes off and you end up with water/ soil/ debris inside the tyre - that's when you have to remove them in order to clean the insides. As long as the tyre is still on the bead, then slime is an ok option - it's way more expensive than waste oil though.
take it out to the lawn, bang a pipe or rebar into the ground. Put rim over the pipe / rebar and do your thing. Now your not fighting holding the rim/tire in place.
Thank you for being soft spoken. Nice to listen to ppl who don't have to wow the audience with 20 minutes of "look at me" and 2 minutes of mediocre lessons....
about 4 oz of Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF) will fix a slow leak 99% of the time.
I’ll try the atf
should i use the type F for a field mower?? just kidding
Really? I've never ever heard of this trick 🤔
Holy crap that's a lot of oil you put in there. Won't that be a huge mess next time your tire goes flat?
The dose on the commercially available stuff, says over 2 cups for the larger tyre, but I found that amount still leaked through the side - the extra cup sorted that. A lot of it absorbs into the rubber, so not a huge amount left. The idea is it doesn't leak, so won't go flat.
Tireject sealant
Don't forget to check your dipstick, ahhh hahaha 😅
What dip stick lol
And make sure you change the valve stem while you have it apart!
Clamp vise-grip pliers to the rim so you don't have to keep chasing the bead sliding off, (save redoing and put an inner-tube inside the tire)
Remember to change the tire oil once a year and don’t forget to top up the blinker fluid!
This mower already has long-life blinker fluid - they'll be fine for another couple of years.
@@RangieNZI’m happy to see that you have a good sense of humor! I enjoyed the video! Cheers!
I laughed so hard I peed my pants !!!!
It’s a lot easier if you use a long bolt in vice and nut to hold it still
How offten do you have to change your tire oil? Every 3,000 mow's?
Every 300 engine-hours is easier to remember. :)
Very educational. I wish I could understand the speaking though.
I understood him fairly well even with his accent and regional dialect.
Closed Captioning is great too 👍
LOL. A lifetime shared between the UK and NZ will do that - neither end accepts as a 'local' anymore! :)
I've never heard of oil as a sealer
cant hear a any words!!!!!!. Don't forget to check your dipstick, ahhh hahaha .
There's definitely sound there - turn up your system & youtube volumes.
Would rubber cement work?
we got green slime on this side of the pond .....good temorary fix [ 1 season ]
Don’t use petroleum based oil, as I found out, many 👨 years ago. I was trying to re-mount the beads of my 3 wheeler tires 🛞, onto the rims, after installing inner tubes. Although I didn’t notice right away, the oil (or grease), will start to turn the tire 🛞 beads into a bubble 🫧 gum like 👍 consistency. It didn’t cause me a problem, in part, because by the time summer approached, I bought, and installed brand new tires 🛞. Your friend, Jeff.
Well you just had yourself a freaking goat rodeo going on right there.
That's a lot of work! I have a hand truck with both tires (tyres) flat and won't hold air for long. There must be an easier way!
Maybe, gel filled tires or foam filled or something else?... I have a pressure washer with same problem...Looking for solutions.
Tireject sealant works good
Hay now, im gonna have to do that for my toyota jack thats 30 years old thats nifty with the drill motor.
We better see if tyral fixes it this way
if ur going to take the tire off u might as well put a new one back on..😅
I guess so, if you've got tyres falling off a tyre-tree or something. If you haven't got a tyre-tree, or they're $100 each, then fixing what you've got for free is a great alternative.
Harbor freight has a lawnmower adapter for their manual tire changer. And there are tubes for those tires.
I bought tubes for $10 a piece at Harbor Freight for all four tires. Three years now and no flats.
I wish my small John Deere tractor tires would come off easily. Only one holds air. How can you seal the rim without adding a tube?
Tire Slime.
just put a TUBE in it PROBLEM SOLVED 😁
I like the video, and will try this. On subcompact TLB the smaller front tires are $100. Have persistent leaky one, and will give this a go.
Yes, new tyres add up quickly.
You can use this same application to install an innertube as well. Just don't use fix a flat in it, the tube will not work inside a sticky tire.
i got lucky- my dixon zeeter uses 3.5" aircraft tail tires on her casters and theyre cheap
Oil breaks down rubber???
It softens it, yes, which is exactly what you want when most of the leaks are caused because the tyre has gone hard/stiff over years.
All the slow leaks I've ever had on lawn tractors and pull behind equipment were cause by tires getting old and leaking through the sidewalls. The only good, permanent fix is to install a tube.
Months later, and these tyres are all still at the same pressure - sealing the cracks (sidewall & bead) is the key.
@@RangieNZ Let me know how they're doing after five years. My lawn tractor hasn't needed air in that time after tubes installed.
Three cups of oil for both, the small and large tires ?
You can try 2 on a small tyre, if it still goes down put another in. The soap spray is your friend - locate where it's leaking and sort those areas. The non-hardening sealant works really well on the beads.
As each described method fails miserably, brute force kicks in and saves the day. That's usually how my plans go as well. Next time I'm living in a distopian end of the world condition and decide to cut the grass I'll remember this.
i bought 2 new tires with great tread & mounted with air for less than $60.. no more low tires.. thank u internet...
I choose my compressor..!!
Compressor is definitely the first choice, but I had a pile of stuff blocking mine in that I didn't want to move and it was still possible to do with just the bike pump.
Why cant you use tire slime since the tire is dry rot, and porous??
You can. Here, a 16floz (2 cup) bottle of Slime, costs $45. Wheras 2-3cups of waste oil is rather less.
I hope it works out well for u😂
Would be better if we could hear you.
Guys fit tubes. Look up Go kart tire supplies, u can get any size imaginable and for half what mower parts cost.
