owl
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Brilliant! :shock:
Try this with WD-40
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rubber2burn
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How good is that 8) 8) 8)
redrocket
Supercharged
8) beans :!:
Tatonka
.040 Over
what just happened there?
Navigator
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I watched a friend one time use WD-40 as a propellant in a potato gun.
CADFather
Supercharged
We used to belong to an off-road club here in Chattanooga, TN and that was standard practice to get out of the woods should you roll a bead off on a tire. As I understood it, the use came about during WWII as a field expedite method of inflation. I think that the Brits came up with the idea, bloody lot being full of hot air and all. 
gldean
Supercharged
I believe most folks that do that (we to were part of an offroad group when I still had my CJ7) and we used to carry ether or carb cleaner, I think brake cleaner might work as well.
I've never actually witnessed it first hand, but some of our guys had actually done it before.
Some of the larger tires you have to do something to seat the bead . . . the tire shops just a air compressed in a rather large hand held cylinder with a flat orifice at the end. They point that inside the tire bead and rim and release it and it fills the tire enough and quick enough to cause it to expand to the rim. Very loud burst of air. Then they fill it thru the tire valve to capacity.
Sure glad bike tires aren't that difficult. :shock: :lol:
I've never actually witnessed it first hand, but some of our guys had actually done it before.
Some of the larger tires you have to do something to seat the bead . . . the tire shops just a air compressed in a rather large hand held cylinder with a flat orifice at the end. They point that inside the tire bead and rim and release it and it fills the tire enough and quick enough to cause it to expand to the rim. Very loud burst of air. Then they fill it thru the tire valve to capacity.
Sure glad bike tires aren't that difficult. :shock: :lol:
Idaho Red Rocket 3
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WD 40
Ether or what some call starter fluid, works very well. I have used it for tires on cars, pick ups and even my 18 wheelers tires.
Ether or what some call starter fluid, works very well. I have used it for tires on cars, pick ups and even my 18 wheelers tires.
Barbary Coast rider
.040 Over
Long as we're on WD-40..a good source..(she was a rough neck for 15 yrs)...says it works great for muscle rub..that and horse linament....
BinDerSmokDat
.040 Over
I've done lots of tires like that, always with starting fluid/ether. It's not really inflating it, it's reseating it on the bead. Running 36" plus tires on 15" rims at low pressure means you will pop a bead in the rough stuff from time to time.
Less common on the newer 16, 16.5 and up rims. Also rock crawlers run so low on the rocks they use beadlocks which prevents the problem in the first place.
Less common on the newer 16, 16.5 and up rims. Also rock crawlers run so low on the rocks they use beadlocks which prevents the problem in the first place.
