73redblaze
1/2 ton status
sorry if you have already seen it but everyone needs to know this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSDPHjo1zRU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSDPHjo1zRU
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how to re-seat and inflate with WD-40
- Thread starter 73redblaze
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kitimatdude
1/2 ton status
wd40 wont do that. try ether(starting fluid) or carb cleaner those work.
73redblaze
1/2 ton status
or brake cleaner. that $hit works great. starter fluid is awesome to.
This is common knowledge in the offroading world. It's an OLD OLD trick ANY real world offroader knows.
73redblaze
1/2 ton status
sorry i never knew it.
Jason4x4
1/2 ton status
Agreed...maybe Rob is havin a bad day? 
I first saw that working at a truck and trailer place I worked at. That was standard for mounting tires, 'cept they used ether. I recall being pretty impressed at the time. A little while later they built an airtank with a handle and a nozzle about 4-5" wide and almost flat. It had a ball valve on it so 125 psi could be released very quickly. With the nozzle aimed at the bead area one shot of the high pressure air was enough to seat the tire.
Rene
I first saw that working at a truck and trailer place I worked at. That was standard for mounting tires, 'cept they used ether. I recall being pretty impressed at the time. A little while later they built an airtank with a handle and a nozzle about 4-5" wide and almost flat. It had a ball valve on it so 125 psi could be released very quickly. With the nozzle aimed at the bead area one shot of the high pressure air was enough to seat the tire.
Rene
mudhog
THEGAME
it is a very good tip for people who don't know about it thanks for posting it it also works to put odd tires on rims when you don't have the cash to have them mounted at the time. another tip if you cant break the bead on a tire very carefully lay the tire in front of another vehicles tire and carefully drive over the tire but not the rim this will break the bead so you can take the tire off the rim
it also works to put odd tires on rims when you don't have the cash to have them mounted at the time. another tip if you cant break the bead on a tire very carefully lay the tire in front of another vehicles tire and carefully drive over the tire but not the rim this will break the bead so you can take the tire off the rim
High lift is good for breaking beads too. A little slow, but it gets the job done.
Rene
Rene
73redblaze
1/2 ton status
yea i have seen one like that at shops but i have never seen this trick. the running over your tire to break the bead is another good one.... keep these tricks coming. im a newish wheeler so i dont know these things.
andyblack
Registered Loser
I've also heard about using a tight ratchet strap around the circumference of the tire to help re-seat the bead after your tire comes off the rim. Has anyone ever tried this?
Like was posted on 08-28-2006 suggested as a sticky
http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=183082
http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=183082
sandypants
1/2 ton status
sounds cool to me never heard of this on before... why dont they put tricks and tips like this up on the site. stuff like this would be great to know. who do we talk to about stuff like this?
I'd heard about it, but never seen it. Good info and link.
Stomis
Professional Amateur
It works. My friends mount big tires like this all the time. The smaller the tire is the harder to do though and you need a pretty beef ratchet strap. Like a 10,000 pounder.
75GmcJimmy4x4
1/2 ton status
wow that looks like a fun little trick
Fabrimacator21
1/2 ton status
Liability.
...and just because it can be done doesn't mean it should be done.
Someone try that on one of my trail runs, and the 'no one left behind' rule is out the window.
You could also crush yourself under your axle during an axle swap, Drop a t case on your head, or blow out your back getting a tire on the studs "the wrong way" but all that info is posted up and more. I don't see any liabilty issues... good info here. Should be stickied.
http://coloradok5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=183082
I tried this way first, because it sounded safer, but had zero luck so I moved to starting fluid. Which worked flawlessly. We made a long trail of it on the ground so we could stand farther away just in case.
OOPS!! I"M SORRY! Thats NOT how I ment it at all. I should have thought about just what I was saying before I typed it. MY BAD BIG TIME!! Again I'm sorry 73redblaze. It's NOT the first time I have stuck my foot in my mouth, probably won't be the last. Not in a bad mood, just a meat head sometimes, wasn't thinkin at all before I spoke.
73redblaze
1/2 ton status
o thanks man. no i wanst upset by it. we get all diffrent kinds of people on here, some new some veterins. thanks for admiting your mistake though! not many guys on here will.
