by KE4AVB » Wed Jun 16, 2021 6:20 am
I only done a few inner tube installs on 15X6.00-6 tire while still on the axle but installing on 18x and larger is easier. Many done here if I know no thorns are present installing tubes without ever taking the tire off the rim. I just break the bead, remove the valve stem without drop part of it in the tire, and install the tube. Just got to be patient.
But yes I frustrated trying to install tires on rims. I have found during the days heat to place an inner inside the new tire, inflate it, and sit the tire out in the hot sun. Then I let it cool overnight and then I remove the tube and install the tire the next morning. This helps a lot in getting the bead to seat on the new tire. I haven't been brave enough to the ether trick to blow the tire on the rim. I might one of those bead setting air tanks, just haven't got around to it yet.
And I feel your pain on getting older tire back over the rim. They can be a royal pain and have pinched a few tubes in the process which you might know means it all to do again. Lubing the bead helps.
And boy do I hate those 4-5 inch tires. I also dislike Bradford pear trees, so much that I have nearly 30 of them removed here; although, I keep the Northern wind break. Planting trees without thorns.
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