Seal a Tire to the Rim with Ether (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhu-8ASc0gQ#ws)
Looks easy enough...
Dan
That looks real safe! I would recommend doing it indoors to concentrate the fumes more for a better seal.
I would say at least he was wearing a helmet, but something with a little more face protection would probably be better.
In Rhode Island we called starting fluid "Portige (short for Portuguese) Nitrous." What does it have ......zero octane? :lol: :lol:
Yep...I've done this method out on the trail. On the rock crawlers, we only run about 5 PSI in the tires for better grip...it's not unheard of to pop a bead in a tight pinch. Trail fix!!! With an engine-mounted compressor, there is little chance of getting the tire to seat on the rim. A little starter fluid and a match? Presto! We usually run a trail of lighter fluid away from the tire for *some* safety. Certainly not the way I'd do it at home, but it'll get you back on the trail! :good2:
Cap'n Ron. . .
Quote from: Capn Ron on August 31, 2013, 08:00:51 PM
Yep...I've done this method out on the trail. On the rock crawlers, we only run about 5 PSI in the tires for better grip...it's not unheard of to pop a bead in a tight pinch. Trail fix!!! With an engine-mounted compressor, there is little chance of getting the tire to seat on the rim. A little starter fluid and a match? Presto! We usually run a trail of lighter fluid away from the tire for *some* safety. Certainly not the way I'd do it at home, but it'll get you back on the trail! :good2:
Cap'n Ron. . .
Similar. Very long ago I watched a documentary on Antarctica expeditions and they popped the low pressure tires the same way. You could see they didn't have a lot of handy alternatives in those conditions.
It's a common practice for truck tires, but the older split rims made it exciting. Most of the truck garages in my area place the tire rim in a metal cage when seating the bead.
Quote from: carey on September 07, 2013, 07:36:20 AM
It's a common practice for truck tires, but the older split rims made it exciting. Most of the truck garages in my area place the tire rim in a metal cage when seating the bead.
At trade school they showed us a photo of a body imprint on the concrete ceiling of a workshop. You could see the body shape and just make out a few skeletal features, particularly around the head.
This happened when a split rim let go.
That was 45 years ago and I can still see that image like it was yesterday.
Noel