flat!

[Frederick Smith]

That's an event that occurs very often in truck garages and shops 
through out the world. Large hi ply truck tires need big time CFM to 
seat the beads on tire changes. (1100 x 20 for instance, used on 10 
wheeles and semi's.)

There are portable pressure tanks, cheetas, that have a pipe neck with a 
tip that concentrates a blast of air into the tire but that method is 
not always successful. The starter fluid "explosion" method always 
works. Watch your fingers if you try it.

Smitty


Livolsi, Stephane wrote:


 > NAC, but this line reminded me of something.  I saw program a while
 > back, might have been monster machines on TLC, anyways, it focused on
 > 4X4's (the offroad kind) and there was a couple of guys trekking across
 > the arctic or antarctic (doesn't really matter which) in a couple of
 > specialized Toyota 4runners IIRC.  Anyway, these things had huge balloon
 > tires and they were running such low pressure that they often popped a
 > bead.  Their preferred method of reinflating was to spray some flammable
 > liquid (starting fluid) into the tire and throw a match in.  Poof!  The
 > expanding gases would reseat the tire on the rim. I can't wait til I get
 > a chance to try that!
 >
 > Stephane
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