reseat a tubless tire

[oldnslo]

Probably difficult to do but I once saw a person take a bicycle inner tube and place it between the tire side wall and rim. He aired the tube up as seal between the tire and rim and then hit the tire with air and the tire started to seat. He then removed the tube and finished seating the bead on the rim.

 

[aczlan]

I bought a "bead blaster" for my big truck tires but even sometimes i still have to use starter fluid on some stubborn tires. I absolutley hate using this technique but sometimes have to. My problem with the rachet straps is that the tires alway bend at the rachet strap buckle and make the problem worse! How do you guys keep the tire from bending at the rachet strap buckle?

A strip of cardboard under the strap to allow it to slip when tightening works wonders to prevent the tire from bending.

Aaron Z

 

[Bigkrank]

I took a piece of 3/4" copper tubing and flattened one end and soldered a fitting on the other with a ball valve and hooked to an airline. So far works everytime. Sort of a scaled down version of one of these:

 

[hawkeye08]

Usually you need more hands to do everything.

1) use air hose with air chuck that will stay connected to valve stem (have to press lever to release)
2) use ball valve in airline so you can have valve from valve stem removed and control air with ball valve
3) secure rim to something so you can use your hands to wiggle/position tire
4) try and get one side started before you apply air so you are only working the remaining side, it is hard to try and seal both sides at once.

The secret is the volume of air to get it started. Once started, not as much is needed.

 

[Tx Jim]

I seen professional tire repair persons use marine soap to coat tire bead/rim area..

 

[SoonerLS]

My dad's Ford 4000 has a tubeless tire on the front, and I had to re-seat the bead in the field twice last fall while mowing the hay field. All I used was an air compressor, a farm jack, and a rubber mallet; dishwashing soap would have been helpful, as it can be used as a lubricant on the bead/rim (it's close enough to what the pros use when mounting tires), but I didn't feel like walking all the way back to the house.

I jacked the tractor up enough to get the tire off the ground, then started adding air in bursts, turning the wheel between bursts, and whacking the tire with the mallet, striking the tread, down towards the hub (both during and between bursts); it took a little while, but it finally seated, and I was able to air it up and get back to mowing. FWIW, I was using a pancake compressor that doesn't produce enough CFM to keep a pneumatic drill working, so it doesn't take all that much air to get it done--and this wheel is wonderfully corroded on the inside of the rim, to boot.

Of course, if you're talking about a rear tire, I doubt that a pancake compressor would move nearly enough air to get the job done. Fortunately, I've not had to deal with a tubeless rear tire...

 

[arrow]

I have to reseat a tubless tire on a mahindra 2816. any tricks to get it back on rim..I have two ratchet straps around tire to try and seal it enough for the 60 gallon aircompressor to reseat the tire, but its just not working...I don't want to try the butane trick..any other ways..or tricks..

Straps may not produce the tension you need. You may want to attempt the same trick with a come along.

 

[arlen4720]

Is this a trick question???? Ether of course is the answer. I actually "hope" that my tubeless tires don't reseat, just so I get to use the ether.
I have to go... I'm just begining a game of Jarts.

 

[Car Doc]

I have used 1 chain and 2 boomers with a cheater pipe you get one tight and then use the other to get another bite and so on.

 

[CliffordK]

I wouldn't recommend this for your tractor.
But, I bought a small chipper with a flat tire.

I caulked the tire/rim.

Aired it up.
And, it has held just fine ever since.
Getting the tire off in the future may be a pain though. But, hopefully I'll never need to remove it.