We once used a strap to seat a car tire and put too much air in before removing it. The strap ended up breaking under stress, and the metal part slammed the guy inflating it right in the "you know where." He rolled around on the floor for awhile in serious pain. A lesson was learned!
Yeah, definitely not s good idea to over inflate anything! On the last tire it didn't seem like the gauge wanted to work at first but it was definitely overinflated. Thanks for watching!
Had a rear tire fall off the rim today. Came to UA-cam to find a fix-it-yourself video and this was the first to come up for me. I watched until the end, where you fixed a tire in the same predicament as mine. I gathered up my tools to do the job, and then went to the medicine cabinet for the thickest grease I have on hand and to my ecstatic surprise, it worked! Not only am I here to thank you for making and posting this video, but to inform anyone reading this comment that if you don't have Bead Buster, don't sweat it. Bag Balm worked great for me!
A lot of valuable info. Never heard of bead buster or use regular screwdriver. Lost a zero turn tire in middle of yard. Only had a rope, so made it into a tourniquet by using a branch. Lol worked great.
@@MikeOrazzi You and me both! It is a bear going to start equipment and struggling with tires or other things. Thats why we fix them right and skip the hassle
Great tip that works well. For me, I've never had to remove the valve core and have re-seated my lawn tractor tires a dozen times. Yes, I have a slow leak I've not addressed.
The video IS helpful. I used to have to do this quite frequently with my previous 2 mowers. My current one (Cub Cadet) advertised tires/rims that would resist breaking seal with the rim. I have mesquite trees in my yard, and slow leaks from thorns are a non-stop problem despite many plugs.... But I really don't care, it takes a couple minutes to air up tires no matter how long they've sat flat. Some mowers use garbage tires that will separate from the rim every time they go flat, others use better quality that won't. Research wheels along with other specs when buying a mower...it could save you a TON of time and effort.
Love the bead buster. Better then the cheap stuff I've been using. A lot of my tires have dry rot, so I end up having to remove one side of the tire and inserting a tube. This is of course a last resort. Would be good if you could do a video on tube replacement. Thanks!
After 40 years in the trucking business, I've aired up many truck tires with ether, also car tires, m/c tires and lawn tractor tires. Finally got smart and put tubes the leakers. The problem is the cheap Chinese tires after a couple of years will start to leak through the sidewalls.
The Carlisle tires we see are made in US or Canada normally I think but they obviously make them cheap as possible. We see a lot of Locust trees around here so people will use solid tires or something like premium tire sealant (similar to Slime) Problems like what is shown on the Craftsman tire here are cause from the tire being flat and sitting like that outside from what I normally see. Thanks for watching!
Yupp, works pretty good, been my go to method for many years. I remove the valve core and use an plain air fitting with no chuck to get more airflow. Just get everything ready, slip the fitting into the air hose and stick the open end over the valve stem, works great.
I remember as a kid, watching my grandpa wrap baler twine around a small tire, then tighten it up by twisting it with a screwdriver to push the bead out. That's the sort of thing a good grandpa will teach you. Next video, teach us the "flammable aerosol and bic lighter" method. Or are there already too many of those on UA-cam? 😁
Haha, what a great life lesson. Not the baler twine the burnt eyebrows after my next trick lol. I have done the other ways and they do work - in some very limited or extreme cases. Awesome story about the grandpa! Thanks for watching!
If you use that flammable aerosol method, if you ever take it to a tire shop, as soon as they smell the flammable aerosol vapors, you will be asked to remove the tire from their property.
I built tires for 25 years. In doing so, we lubed the flanges with lard. Not sure if this could be used in the same way you are using it. Also, if you ever get into grease with graphite in it, clean your hands with lard. That grease with graphite in it is next to impossible to get off with soap and water. With lard, you are clean in seconds.
We were stuck out in woods no ratchet strap no starting fluid to blow it back up. So we did kinda like your grease trick dug mud outta the creek and packed bead with mud so we could get it back on and outta woods worked like a charm n
When I took auto mechanics in 1970 we had an easy to use tool specifically for expanding the bead of a tire. It was a woven nylon tube that had an inner tube of rubber with a schrader valve. The nylon encircled the tire (such as your ratchet strap), was tugged tight then the inner tube inflated. As the tube grew in diameter it tightened and constricted the tire causing the bead to expand. As I recall it worked very well.
A couple people have mentioned this to us! I have never heard of such a thing until posting this video. We do around 300 tires a year and normally just use a tube to air them up overnight and then do not have to fight with them at all because the bead is already pushed outward. If we need them done right away or have a difficult one we normally just use the bead blaster but I hate lugging it out. If I am doing it and the mower is on the table I just grab the strap off the wall and normally have it fixed within the time it would have taken me to walk and get the bead blaster. Good tip and thank you for watching!
That's what we had at a Service Station I worked at in my high school days. 1968! Wish many times I had one again. I have not looked for one, but E-bay probably has it.
Yes, in our shop we always had that inflatable strap standing by and had to use it about 50% of the time. I no longer work in a garage, but I have had success with a tie down strap pulled tight.
pushing the oxygen out with an air compressor without taking the valve core out, spraying starter fluid inside the rim then creating a controlled explosion with grill lighter is probably the easiest method of rebeading. But i may need to do this cause my tire is kind of deformed while trying to push it to the backyard while the tire was off the rim a few weeks ago we will see. Thanks for video.
The band clamp on the tire is key and it's safe. I've seen the "lubricant spray/lighter/explosion" method and that looks like a great way to get a helicopter ride to the trauma center. I keep spare tires on rims on hand so I can get back to work quick and use this fix later. Good video - thx!
I have had the problem a lot over the years. The quickie solution that has worked best (and for the longest) was one that I saw on UA-cam about 5 years ago. The ratchet strap was used in the video but I only even used it the first time. After that I did a simplified version. Step one- take the weight off, Step two-clean the tire bead and the wheel where the bead must fit-in, Step three- put a bead of household silicone caulking around the rim, inside and outside, Step four- a squirt if quick start inside the tire, Step five- wave a propane torch at the tire. The effect is FAST. It pops right into place. Step six, add air. The whole job only takes a minute or two. I found that the ratchet strap wasn't necessary as the explosion is so fast.
Good video. I have had to do that to a number of small tractors, mowers, etc. But the best cure is an inner tube. Tubless tires are more subject to dirt getting into the bead seating area causing air loss. But not so with a tube and the bead seating area doesn't have to be perfectly clean. And the customer's always see it my way.
