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orangereborn 
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Posted: 21 Nov 2009 at 10:56am |
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What methods have you used to seat tire beads? Dale
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Brian Jasper co. Ia
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Posted: 21 Nov 2009 at 11:17am |
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"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford
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ron mi
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Posted: 21 Nov 2009 at 11:45am |
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3 seconds act. gas from cutting torch in tire. One quick spray of starting fluid from bead of tire to floor, about 3 ft long , match and air hose.
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John_SWPA
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Posted: 21 Nov 2009 at 12:27pm |
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Coats 20/20 tire machine. Paid $50 for it from craigslist, and haven't looked back. All teh modern shops have to go to the mchines that don't touch the rim due to expensive alloy rims, so teh old rim clamp and screw clamp machines sell for a song.
I agree about the flammability of modern aersol sprays. They have made them very mild anymore.
Rachet straps around the outside fo the tire always has treated me well with the small tires. If worse comes to worse, and it's an offroad tire, I put a tube in it.
If it's one of those Military OZ 37 inch 6 ply sidewall tires they put on the humvees, thne forget bout it without a split rim. Sure, they are nice looking tires, but you'll drive yourself crazy trying to get teh 6 ply sidewals stretched.
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Eldon (WA)
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Posted: 21 Nov 2009 at 1:07pm |
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I've watched the pros at the tire shop struggle with my skidloader tires...they seem to be the worst. They have what they call an "air cannon", looks like a modified portable air tank with a duckbill outlet. I'm not sure what is in it besides air, but it makes quite the "boom" when they set it off.
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gary ny
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Posted: 21 Nov 2009 at 1:16pm |
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I have had to use a cable around them and twist it up with a handle but keep it right in the center and it should push out the side walls.If you can get the back side toi stay on there just very gentally pull it up onto the front bead.but take the guts out of out of your stemso you are getting as much air as you can.I use to do alot of tire when I had the gas station and boy can they fight you.Even with a blow ringon the 40 40 a coats iv had to use all sorts of combinations even either but be careful i have had them jump off the ground pretty high .It was fun back then ,now I think of safety since im alot older.Slit rims use to get me a little worked up but never got real seriosly hurt with those but a few minor hurts that that made me think hard about doing more .
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Brian Jasper co. Ia
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Posted: 21 Nov 2009 at 5:46pm |
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Eldon, that's a bead "Cheetah". It's just an air tank with a large ball valve to let it all out in a hurry.
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"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford
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Burgie
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Posted: 21 Nov 2009 at 7:19pm |
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Dave A
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Posted: 21 Nov 2009 at 8:16pm |
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I pack the bead with tire grease. Also have use the either and a touch method. Had a tire come up and meet me. doing it on the floor. So I do it when it is on the vehical.
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Osage_Orange
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Posted: 21 Nov 2009 at 10:39pm |
 gary ny wrote:
I have had to use a cable around them and twist it up with a handle but keep it right in the center and it should push out the side walls.If you can get the back side toi stay on there just very gentally pull it up onto the front bead.but take the guts out of out of your stemso you are getting as much air as you can.I use to do alot of tire when I had the gas station and boy can they fight you.Even with a blow ringon the 40 40 a coats iv had to use all sorts of combinations even either but be careful i have had them jump off the ground pretty high .It was fun back then ,now I think of safety since im alot older.Slit rims use to get me a little worked up but never got real seriosly hurt with those but a few minor hurts that that made me think hard about doing more . |
I do like gary, but use a rope instead of a cable..........Boy John, that's a deal on that tire machine..........I'm gonna start watchin' Craigslist closer..........O_O
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HARVESTMOONPULLER
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Posted: 22 Nov 2009 at 12:01am |
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John_SWPA
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Posted: 22 Nov 2009 at 1:31am |
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Burgie,
Did you buy those tires some flowers and dinner first, or were they dirty, dirty tires that could be seated in the back seat of any car?
Why does this remind me of this girl I knew they called 10 ton tina?
Oh that's right, she mounted used tires in the back of the gas station.
...but she had a heart... didn't quit until the job was done. I can still smell the vulcanized patches.
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Coke-in-MN
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Posted: 22 Nov 2009 at 1:31pm |
When I bought the new 18.4 X 24 for the back of the 715B TLB I tried for 3 or 4 hours to get them to seat to rims. Chains, comealong, either, air hose , quite a few words and few other ideas.
Went back to shop I got tires fron and they said they would seat them for me.. Well 2 hours later they had 4 guys sweating and still not on beads. Took 3 cheetas and cable come along around tires to get them to pop on.
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Jeff Z. NY
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Posted: 22 Nov 2009 at 1:47pm |
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I have the tire people us the quick release air blast.
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Amos
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Posted: 22 Nov 2009 at 5:10pm |
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14" 1 1/2" hydraulic hose plumbed right out the end of my 80 gallon compressor tank with a ball valve and a 6" nipple flattened down on the end. Lock the tire filler onto the valve stem stand the tire against the wall/welder/what ever is nearby and give her one quick blast. Saves a lot of time. Have given thought to making up an extra tank plumbed in to the air system in the shop just for the difficult 'super single' used truck tires we use for wagons and manure spreader. Sometimes they take two or three shots and you have to wait for the compressor to catch up.
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Dave A
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Posted: 22 Nov 2009 at 8:10pm |
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some guys use a bicycle inter tube around the bead. There also is a rubber ring the is put in the bead gap. When you start to fill the tire it slips out of the bead and lets the tire seat. Both have to be greased to work. I've used silcone culk on the valve side flip the tire over wait for the culk to dry then flip it back over. The waight of the tire seal the bottom bead, Might work with gasket tack also. Use to work for a logging operation. We had a lot of problem tires. Got told buy our tire supplier, either voids the tire waranty
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TexasAllis
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Posted: 23 Nov 2009 at 6:42am |
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Liberal amounts of axle grease on the tire and the rim, a big compressor with a ball valve on the hose where you can blow air in around the bead.
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Dave A
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Posted: 23 Nov 2009 at 7:03am |
there is a grease that washes off with water used for this
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Posted: 23 Nov 2009 at 8:24am |
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