Seating new tires on rims

[RadarTech]

well.. I have the unfortunate experience the other day of driving the tractor-- and having the tire let loose..

Just so happens, the valve stem got ripped..

So to make a long story short--
I got a new one from tractor supply, and put it in and used the rachet strap to make it seat...

The bad part is, there is something in the tire.. I was able to get a flex grabber on it.. BUT could not get it out..
It kinda looked like a complete valve core that got dropped into the tire...

I guess once our WNC snow is gone I will take the tire somewhere and get it fixed.......

or should I even worry?

Later,
J

 

[JimR]

well.. I have the unfortunate experience the other day of driving the tractor-- and having the tire let loose..

Just so happens, the valve stem got ripped..

So to make a long story short--
I got a new one from tractor supply, and put it in and used the rachet strap to make it seat...

The bad part is, there is something in the tire.. I was able to get a flex grabber on it.. BUT could not get it out..
It kinda looked like a complete valve core that got dropped into the tire...

I guess once our WNC snow is gone I will take the tire somewhere and get it fixed.......

or should I even worry?

Later,
J

A floating around tire valve will never cause damage to that tire during its lifetime. I wouldn't waste my time taking it out.

 

[RadarTech]

Really?
Even if it is the entire valve?
that is what I think I saw..
I did not see anything shiny, so I think it even had the cap on it...

I am kinda surprised...


J

 

[JimR]

Really?
Even if it is the entire valve?
that is what I think I saw..
I did not see anything shiny, so I think it even had the cap on it...

I am kinda surprised...


J

We are talking about a piece of rubber floating around inside of a tractor tire right? So what harm is this going to do to the inside of your tire. It is not like you are going down the highway doing 75 mph.

 

[RadarTech]

We are talking about a piece of rubber floating around inside of a tractor tire right? So what harm is this going to do to the inside of your tire. It is not like you are going down the highway doing 75 mph.

yeah-- I see your point...


and your right...

just figured there would be some strange LBROWN angle I did not think about..


You out there LBROWN?


J

 

[woodchuckie]

Before I put the valve stem guards on my front wheels, I used to keep a spare valve stem inside each tire so I would always have one. Using mine in the woods making trails is very bad on the stems.

 

[RadarTech]

Before I put the valve stem guards on my front wheels, I used to keep a spare valve stem inside each tire so I would always have one. Using mine in the woods making trails is very bad on the stems.

hm... got a pic? I am curious what they look like installed....


tks,
J

 

[Pops15]

A buddy that works at a car dealership told me one of the techs was having trouble getting a bead seated. Another tech suggested using lighter fluid. Problem is he didn't know how to do it. He poured lighter fluid around the bead rather than in the valve stem. When hit ignited the fluid all he accomplished was setting the tire on fire.

When done properly it does work, but it really is a dangerous practice.

 

[dex3361]

My son and I have made a few spud gun. We have also made more recently air cannons.they are a hoot.

In my spud-gun hobby, the pressures created by ether, methane and butane is only around 60 psi, and that's in a much smaller chamber with the same amount of fuel.

 

[woodchuckie]

hm... got a pic? I am curious what they look like installed....


tks,
J

They are homemade. Made with a threaded iron nipple. I welded it to the rim and I screw the cap to the end of it. I cut the nipple short enough so I can air them up. I used one nipple for the two tires.

 

[Pops15]

They are homemade. Made with a threaded iron nipple. I welded it to the rim and I screw the cap to the end of it. I cut the nipple short enough so I can air them up. I used one nipple for the two tires.

I had some steel (stock car) racing wheels that had something like that. On the ones that didn't have that I drilled new holes and relocated the valve stems closer to the center so they'd be less likely to get damaged, then welded up the old holes.

 

[NBstunter]

done this so many times it isnt funny as long as the center valve is out and u dont spray like a mad man never had any problems

 

[tthopskin@yahoo.ca]

the tank to put the air out fast is called a tiger tank and yes this is a excellent idea we put the snow bucket on the backhoe went 5 feet rolled the tire off the bead we worked for 1/2 hr no luck tried the ether it was so cooled it would not lite ,,???? so we put the ether to the tire and the air in the valve in hopes of making it vaporize and boom it worked when it's 20 F below 0 you don't play around My brother dose tires but he was not around that day and remember this you talk about tires blowing off if you get a tire that has run flat for any distance they heat upthese are the ones that will blow your head off ,,one day a guy came to him with a flat ,,,,oh no it just went flat ,,,,my brother said to him you never drove on it ,,,oh no,,, brother started to seat it on the rim and BOOM it BLOW OF THE RIM he was dam luck that ..the guy said I fingered you would make me get a new tire ,,,,,,best of luck to you all ......,ps truck tire ,

 

[Ken Cunningham]

I just put some R1 tires on a 1979 Case 446. (its a garden tractor and the back tires are about the same size as a full size pickup) I took the rims and tires to a local shop that ususally works on my cars and they couldnt get it seated because the sidewalls had shrunken inwards and were nowhere near catching the upper part of the rim. So i loaded them back up and went to my local tire shop. The guy that does tire repair on the road was there, thankfully. He had a air tank with a 2 inch valve and a nozzle on it. He just basically had to point it at the gap between the tire and the rim and shot the air at it. He had a fitting that screwed onto the valve stem and his air hose connected to that. (think quick connect fitting). The tires popped right onto the upper part of the rim and the air being feed into the tire thru the stem finnished it off. Thats how the pros do it. Took less than 5 minutes from start to finish for both tires. My brother inlaw has some aire tanks laying around that i thought about making me one out off, but how many times would i need to use it? So i probably wont ever make one. One last note, they didnt even charge me for doing the work, just said have a nice day. Gotta appreciate a place that is willing just to help someone out for the heck of it. Pope Davis tire, columbia sc.

 

[RalphVa]

I had one tire go flat and one side come loose from the rim on my dolly the other day in the cold. One thing that I often do is to remove the valve stem. This allows quicker input of air. This either didn't work, or I couldn't get the valve stem out. Ended up cinching a tension around the tire a lot. Gotta be careful even doing this. You need to get the tension member off before you put much pressure on it, or you won't get it off. Worse yet is if you don't get it off and bust it.

I've put it on my Outlook calendar now to check the air in those tires every so often.

 

[RalphVa]

Oh, now I remember. I actually put some Goop around the rim where the tire meets it. That didn't stick. Next, I got some plumber's putty and put that around the rim. That is how I finally got the bead to hold air.

Ralph