On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 8:44 AM, John Thornton <[email protected]> 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.
I'm not seeing it---are you placing the loose, unseated tire/rim assembly on a bucket? what touches the bucket rim---the uninflated tire? I kind-of see how the pressure in the bucket would force the upper tire rim onto the seat, but what about the bottom rim? > > 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" <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> 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" <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> 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 > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