Until you run over thorns and then screwed.... and tubes aren't cheap anymore! Only reason get dirt tree bark land scape timber shaving is tire is low of air to begin with and then knuckle head driving... and then go air it up but too late for that now! Leaks around rim w trash in it!.. much easier w plug kit for Tubeless thorn flats. And cheaper if do it yourselfer.
@@IndRepairWild pear thorns are terrible here. I pushed some of them over that were higher than my head while seated on the tractor and bush hogged them to smithereens. But the thorns got my tires, front and rear. I had sealant put in the rears. On the fronts, after about the second or third patching at $15 each, I started breaking them down and doing it myself. They're tube type rims and tires, so it's not that hard. You can do it with hand tools. But the cold patches you get at Walmart suck. While I was in Mexico, about 3 years ago, I saw some of the old hot vulcanizing patches, the ones that you clamp and light the fuel and it burns. I bought them. They worked great. Since then, I've been buying them off eBay, too. I've got enough for over 300 patches now. I reckon I'm the patch king. I changed one tube last year, because it had over a dozen holes in it, and I didn't want to waste that many patches on it. That tube had 70 patches on it already. The only way it stayed up long enough to get over a dozen holes was that I had put Slime in it. That can make it a little tougher to clean up for a patch job, though. That Slime only lasts for so long, too. Then it gets most of the fiber rolled up into balls, and you have to flush it out with water and replace it. After the flushing, I connected it to the air hose and let air blow through it to blow out the water and dry it out a little. It had about 9 holes, so it wasn't going to explode. 😂😂
For slow leaks in a small tire remove valve stem and get a bottle with corn oil in it with a hose that fits over the valve stem.Squirt about a cup or 2 in the tire. Reinstall the inner stem and fill with air and rotate the tire. The corn oil is thick and sticky and works better than slime as slime is not made for slow moving tires as it needs the speed to rotate and do its job.
Something weird I've noticed is used motor oil works great. Mowers n blowers says tranny fluid works great. Seeing as used motor oil is unlimited I've always used that, but I'd bet corn oil works even better because it hardens over time
Yes….that will work……I take the valve stem out, set the air compressor to 125 pounds, put in a blow tool that’s “open” , stick it in the valve and overwhelm the tire with air……9 times out of 10 the bead will stay there so I just reinstall the stem and fill it with the proper amount of air……a stiff side wall tire will give ya headaches and that calls for the “ether treatment” which I won’t discuss here…..lol….
Good word of advice, somebody not agree like it saves me money I stopped spending money on lawn mower tires and don't have to worry about the tire going flat again don't have to worry about hearing them up again it'll never go flat again it works
@@twistedhillbilly6157 Our other mechanic here was talking about using it for truck tires, looks like I will be grabbing some at Napa soon. It says they have it in stock anyway. We do 200 or so tires a year, normally just blow a tube up in them overnight and next day they go right on with a little lube and many times don't even have to remove the valve core. Great tips!
I got a pail of Xtra Seal Euro Paste for under 20 bucks. It's the same as the stuff we use to call tire soap. It does the same thing sealing the tire so you can put air in the tire. once it seals you scoop it off the rim and put back in the pail and use it again, it washes off with water. Not only do we use it on these tires but we also use it on car tires as well.
Awesome! Thanks for that! Is this stuff really thick? I used to get the Bead Buster under another name in 2.5 gallon buckets I believe. It would last about the season. Now I try to be a lot more sparing with it and do not use it as often since the price i6 60 for 3lb now instead of a few gallons. Thanks for watching!
Our family had an air compressor and used the inflatable outer tube with strap to help inflate tires. I wonder how many people think of putting water in tires to help add weight to tires for better traction. I've been fixing flat tires on bicycles and cars since I was about 15 and I have never heard of that bead buster stuff.
My semi-old rear-engined rider tires wouldn't stay inflated and on the rims. Tiny 4.60x4 front and 7.5x6 rears. My fix: $26 worth of TUBES. The S&H was half as much as the new tubes. 7 years now, no flats, no falling off the rims, no $100 worth of new tires (with S&H). Since rear engines are rare now, the tiny tires are hard-to-find and pricey. My local tire shop guy turned me on to the tube idea.
For a stubborn one, I bypass the inflator tool as it restricts the airflow. Also I always use grease gun grease. Never seen it hurt the tire. Used the same process on 10 ply skid steer tires.
I used to work in heavy equipment repair, and I used this technique on 50 ton Grove cranes for tires as well. You know, the 7 foot tall ones? I used a 3000lbs come along chain tackle not a strap, but the idea is the same. Squeeze the beeds out to the wheel beed surfaces. Often new tires come in on pallets stacked and crush the beeds together making it hell to install. Then air up. In my case shop air would take better than an hour to fill to 50PSI. So I used a pressure regulator like for a compressor, on my air hose to fill it up. That way I could walk away and not worry about it, and when in was full it would stop. Gotta be smarter than the equipment people!🤔😉
There is a tool some roadside tire guys use to wuickly re- set tire beads on truck tires which is a large air canister about the size of a bbq propane tank. It has a duckbilled nozzle that gets put up against the bead , then a big ballvavve is opened allowing a big rush of air to seat the bead long enough tochook up an airchuck and then finish the job using an air compresssor a hose, & an air- chuc.
I recently bought a new mower tire and took it to the local tire shop to have them mount it. They told me these tires are strapped together for shipment, so they get smashed flat and it is difficult to get them to seat, but they had a trick. They used wood blocks to hold the bead open as wide as possible, then put the tire out on the lot, sprayed it with ether and set it on fire for about 20 seconds. That warmed the tire up enough that they could then get the bead to seat using the high flow pressure tank. I could never have got it seated by myself.
Know a guy shop was out of tire lube, A water soluble lube to help mounting tires so he used gear oil... got the tires on when out and stomped the gas and spun the rims inside the tires. I use liquid dish soap mixed with water to check for leaks, have seen simple green remove paint
That Is interesting there! Simple green, if you use in a concentrated amount, can make paint soft. I never saw it remove the paint on something but it would make sense! Thanks for watching and for your insight!
A rope and piece of wood works just fine using the same method , except you tie a knot around the rope, twist the wood or stick round and round and it will push the outer edge right to the rim.
I use the ratchet strap. I would recommend that once you have the tire back on both beads, let some of the pressure out before attempting to remove the straps. I had a strap knock the hell out of my knuckles.
I tell my customers, tubes are much cheaper than tires. As long as the dry rot isn't all the way through the sidewall and you have good tread, tube is cheapest.
