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Redneck Tire Mounting

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I actually use to change tires for a living, not too much fun, but this is practical if you are in a really cold climate, lets say alamosa, colorado (where is go to school). The temperature change could result in 15 psi or so, and in off road tires it is enough to crawl through the snow or simply set the tire. I know they did that when they took those land rovers through antartica or whatever. I would say just use a "cheetah" aka a small air tank with a tube and a valve attached to it. Dumb 120psi into it real fast and it works every time.
 
yeah, that's what I'm talking about. They probablly used some sort of gas instead of brake cleaner spray or carb cleaner spray.

Cory
 
use straight ether for best results.. just enough to wet the rim. works good if it's cold and you are fast, otherwise the burning will suck air out of the inside of the tire and pop the bead back off.
 
seuadr said:
use straight ether for best results.. just enough to wet the rim. works good if it's cold and you are fast, otherwise the burning will suck air out of the inside of the tire and pop the bead back off.
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seuadr,
how cold? Do I need to wait for winter? Or will a cold summer morning work?

Cory
 
starting fluid, that's how we "mount" the race car tires from time to time.
spray around, flip a match at it. "wooosh"
 
KRISTI'SGS550 said:
seuadr,
how cold? Do I need to wait for winter? Or will a cold summer morning work?

Cory
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well, you need a significant change in temp to create the pressure.. a cool summer morning would work fine.. a blistering 90 degree day won't work as well :)
 
starting fluid and spray a trail from the tire across the ground so you can stand back to light it off
 
This method works better with larger tires then with smaller ones. I we have been using this method to mount mud tires and such on the off road toys with ether and a grill lighter. I won't advise that anyone do it this way due to the fact I have repeatedly burned the hair off my arm, but it does work. Do not under any circumstances use gasoline or brake fluid, neither one evaporate fast enough if it remains unburned and it eats away at the tire (brake fluid specifically).

I have never had any problems doing this in the summer or winter, temp seems to not be an issue.
 
Yes, I have experience with this! Just about a month ago I finally took the wheelbarrow out from under the porch and both 8" tubeless tires were flat and seperated from the rim. So I sprayed hair spray (which I use for my potato cannon) all over the inside and lit the hair spray and aimed at the tire. Needless to say, the next step was buying a new tire. It blew the bead right off the rim and melted the bead of the tire really bad. Wish I had a video camera.
 
this is actually done more then people think, i started using starting fluid to change tires when i was 14 and worked on 18 wheelers.

with my second hobby being 4x4 rock crawling we use this alot when you got a flat and need to change a tire or just pop the bead and need to reset it. just DONT use too much starting fluid.
 
'Redneck' in a positive way. To me thta looks like excellent American ingenuity.
 
That's how they got those little skinny tires on lowriders to seat where the sidewalls are pooched out way more than intended.
 
Damn, I was alsmost cringing watching that.
Thought for sure there was going to be an explosion.
 
Jethro said:
Yes, I have experience with this! Just about a month ago I finally took the wheelbarrow out from under the porch and both 8" tubeless tires were flat and seperated from the rim. So I sprayed hair spray (which I use for my potato cannon) all over the inside and lit the hair spray and aimed at the tire. Needless to say, the next step was buying a new tire. It blew the bead right off the rim and melted the bead of the tire really bad. Wish I had a video camera.
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That I would have liked to seen.
 
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