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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

You’re talking about changing the tire on a rim right? Same rim, new tire. My Mexican neighbors do it all the time, don’t even have a tire machine, just long tire levers. Have to do the flash-pop trick to get the bead to seat on large tires sometimes.


66 posted on 11/01/2012 9:08:57 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by Nature, not Nurture tm)
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To: steve86
Have to do the flash-pop trick to get the bead to seat on large tires sometimes.

The safety NCO in me just has to say 'that isn't very safe'. But yes, ether, or hairspray works to seat the bead.

If you have a running vehicle that can move, breaking the bead off the rim can be done by carefully driving over the old tire (not the rim), without the use of the tire tools. Also, not very safe, but it does work.

/johnny

72 posted on 11/01/2012 9:22:24 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: steve86

No, I’m talking about replacing the tire and rim with the spare and rim.


100 posted on 11/02/2012 1:39:41 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Obama should change his campaign slogan to "Yes, we am!" Sounds as stupid as his administration is.)
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