Thanks for this video. We have two John Deer mowers and a New Holland tractor at a very remote mountain tract. I’ve learned a lot of repairs out of necessity and this is great repair knowledge. I’m curious how large a tire will I be able to set this way. I’m gunna say all but the very large rear tractor tires but I’ll cross that bridge when it comes. I have seen the explosive starter fluid method used on large tractor tires but not yet had to try it, wonder how well that works.
It works well when done right and have air hooked up already... Takes a ton of cleaner sometimes on thick/stubborn tires. I do not recommend it. Thanks for watching!
one thing anyone having this problem needs to know and dude here didn't mention here . Is those tires are very thin walled so when they are cold that rubber is not gonna want to conform back into its round shape . so what you will need to do is work on it in a heated area . your gonna want to let that tire come up what ever the room temp is (hopefully thats around 70 degrees or better ) and that will help in getting that rubber to seal better on the rim .
The thick stuff for seating tires is soap based and once you’ve got it filled with air, you can scrape that stuff off and put it back in the bucket. Then you can wash the rest off with the water hose. That doesn’t work at all if you use regular old grease.
you can make your own "cheetah" style bead seater from an old grill tank , a lever style (1/4 turn) valve , and a 1 foot long pipe flattened on one end . mine has saved the day many times .
@@garyalford9394 They do it so well I was very angry the first time I saw one in use. WHY did someone not show me this sooner? HAHA! I just try to remember the struggles and go off the questions customers ask to go over things that for most of use may be common knowledge
I have a pressure washer that both tires separated from the bead. Tires wouldn't air up so I looked around my utility room and found some syl glide. Said it was safe on rubber so I used that to lube the wheel and tire rim. So far it's working on both tires
I have used easy glide or soap or water on the beads then sprayed some staring fluid in the tire; tossed a burning piece of paper at the tire with the air chuck already flowing.On the bigger tires it beads right away. Keep your fire extinguisher handy or a spray bottle of water, I have never had a problem this way but one of those air drop tanks would be a lot safer if handy. When a big tire is off the bead in the field You work with what you have Stand back doesn't always work well in the wind don't use too much ether. tractor tire takes about 2-3 seconds spray.
It would possibly work they say anything petroleum based will eventually eat away at the tire. Not sure that means right away or every time or how long it would take
There is a tool called a valve core removing tool used in hvac service which enables you to remove the valve stem & store it in the tool while charging through an additional port on the tool. When you are done evacuating or pressurizing, you can reinstall the valve stem without losing air.
I have used all of these tricks with some success. However, for the same reason there is more than one type of "glue" in the world, you have to have more than one method (tools in the mental toolbox) to make use of. A trick I have used on rear mower tires would have worked wonderfully on the last one you showed with no grease, and no strap (because it had one SEATED bead). Simply jack it up like you had, have an assistant triggering the air while you pull forward on the outer edge of the tire. (It can be done holding the inflater in same hand) This flexes the sidewalls enough to bring the bead into contact with the area of the rim for the air to finish pushing it on. I have even used this trick on the floor, when mounting new tires that come flattened (particularly nasty). I have used the rounded end of a tire tool to "mechanically seat the inside bead" over the little lip of the inside rim. You have to make sure you have it on there good, so you don't pull it off in the step where you pull out on the tread edge of the tire.
The ones we have been using for a while are made by Torqify but it does not look like they are available any more. I would look for the same design and see if you can find one with the braided lines instead of just rubber. Something like the one at amzn.to/4bjr4mA Thanks for watching!
The thick stuff for seating tires is soap based and once you’ve got it filled with air, you can scrape that stuff off and put it back in the bucket. 5hen wash the rest off with the water hose. That doesn’t work at all if you use regular old grease.
A can of starting fluid and 4 or 5 squirts of it then light it will set the bead on these types of tires every time and is perfectly safe just did it 2 days ago
I personally use ether. (fast start spray) One 1/2 second spray and a paper towel on a stck. Light it and touch it to the tire. A quick pop and its sealed all the way around.
Are these John Deere Tires supposed to be tubeless? I am not sure if they are sealed in the center circumference of the steel wheels? I was told that they are supposed to be sealable tubeless like a car, but I am not sure.. Mine have tubes, and I am wondering if I am doing it wrong...
Done this several times, even on larger tractor front tires. I leave the strap in place while I put in the valve core. My lawn tractor tires are old enough to drink in every state. The front two and I think just one of the rear are running tubes now.
Use either..... a good puff " in " the tire......and hold the tire centered with hands on the outside of the tire. Light it. PUFF instantly seated ! Have the air compressor at the ready. Pump it up.........ready to go ! Have to act fast before the pressure is released from the either puff ! It will pop !
It works if done right in most cases. I always used a little different method for the starting fluid. I think this way works more reliably and is safer for many reasons. Thanks for the comment and for watching!
That's called a bead expander. Normal tool in a tire shop. Well, in a tire shop they are usually basically an adjustable length inner tube wrapped around the tire that when aired up it squeezes the tire, so, same thing.
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I've used a piece of rope, measure, tie rope together,use screwdriver or even a green stick to twist the rope, it will push the tire sides outward, then put the air to it.
When I was a professional small engine mechanic, I would use a shop heater to warm up the tire in winter especially new zero turn tires… I also used the strap trick and grease and seeing that you are paying a hi price for that bead buddy try using Crisco? to be honest I never used Crisco just bearing grease but Crisco might be an affordable solution?? I will definitely try it myself the next tire I need a little extra help? (SEM Ret due to a disability) Like your video. 👍😎👍
If you have a large pipe supply that sells larger sewer and water line, they have an O ring seal in the joints. They also have a pipe joint lube, vegetable based soap in paste form. It will work well as a substitute bead buster. And the great part, it is not expensive.
Yes That's great advice: it's called Ty Seal gasket lubricant: used on Cast Iron Hub gaskets mostly on sewer lines under slabs ..."Excellent Notion"...( quote from my favorite movie)
@@carlspiess1614 It looks like Napa has it down the road, I am going to get a couple different ones and figure out what works best. Thanks for the tip!
Try a thick cooking shortening.I've gotten that to work about 80% of the time. What works the other 20% is using a blow gun pointed at the rim while putting air into the stem. Be sure the back of the tire is seated against the rim.
My Jd slid down a hill done took it off the rim but i hooked air to it and put a brick under it and pressed on it containing the air and popping the beads back in place a rathchet strap could help also but i didnt take out the stem or anything applied air while ratching and it worked
Found a bad ground connection by the end of the project. I thought it was a valve spacing issue but after adjusting the opposite side valves with no change (needed to be done anyway) I went through the electrical
@@YourLocalCountryBoy23 After the other side valves were adjusted, I was finishing the tune up and checking everything out and found the ground wire was corroded and partially loose. I cleaned everything up, checked and re-installed contacts and it turns over well now. These engines should turn over good no matter the temperature (of course depending on what oil you are using and the battery capacity). Thanks for watching!
