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Getting bead to seat without compressed air
- keyzerdm
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Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks,
Dave
1978 KZ650C
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Spray starting fluid inside the tire. Then press the tire away from the bead leaving the largest opening possible. Then toss the match. A "whosh" inflates the tire and presses it on to the rim. Then inflate to desired pressure with a pump. Careful! Often the tire is hot.
A coup;e of guys claimed it worked!
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I don't know how well this would work with a tube tire, but I read about this technique for tubeless in another forum:
Spray starting fluid inside the tire. Then press the tire away from the bead leaving the largest opening possible. Then toss the match. A "whosh" inflates the tire and presses it on to the rim. Then inflate to desired pressure with a pump. Careful! Often the tire is hot.
A coup;e of guys claimed it worked!
One of my small daughters once told me "dumb is when you do not know anything, Stupid is when you show it"
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Normally the bead will be pressed into place by the tube when you inflate it, so inflating it with a hand pump on the side of the road works. On the rare occasions when the bead doesn't seat during inflation, bouncing the tire (vertical of course) on a hard surface usually works.
Pumping a tire to 10 psi over the pressure on the sidewall sometimes does the job also, just remember to let the excess pressure out
Oh yeah, lubricating the bead usually makes things easier
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- keyzerdm
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Thanks for the tips.
I've heard the lighter fluid trick works really well on tubeless tires, but I don't think there's enough space for it to work with a tube. Sounds fun, though
--Dave
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High volume blast of compressed air is more commonly used on truck tires to seat the bead now though.
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Sounds like she is pretty smart.
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