Darn Garden tractor tire will not seat.

[Mace Canute]

If time isn't of essence, make a spreader and insert inside over shooting the normal shape by a large margin. Leave it in the sun or another heat source for awhile and see if that helps.

If you have time letting it sit in the sun with a couple blocks of wood holding the beads apart will help get the tire back to its intended shape. An Inner tube inflated inside the tire is the best for this since it stretches the tire evenly.

Another trick is use a small inner tube and place it between the tire side wall and rim. This will some times hold in enough pressure to get the tire to seat. Problem is finding a small enough tube to do this.

Roy

X 2. Spreading the beads apart for a short while works amazing well.

 

[dex3361]

I made a version of this bead seating air blaster out of a portable air tank and has yet to fail. Bead seater

 

[jobguy]

Thanks for all your replies. Next time I will spread the tire with boards till the proper shape returns. I ended up taking it to Tires Plus, they seated the tire for free and treated me great.

 

[wjwoods]

I was having trouble with a cold flat on my trailer recently(not seating).I used a heat gun to soften the bead and laid the tire flat on a table before attempting to inflate it. this method worked for me-good luck