Just a regular tire should be able to get the size off it and order no problem instead of using OEM number. If you need the rim also you may have to wait
I used carb injector cleaner spray and lighter.Done it several times it absolutely works.Light it pooof then use rag put flame out.Then air up tire.Saw this here on UA-cam,
You can do the same thing with a chain and a screwdriver by wrapping the chain around the tire same as the wratchet strap, then stick a screwdriver through the chain and twist, this will tighten up the chain same as the strap, then add air
I have done it with just cheap car air pump.i took my belt off put it around middle of tire pulled tight it pushes tire in middle aired up perfect,dont need big air.
They say it deteriorates the tire but they say a whole lot. What does the transmission fluid seem to do and how much do you add to a small or large tire?
@@IndRepair I use it for tires that are dry rotting or do not seal. It softens the rubber and some say it makes it swell but it certainly cures the leaks. I use enough transmission fluid to coat the entire inside of the wheel. Also transmission fluid and acetone 50/50 mix is the best penetrating fluid I have found. Just have to keep it sealed to keep the acetone from evaporating. Got this trick from a farm show magazine many years back. I save all used transmission. lol
Easiest way I have found to put it inside a tire is using an old pump type oil canister. Remove the valve core and hold the oil canister to the valve stem and add several pumps and allow the air to escape and then add some more. Enough to coat all of the inside of the tire I’ve never had a problem with it damaging the tire. Also keeps the rim from rusting.
No grunting, no groaning, no moaning, no B.S. You the Man!
I appreciate your kind words of support!
We once used a strap to seat a car tire and put too much air in before removing it. The strap ended up breaking under stress, and the metal part slammed the guy inflating it right in the "you know where." He rolled around on the floor for awhile in serious pain. A lesson was learned!
Yeah, definitely not s good idea to over inflate anything! On the last tire it didn't seem like the gauge wanted to work at first but it was definitely overinflated. Thanks for watching!
You know there is a shallow end in the gene pool!🤣
Had a rear tire fall off the rim today. Came to UA-cam to find a fix-it-yourself video and this was the first to come up for me. I watched until the end, where you fixed a tire in the same predicament as mine. I gathered up my tools to do the job, and then went to the medicine cabinet for the thickest grease I have on hand and to my ecstatic surprise, it worked!
Not only am I here to thank you for making and posting this video, but to inform anyone reading this comment that if you don't have Bead Buster, don't sweat it. Bag Balm worked great for me!
Awesome job!
@@IndRepair Thanks again! I'm still buzzing about my triumphant, money-saving success.
@klharpfurt definitely!
Quoted $200 by local shop for repair. This worked for me. Thanks
Awesome job!
A lot of valuable info. Never heard of bead buster or use regular screwdriver. Lost a zero turn tire in middle of yard. Only had a rope, so made it into a tourniquet by using a branch. Lol worked great.
Good stuff there! Had one come in covered in duck tape once. Same concept. If It works, it works.
Nice ideas, thanks. This seems to happen to me more often than it should. I have too many old lawn tractors and tractors. @@IndRepair
@@MikeOrazzi You and me both! It is a bear going to start equipment and struggling with tires or other things. Thats why we fix them right and skip the hassle
Great tip that works well. For me, I've never had to remove the valve core and have re-seated my lawn tractor tires a dozen times. Yes, I have a slow leak I've not addressed.
Thanks for watching! With this method we do not have to remove them often but some tires are more difficult than others
The video IS helpful. I used to have to do this quite frequently with my previous 2 mowers. My current one (Cub Cadet) advertised tires/rims that would resist breaking seal with the rim. I have mesquite trees in my yard, and slow leaks from thorns are a non-stop problem despite many plugs.... But I really don't care, it takes a couple minutes to air up tires no matter how long they've sat flat. Some mowers use garbage tires that will separate from the rim every time they go flat, others use better quality that won't. Research wheels along with other specs when buying a mower...it could save you a TON of time and effort.
Thanks for watching! It is a pain sometimes for sure but solid tires if you have too many thorns is the way to go
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Love the bead buster. Better then the cheap stuff I've been using. A lot of my tires have dry rot, so I end up having to remove one side of the tire and inserting a tube. This is of course a last resort. Would be good if you could do a video on tube replacement. Thanks!
Yeah, tubes in certain cases are the best option for sure. Thanks for watching!
After 40 years in the trucking business, I've aired up many truck tires with ether, also car tires, m/c tires and lawn tractor tires. Finally got smart and put tubes the leakers. The problem is the cheap Chinese tires after a couple of years will start to leak through the sidewalls.
The Carlisle tires we see are made in US or Canada normally I think but they obviously make them cheap as possible. We see a lot of Locust trees around here so people will use solid tires or something like premium tire sealant (similar to Slime) Problems like what is shown on the Craftsman tire here are cause from the tire being flat and sitting like that outside from what I normally see. Thanks for watching!
Yupp, works pretty good, been my go to method for many years. I remove the valve core and use an plain air fitting with no chuck to get more airflow. Just get everything ready, slip the fitting into the air hose and stick the open end over the valve stem, works great.
Awesome tip! Thanks for watching!
I remember as a kid, watching my grandpa wrap baler twine around a small tire, then tighten it up by twisting it with a screwdriver to push the bead out. That's the sort of thing a good grandpa will teach you.
Next video, teach us the "flammable aerosol and bic lighter" method. Or are there already too many of those on UA-cam?
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Haha, what a great life lesson. Not the baler twine the burnt eyebrows after my next trick lol. I have done the other ways and they do work - in some very limited or extreme cases. Awesome story about the grandpa! Thanks for watching!
Nice educational information. I have paid the tire shop to install tube.
@@matta3888 Nice! Thanks for watching!
If you use that flammable aerosol method, if you ever take it to a tire shop, as soon as they smell the flammable aerosol vapors, you will be asked to remove the tire from their property.
Ratchet strap is my go to. Wheel barrow, lawn tractor,side side,etc.
I built tires for 25 years. In doing so, we lubed the flanges with lard. Not sure if this could be used in the same way you are using it. Also, if you ever get into grease with graphite in it, clean your hands with lard. That grease with graphite in it is next to impossible to get off with soap and water. With lard, you are clean in seconds.
That's some interesting information thanks for sharing your knowledge!
We were stuck out in woods no ratchet strap no starting fluid to blow it back up. So we did kinda like your grease trick dug mud outta the creek and packed bead with mud so we could get it back on and outta woods worked like a charm n
That's an awesome story there!!