No Gloves no Nothing!!! Wiggle Wiggle!!!😅😅
I learned something this morning!!
Oil supposedly ruins tire rubber ?
Oil softens rubber, which is exactly what you want on tyres that have gone super-hard and no longer seal.
I’ve put atf in them and on most it worked ok
That would probably work. I believe ATF has additives that cause seals (or tyres) to swell, sealing up small issues. Used engine oil is probably cheaper than ATF though.
@@RangieNZ just about any mineral-based oil will do that.
Just hit the local box store and get some GREEN SLIME...in the auto section, unscrew the valve core, pump the tire will plenty of the green stuff and then blow the tire back up. I will seal the tire and cracks and lasts for years. No need to take the tire off...and you can run the tire down to bare threads.
WOW That is what I call OVER DOING IT!!!
It's really not. Even the commercially available stuff says more than two cups for that larger tyre. You need a fair amount to get a thin coating everywhere.
The trick is not to lift the mower up until you have loosened the tire first, that way the tire wont turn. In my case I just tube them and forget leaks.
Normallly, yes. However, both beads were off and the tyre was spinning on the rim, so it wouldn't have worked here. I have a powerful impact gun, but rarely use it, as it normally just ends up damaging the heads on the nuts/bolts.
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When taking off a tire - allways start and finish at the valve!
If that was me filling the funnel with used oil, about two cups of oil would be on the garage floor in no time.
This guy is a fucking genius
They make a product called BEAD SEALER. It works.
That's probably the stuff, that tyre shops brush on the bead when installing them. I just used the items/chemicals that I've had on hand and I know to work.
I have the hebijebes now from watching this just wount to help hem the easy way
Wow y😅
why not put a tube much easier and done ??
Instead of putting the goop on the rim to get it to work, just spray a little bit of starting fluid and stand back and toss a match
Or a little piece of paper on fire and you seal & inflate the tire in one step😂
Whilst that can inflate/seat a bead quickly, the problem is normally old/dry/cracked rubber, that won't seal against the rim, or is porous and allows air through the sidewall. You need some liquid/tacky sealers, in order for it not to leak.
To all the viewers outside the UK-speaking area, Treacle is a popular vaginal lubricant.
Wow, not a direction I expected that comment to go in!
Go to your motorcycle shop bicycle shop and ask him for a set of:" tire spoons"!
One there's smooth and they won't make you get five screwdrivers on a pry bar They're designed to take off that room without damaging it and the tire: If it works with 120 mph motorcycle tires should work with your lawn mower!
I'm just curious Why didn't you pump it up first and put it in a buck of water and see if it's a rim league entire leak or whatever If it's a rim leak clean the rims polished the rims in your back in business It was entire leak fix the tire and then the only thing I envy is that little jack and the drill to raise it up I got to pick it up with my l4 L5L6 L7 s1 vertebrae screaming to my brain to put it down!!!
I know The spoons are only for changing the tires and a screwdriver's multi-purpose but it does the job better and your neighbor will appreciate you!
Oil can eat rubber . OH MY !
Is this some kind of a tire joke?LOL.
Yeah and then when the tread is gone and you have to change it WHAT A MESS BECAUSE OF ALL THE OIL INSIDE. I just used Fix a Flat in mine works great. Lol Or i heard you can use Slime.
Take a moment to think about what your Slime/ Fix a flat wheel/tyre will look like then - same situation. For the oil, a lot of it soaks into the rubber softening it, so not much left - also it just wipes off. The Slime/ Fix a flat stuff is like a glue - cleaning that off is a nightmare - tyre shops near me, either won't work on rims, or they charge you a pile more for cleaning, if you've used Slime/ Fix a flat... YMMV.
Those rims are not really good for tubeless tires. You often get a new snowblower or lawn mower that comes with leaking tires because of that. They need a tube!
Buy a compressor & use your belt & forget the oil!
Did you see the bubbles leaking through the sidewall? You need some form of sealant inside (I'm not a fan of tubes), to stop the air leaking out the sides..
What language is he speaking a
English. It sounds like I may need to buy a microphone kit, instead of just using my phone..
Aviation form a gasket is a bit much…
Not really. It's fairly cheap, i already had it (it's used on cars too) and most importantly, it doesn't go hard but istead remains tacky, which is exactly what you want.
Fill them with spray foam.. end of story...
Don’t through those away because the English government will tax the hell out you when u go to buy a new tire
You have got to be kidding me!!!!!!!!! Why go through all the trouble doing this. Also what do you do when you want to get rid of the wheel later on just throw it into the dump??? (Not very smart!). You would be better of just adding a can of flat fix to the tire and rim or put some Slime tire sealant in it and be done with it...........
Fix what you have with what you've got. The tyre is still removable, it just doesn't leak, the oil just wipes out should you want to dispose of it. You should try that fix-a-flat or slime stuff - it leaves a terrible mess on everything - most tyre shops won't go near a rim that has had it installed - it's also REALLY expensive, wheras waste oil is free. There isn't a single downside - you should try it...
That's a whole lot of dumb. Step one should be to find the leak before breaking the bead, it might just need a patch to be fixed properly.
Sooo, you did see it had come off the bead before it was looked at? Also, in 95% of tyre problems with these mower etc tyres, the issue is leaks at the bead/rim, or in the sidewall - patches are not an option.
I can just hear ya cursing.
I could tell you how to do it more easier, I was a tire tech.
Luckily, the tires on a lawnmowers don't have steel belts they are bias.
Do that to a car tire and your guaranteed problems
What crap
Maybe try it before you comment. Years later, these tyres are still holding air fine.
valve side out first in last!! grease around the rim .. two large drivers screws small vice grips locked on rim so no. chasing tire around the rim on replacing tire on rim..
Hilarious 😂