Great thinking!
When I took auto mechanics in 1970 we had an easy to use tool specifically for expanding the bead of a tire. It was a woven nylon tube that had an inner tube of rubber with a schrader valve. The nylon encircled the tire (such as your ratchet strap), was tugged tight then the inner tube inflated. As the tube grew in diameter it tightened and constricted the tire causing the bead to expand. As I recall it worked very well.
A couple people have mentioned this to us! I have never heard of such a thing until posting this video. We do around 300 tires a year and normally just use a tube to air them up overnight and then do not have to fight with them at all because the bead is already pushed outward. If we need them done right away or have a difficult one we normally just use the bead blaster but I hate lugging it out. If I am doing it and the mower is on the table I just grab the strap off the wall and normally have it fixed within the time it would have taken me to walk and get the bead blaster. Good tip and thank you for watching!
That's what we had at a Service Station I worked at in my high school days. 1968! Wish many times I had one again. I have not looked for one, but E-bay probably has it.
Awesome!!
Yes, in our shop we always had that inflatable strap standing by and had to use it about 50% of the time. I no longer work in a garage, but I have had success with a tie down strap pulled tight.
@@kwitwerikok8o863 Awesome! Thanks for watching!
pushing the oxygen out with an air compressor without taking the valve core out, spraying starter fluid inside the rim then creating a controlled explosion with grill lighter is probably the easiest method of rebeading. But i may need to do this cause my tire is kind of deformed while trying to push it to the backyard while the tire was off the rim a few weeks ago we will see. Thanks for video.
Glad to help!
The band clamp on the tire is key and it's safe. I've seen the "lubricant spray/lighter/explosion" method and that looks like a great way to get a helicopter ride to the trauma center. I keep spare tires on rims on hand so I can get back to work quick and use this fix later. Good video - thx!
Definitely so. Great idea to have a spare. Thanks for your comment!
I have had the problem a lot over the years. The quickie solution that has worked best (and for the longest) was one that I saw on UA-cam about 5 years ago. The ratchet strap was used in the video but I only even used it the first time. After that I did a simplified version. Step one- take the weight off, Step two-clean the tire bead and the wheel where the bead must fit-in, Step three- put a bead of household silicone caulking around the rim, inside and outside, Step four- a squirt if quick start inside the tire, Step five- wave a propane torch at the tire.
The effect is FAST. It pops right into place. Step six, add air.
The whole job only takes a minute or two. I found that the ratchet strap wasn't necessary as the explosion is so fast.
That is an interesting way of doing it! Thanks for watching!
I just did a tire like the first one yesterday. You don’t need to take out the valve core. The rest is spot on in my experiences.
Just the stubborn ones will need the core removed but long as bead is to the rim doesn't matter either way. Thanks for watching!
Good video. I have had to do that to a number of small tractors, mowers, etc. But the best cure is an inner tube. Tubless tires are more subject to dirt getting into the bead seating area causing air loss. But not so with a tube and the bead seating area doesn't have to be perfectly clean. And the customer's always see it my way.
Sure thing! Problem we run into is places that have thorns or keep getting them punctured then go tire sealant or a solid tire
Until you run over thorns and then screwed.... and tubes aren't cheap anymore! Only reason get dirt tree bark land scape timber shaving is tire is low of air to begin with and then knuckle head driving... and then go air it up but too late for that now! Leaks around rim w trash in it!.. much easier w plug kit for
Tubeless thorn flats. And cheaper if do it yourselfer.
@@epmcdonald4562 Whatever
@@IndRepairWild pear thorns are terrible here. I pushed some of them over that were higher than my head while seated on the tractor and bush hogged them to smithereens. But the thorns got my tires, front and rear. I had sealant put in the rears. On the fronts, after about the second or third patching at $15 each, I started breaking them down and doing it myself. They're tube type rims and tires, so it's not that hard. You can do it with hand tools.
But the cold patches you get at Walmart suck. While I was in Mexico, about 3 years ago, I saw some of the old hot vulcanizing patches, the ones that you clamp and light the fuel and it burns. I bought them. They worked great. Since then, I've been buying them off eBay, too. I've got enough for over 300 patches now.
I reckon I'm the patch king. I changed one tube last year, because it had over a dozen holes in it, and I didn't want to waste that many patches on it. That tube had 70 patches on it already. The only way it stayed up long enough to get over a dozen holes was that I had put Slime in it. That can make it a little tougher to clean up for a patch job, though.
That Slime only lasts for so long, too. Then it gets most of the fiber rolled up into balls, and you have to flush it out with water and replace it. After the flushing, I connected it to the air hose and let air blow through it to blow out the water and dry it out a little. It had about 9 holes, so it wasn't going to explode. 😂😂
Wow! Solid tires are not an option on your machine?
For slow leaks in a small tire remove valve stem and get a bottle with corn oil in it with a hose that fits over the valve stem.Squirt about a cup or 2 in the tire. Reinstall the inner stem and fill with air and rotate the tire. The corn oil is thick and sticky and works better than slime as slime is not made for slow moving tires as it needs the speed to rotate and do its job.
Interesting! We usually use Liquitube for tire sealant. Thanks for the tip and for watching!
Something weird I've noticed is used motor oil works great. Mowers n blowers says tranny fluid works great. Seeing as used motor oil is unlimited I've always used that, but I'd bet corn oil works even better because it hardens over time
@@mikem5475Great tips! Thanks for watching!
Great video!
Yes….that will work……I take the valve stem out, set the air compressor to 125 pounds, put in a blow tool that’s “open” , stick it in the valve and overwhelm the tire with air……9 times out of 10 the bead will stay there so I just reinstall the stem and fill it with the proper amount of air……a stiff side wall tire will give ya headaches and that calls for the “ether treatment” which I won’t discuss here…..lol….
Good stuff!!
Good word of advice, somebody not agree like it saves me money I stopped spending money on lawn mower tires and don't have to worry about the tire going flat again don't have to worry about hearing them up again it'll never go flat again it works
What are you using instead?
Used this method many times on those pesky tiny front tires on Snapper RER's. What a PITA! Thanks for the vid!
Haha I wouldn't be hurt if I never saw another one of those! Thanks for watching!
I use Murphys tire lube from NAPA Auto Parts, the last one I got was $12.00 for 8lbs. Has served me well for over 30 years.
I will definitely be looking for this! Thanks for the heads up!
@@twistedhillbilly6157 Our other mechanic here was talking about using it for truck tires, looks like I will be grabbing some at Napa soon. It says they have it in stock anyway. We do 200 or so tires a year, normally just blow a tube up in them overnight and next day they go right on with a little lube and many times don't even have to remove the valve core. Great tips!
I just use dish soap as a lubricant. Get the super cheap stuff from dollar store that way the wife won't steal it.
@@gregorybarth930 Yeah, for sure! Get the Dawn Platinum and it dissapears pretty quick!
I bought solid rubber tires (the kind that look like inflatables) for my dolly. A little too hard, but they work and don't go flat. Michael
Definitely a plus! Thanks for watching!
I got a pail of Xtra Seal Euro Paste for under 20 bucks. It's the same as the stuff we use to call tire soap. It does the same thing sealing the tire so you can put air in the tire. once it seals you scoop it off the rim and put back in the pail and use it again, it washes off with water. Not only do we use it on these tires but we also use it on car tires as well.
Awesome! Thanks for that! Is this stuff really thick? I used to get the Bead Buster under another name in 2.5 gallon buckets I believe. It would last about the season. Now I try to be a lot more sparing with it and do not use it as often since the price i6 60 for 3lb now instead of a few gallons. Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for this. I was ready to rip out my hair. It took two straps but it worked perfectly.
Glad it worked for you! Thanks for watching!
Toilet wax ring works as a sealer. Using it and ratchet strap for many years Cheap & easy to find
Great info!
I use those to wax leather work boots
@@ThisTimeTheWorld Who would have thought? lol so many uses for different things sometimes
Our family had an air compressor and used the inflatable outer tube with strap to help inflate tires.
I wonder how many people think of putting water in tires to help add weight to tires for better traction.
I've been fixing flat tires on bicycles and cars since I was about 15 and I have never heard of that bead buster stuff.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing and for watching!
I've used windshield washer fulid as cheep antfreez so the tires were weighted in cold weather.
This is an awesome trick that I have been using for years and have taught many of my friends.
Great info for them!
Thanks for this. Got me back up and running when I'm usually incompetent at this stuff.
Great news!
Same!!
My semi-old rear-engined rider tires wouldn't stay inflated and on the rims. Tiny 4.60x4 front and 7.5x6 rears. My fix: $26 worth of TUBES. The S&H was half as much as the new tubes. 7 years now, no flats, no falling off the rims, no $100 worth of new tires (with S&H). Since rear engines are rare now, the tiny tires are hard-to-find and pricey. My local tire shop guy turned me on to the tube idea.
Awesome there!
For a stubborn one, I bypass the inflator tool as it restricts the airflow. Also I always use grease gun grease. Never seen it hurt the tire. Used the same process on 10 ply skid steer tires.
The inflator definitely restricts flow, good info!
I use either dish washing liquid, or clothes washing liquid. Makes a great lube and won't hurt the rubber
Interesting! Thanks for sharing!
I used to work in heavy equipment repair, and I used this technique on 50 ton Grove cranes for tires as well. You know, the 7 foot tall ones? I used a 3000lbs come along chain tackle not a strap, but the idea is the same. Squeeze the beeds out to the wheel beed surfaces. Often new tires come in on pallets stacked and crush the beeds together making it hell to install. Then air up. In my case shop air would take better than an hour to fill to 50PSI. So I used a pressure regulator like for a compressor, on my air hose to fill it up. That way I could walk away and not worry about it, and when in was full it would stop. Gotta be smarter than the equipment people!🤔😉
Nice! Thanks for watching!
There is a tool some roadside tire guys use to wuickly re- set tire beads on truck tires which is a large air canister about the size of a bbq propane tank. It has a duckbilled nozzle that gets put up against the bead , then a big ballvavve is opened allowing a big rush of air to seat the bead long enough tochook up an airchuck and then finish the job using an air compresssor a hose, & an air- chuc.
I have one here but rarely use it since I find this faster but they do work well in many cases
I recently bought a new mower tire and took it to the local tire shop to have them mount it. They told me these tires are strapped together for shipment, so they get smashed flat and it is difficult to get them to seat, but they had a trick. They used wood blocks to hold the bead open as wide as possible, then put the tire out on the lot, sprayed it with ether and set it on fire for about 20 seconds. That warmed the tire up enough that they could then get the bead to seat using the high flow pressure tank. I could never have got it seated by myself.
Interesting!
Great video! Every yard man should review...
I appreciate that
I also solved the Problem by fitting an Inner Tube. However, these Tips are very useful !
I appreciate that!
This was very informative, what are your thoughts on using Slime in mower tires???
Slime ruins your rim over time. Liquid tube works the same way and will not do this
Know a guy shop was out of tire lube, A water soluble lube to help mounting tires so he used gear oil... got the tires on when out and stomped the gas and spun the rims inside the tires.
I use liquid dish soap mixed with water to check for leaks, have seen simple green remove paint
That Is interesting there! Simple green, if you use in a concentrated amount, can make paint soft. I never saw it remove the paint on something but it would make sense! Thanks for watching and for your insight!
The ratchet strap method worked very well. Thank you!
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
Starter fluid and a match. Works great!
Works well if you know what you are doing
A rope and piece of wood works just fine using the same method , except you tie a knot around the rope, twist the wood or stick round and round and it will push the outer edge right to the rim.
A turnicate is a great idea!
Dude, great video. I pulled it off with a stout bungee and a few railroad spikes. Pity, stem had rotted.
Awesom!
We use Murphys tire lube,also works 4 22.5 truck tires,never saw it sold smaller than 5 gal pail
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
Really excellent video! Thanks so much for doing this one.
This is the first time I’ve heard of Bead Buster. Reminds me a lot of Bag Balm!
I appreciate that! Thanks for watching!
Those dry rotted tires should just get inner tubes put inside them. I did that exact thing with my snow blower tires. Keep up the good work 😊👍🏿
This one is a mower we are selling, otherwise we definitely would have tubed it. Thanks for watching!
I use the ratchet strap. I would recommend that once you have the tire back on both beads, let some of the pressure out before attempting to remove the straps. I had a strap knock the hell out of my knuckles.
They can be under immense pressure
I tell my customers, tubes are much cheaper than tires. As long as the dry rot isn't all the way through the sidewall and you have good tread, tube is cheapest.
They sure can be! We see a lot of dry rot that has been that way for years with a tube. Thanks for watching!
Especially when owner doesn't check pressure then has to take tire to shop to reseat tire
That's what I did.
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Just delaying the inevitable
Really excellent video right to the point you're a good teacher
I appreciate that! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for this video. We have two John Deer mowers and a New Holland tractor at a very remote mountain tract. I’ve learned a lot of repairs out of necessity and this is great repair knowledge. I’m curious how large a tire will I be able to set this way. I’m gunna say all but the very large rear tractor tires but I’ll cross that bridge when it comes. I have seen the explosive starter fluid method used on large tractor tires but not yet had to try it, wonder how well that works.
It works well when done right and have air hooked up already... Takes a ton of cleaner sometimes on thick/stubborn tires. I do not recommend it. Thanks for watching!
Learned this trick growing up on a farm when I was kid.
It works well! Thanks for watching!
one thing anyone having this problem needs to know and dude here didn't mention here . Is those tires are very thin walled so when they are cold that rubber is not gonna want to conform back into its round shape . so what you will need to do is work on it in a heated area . your gonna want to let that tire come up what ever the room temp is (hopefully thats around 70 degrees or better ) and that will help in getting that rubber to seal better on the rim .
Some warmth definitely helps out!! Thanks for watching!
Yes sir! That worked well for me. I will no longer be going to buy tires just because I can’t get them to set around the rim!
Awesome news! Glad to help!
The thick stuff for seating tires is soap based and once you’ve got it filled with air, you can scrape that stuff off and put it back in the bucket. Then you can wash the rest off with the water hose. That doesn’t work at all if you use regular old grease.
Correct there! Thanks for watching!
Thumbs up. Utmost blessings! Now I can get dangerous again and hopefully cheat another year with these seasonally flat tires.
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
you can make your own "cheetah" style bead seater from an old grill tank , a lever style (1/4 turn) valve , and a 1 foot long pipe flattened on one end . mine has saved the day many times .
A bead sealer is definitely so much easier than any of this! Thanks for watching!
No you can't get much easier then the cheetah style air tank, and they will do truck tires !@@IndRepair
@@garyalford9394 They do it so well I was very angry the first time I saw one in use. WHY did someone not show me this sooner? HAHA! I just try to remember the struggles and go off the questions customers ask to go over things that for most of use may be common knowledge
Yep a bead seater is less 70 dollars on Amazon. Works great.
I have a pressure washer that both tires separated from the bead. Tires wouldn't air up so I looked around my utility room and found some syl glide. Said it was safe on rubber so I used that to lube the wheel and tire rim. So far it's working on both tires
Awesome!
Is it thick or a thin grease? Thanks for watching!
Thin, used it in brake caliper hardware lubricant applications
I have used easy glide or soap or water on the beads then sprayed some staring fluid in the tire; tossed a burning piece of paper at the tire with the air chuck already flowing.On the bigger tires it beads right away. Keep your fire extinguisher handy or a spray bottle of water, I have never had a problem this way but one of those air drop tanks would be a lot safer if handy. When a big tire is off the bead in the field You work with what you have Stand back doesn't always work well in the wind don't use too much ether. tractor tire takes about 2-3 seconds spray.
Great tips I just don't trust most people to do this safely. Thanks for watching!
I tried that on my boat trailer tire it worked . 👍
Awesome news! Thanks for watching!
What about axle or bearing grease .... would it possibly work ..... or what about Vaseline?
It would possibly work they say anything petroleum based will eventually eat away at the tire. Not sure that means right away or every time or how long it would take
There is a tool called a valve core removing tool used in hvac service which enables you to remove the valve stem & store it in the tool while charging through an additional port on the tool. When you are done evacuating or pressurizing, you can reinstall the valve stem without losing air.
Interesting there! Thanks for sharing!
Good but don't need it .... once it's seated and airing up... just put valve core back in ... best to have tire off mower and no pressure from mower.
I have used all of these tricks with some success. However, for the same reason there is more than one type of "glue" in the world, you have to have more than one method (tools in the mental toolbox) to make use of. A trick I have used on rear mower tires would have worked wonderfully on the last one you showed with no grease, and no strap (because it had one SEATED bead). Simply jack it up like you had, have an assistant triggering the air while you pull forward on the outer edge of the tire. (It can be done holding the inflater in same hand) This flexes the sidewalls enough to bring the bead into contact with the area of the rim for the air to finish pushing it on. I have even used this trick on the floor, when mounting new tires that come flattened (particularly nasty). I have used the rounded end of a tire tool to "mechanically seat the inside bead" over the little lip of the inside rim. You have to make sure you have it on there good, so you don't pull it off in the step where you pull out on the tread edge of the tire.
Great tips! Thanks for watching!
The dobbelt ratchet did the trick. Thanks for the tip!!
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
Regular gun grease works fine for beading up. I never used anything else for vehicle and mower tires. Thanks
Thanks for the input and for watching!
U 2!@@IndRepair
Thank you for posting this it really helped.
So glad to help! Thanks for watching!
Can I use the starter fluid method if it already has green slime?
I wouldn't recommend this but it is possible...
Is there a particular name brand tire inflater styled like that one that is recommended?
The ones we have been using for a while are made by Torqify but it does not look like they are available any more. I would look for the same design and see if you can find one with the braided lines instead of just rubber. Something like the one at amzn.to/4bjr4mA Thanks for watching!
Worked perfectly, thank you!
Thanks for watching!
The thick stuff for seating tires is soap based and once you’ve got it filled with air, you can scrape that stuff off and put it back in the bucket. 5hen wash the rest off with the water hose. That doesn’t work at all if you use regular old grease.
Definitely!
A can of starting fluid and 4 or 5 squirts of it then light it will set the bead on these types of tires every time and is perfectly safe just did it 2 days ago
A little different process I find to work well but either way I wouldn't recommend most people to do this at home
I personally use ether. (fast start spray)
One 1/2 second spray and a paper towel on a stck. Light it and touch it to the tire. A quick pop and its sealed all the way around.
Definitely works when done correctly
The indian gasoline-barbecue lighter method is a lot more fun and will pop out the most difficult tires!
Haha!!
Are these John Deere Tires supposed to be tubeless? I am not sure if they are sealed in the center circumference of the steel wheels? I was told that they are supposed to be sealable tubeless like a car, but I am not sure.. Mine have tubes, and I am wondering if I am doing it wrong...
They are definitely supposed to be tubeless but many people do install tubes?
Done this several times, even on larger tractor front tires. I leave the strap in place while I put in the valve core. My lawn tractor tires are old enough to drink in every state. The front two and I think just one of the rear are running tubes now.
It definitely works well. Thanks for watching!
Use either..... a good puff " in " the tire......and hold the tire centered with hands on the outside of the tire. Light it. PUFF instantly seated ! Have the air compressor at the ready. Pump it up.........ready to go ! Have to act fast before the pressure is released from the either puff ! It will pop !
It works if done right in most cases. I always used a little different method for the starting fluid. I think this way works more reliably and is safer for many reasons. Thanks for the comment and for watching!
That's called a bead expander. Normal tool in a tire shop. Well, in a tire shop they are usually basically an adjustable length inner tube wrapped around the tire that when aired up it squeezes the tire, so, same thing.
Never have I seen or heard of this. Great info! Thanks for watching!
Keep a handy magnet 🧲 around your shop to retrieve dropped items. It looks like 👍 that part flew off. My easiest way is to tie a shoestring to a speaker 🔊 magnet 🧲, and drag it around on the floor. Or use a telescoping magnetic 🧲 pickup 🛻 tool. Just subbed!! Your friend, Jeff.
Thanks for the tip and for watching!
I've used a piece of rope, measure, tie rope together,use screwdriver or even a green stick to twist the rope, it will push the tire sides outward, then put the air to it.
The old turnicate tire rescue. Thanks for sharing!
where did you get that lift and what brand is it....thanks
You can see our review of the three we have at ua-cam.com/video/on-ZyoX1u4A/v-deo.html
When I was a professional small engine mechanic, I would use a shop heater to warm up the tire in winter especially new zero turn tires… I also used the strap trick and grease and seeing that you are paying a hi price for that bead buddy try using Crisco? to be honest I never used Crisco just bearing grease but Crisco might be an affordable solution?? I will definitely try it myself the next tire I need a little extra help?
(SEM Ret due to a disability)
Like your video. 👍😎👍
Heat definitely works, especially if it is cold! This thick grease (I guess it is tire soap) works best far as I can tell. Thanks for watching!
Thanks so much gonna try tonight!
How did it go?
If you have a large pipe supply that sells larger sewer and water line, they have an O ring seal in the joints. They also have a pipe joint lube, vegetable based soap in paste form. It will work well as a substitute bead buster. And the great part, it is not expensive.
Nice info! Thanks for watching!
Yes That's great advice: it's called Ty Seal gasket lubricant: used on Cast Iron Hub gaskets mostly on sewer lines under slabs ..."Excellent Notion"...( quote from my favorite movie)
@@michaelmailheau1511That is great, I will be getting some soon! Thanks again!
Try Murphy's oil soap in paste form,our tire man uses it to set big truck tires
@@carlspiess1614 It looks like Napa has it down the road, I am going to get a couple different ones and figure out what works best. Thanks for the tip!
I learned three great tricks. Thx..
Thanks for watching!
Try a thick cooking shortening.I've gotten that to work about 80% of the time. What works the other 20% is using a blow gun pointed at the rim while putting air into the stem. Be sure the back of the tire is seated against the rim.
Great tip!
Great information and demonstration………..👍
I appreciate that! Thanks for watching!
This works!!!!! Thanks so much 😊
Thanks for watching! Glad to help!
My Jd slid down a hill done took it off the rim but i hooked air to it and put a brick under it and pressed on it containing the air and popping the beads back in place a rathchet strap could help also but i didnt take out the stem or anything applied air while ratching and it worked
Awesome! Great job! Thanks for watching!
@@IndRepair how cold is it for ur mower to do a cold start it was 22°F and it hsd a bit of trouble
Found a bad ground connection by the end of the project. I thought it was a valve spacing issue but after adjusting the opposite side valves with no change (needed to be done anyway) I went through the electrical
@@YourLocalCountryBoy23 After the other side valves were adjusted, I was finishing the tune up and checking everything out and found the ground wire was corroded and partially loose. I cleaned everything up, checked and re-installed contacts and it turns over well now. These engines should turn over good no matter the temperature (of course depending on what oil you are using and the battery capacity). Thanks for watching!
I usually take a wheel off and bounce it around while adding air. Works pretty good.
Awesome tip! Thanks for watching!
Your videos are the best
I appreciate that and you watching!
I taught my son-in-law how to put a rope around it the way my dad did it years ago
A turnicate, belt or anything to hold the tire tight will work well. Thanks for watching!
Murphys oil soap is just about the same thing as your bead buster, it works good
Great tip! I will grab some soon. Thanks for watching!
I’m in bad need of a new front tire for my craftsman mower. I’ve got one ordered but it still hasn’t come in and it’s on back order
Just a regular tire should be able to get the size off it and order no problem instead of using OEM number. If you need the rim also you may have to wait
Thanx man, you are the boss! Worked perfecto!😃
Awesome job!
I used carb injector cleaner spray and lighter.Done it several times it absolutely works.Light it pooof then use rag put flame out.Then air up tire.Saw this here on UA-cam,
Definitely works if you do it right. Hesitate to instruct homeowner to do this
I had a buddy who was a pro at this. I think he used starting fluid though.
It's 22.00 on Amazon. BeadBuster Tire Mounting Lubricant Paste, 1-Pint/16oz, Acc-TML
Have to use it sparingly at that price!
Wasn't there a product called Ru-Glide or Ru-Slip at one time? I remember the local tire shop using it when I was in High School.@@IndRepair
Great presentation.
I appreciate that! Thanks for watching!
You can do the same thing with a chain and a screwdriver by wrapping the chain around the tire same as the wratchet strap, then stick a screwdriver through the chain and twist, this will tighten up the chain same as the strap, then add air
Definitely a great tip! Use what you have, I love it! Thanks for watching!
Ever tried ether starting fluid in the tire and a maych??
Oh yeah! Just wouldn't trust most homeowners to do it
I have done it with just cheap car air pump.i took my belt off put it around middle of tire pulled tight it pushes tire in middle aired up perfect,dont need big air.
Very true, just have to be much more precise with the tire positioning when using an air pump
Add some transmission fluid inside the tire. New or used.
Has saved me a lot of trouble with flat tires.
They say it deteriorates the tire but they say a whole lot. What does the transmission fluid seem to do and how much do you add to a small or large tire?
@@IndRepair I use it for tires that are dry rotting or do not seal. It softens the rubber and some say it makes it swell but it certainly cures the leaks. I use enough transmission fluid to coat the entire inside of the wheel.
Also transmission fluid and acetone 50/50 mix is the best penetrating fluid I have found. Just have to keep it sealed to keep the acetone from evaporating.
Got this trick from a farm show magazine many years back. I save all used transmission. lol
Easiest way I have found to put it inside a tire is using an old pump type oil canister. Remove the valve core and hold the oil canister to the valve stem and add several pumps and allow the air to escape and then add some more. Enough to coat all of the inside of the tire
I’ve never had a problem with it damaging the tire. Also keeps the rim from rusting.
@@randydeskins9359 Interesting tips there, thank you for sharing!!