What's this reinflating a tubeless tyre with lighter fluid trick?

It is about the only way you will get balloon tyres on the bead.

I have used this meathod (using aero start) about 4 times on the low impact balloon tyres on my machines in the past.

It had the guys at the tyre place stumped at how to seat the bead which was about 6" away when knocked onto the opposite bead.

So I took it back to work and did it as I wasnt going to scare the crap out of them there.

I have seen it done with lighter fluid, petrol, aero start (my favorate), spray paint and methanol (on the sprint cars) and Ive never seen anyone get hurt and Ive done mine just with a ciggy lighter (which is probably not the best meathod as Dave suggested) but I have seen the match flicking trick on the methanol filled tyre though as you dont see the flame.

Interesting choise of vehicals though, very highly modded Hiluxes, and the one that Jeromy was driving didnt sound like a 3.0 tdi, more like a V8.

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Originally Posted by graceysdad

Cant help but recall a safety film I seen years ago of a tyre fitter in germany or somewhere was inflating a truck tyre outside of a cage, he toddled off to do something left it connected came back and was leaning over the tyre to disconnect the hose and she went bang, blew him up and left an imprint of his body in the tin roof, killed him.

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Prior to the tyre cage era, I had a relative who was decapitated by a truck tyre ring that did not seat properly, as he was pumping it up.
Thank god for tyre cages.

97Country I would NOT recommend you pump a tyre up like that. Last resort only, far too dangerous.

As Dave said we had a demonstration on my Brothers driveway. Very impressive. I also tried to remove a tyre with the leavers:angel:. Will need to practice that one one day.

In that same series of tyre fitting was the method of seating a bead with a bicycle tube, very clever.
YouTube - Beading a stretched tyre using a bicycle tube

regular procedure out west two beer cans of unleaded for a tractor tyre half a beer can for a 33 inch tyre remove the valve and the tyre will reseat nicely.......................

Me and a mate tried it years, ago, with a Banshee tyre:eek:

Lighter fluid, aerostart, deodorant, petrol, all with no luck, tried for hours:(, Not to say it can't be done, but we couldn't manage it

I tried it on a small quad bike tyre -once:o

Lost most of the hair on my right arm and singed some of the hair on my head.

Seated the tyre though:p

Andrew

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Originally Posted by dobbo

Wasn't it Scouse that nearly lost his eye brows doing this?

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It didn't affect my eyebrows.

However, I seem to have lost a fait bit of hair from the rest of my head lately so that must be the reason why :(.

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Originally Posted by Scouse

It didn't affect my eyebrows.

However, I seem to have lost a fait bit of hair from the rest of my head lately so that must be the reason why :(.

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No the just because your a father, wait till he rides a horse for the first time. It comes out in chunks that day.

or it could be the choice of hair product.

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Originally Posted by dobbo

it could be the choice of hair product.

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That must be it !!

I actually carry a can of hairspray in the RR just for those bad hair days (and for reseating tyres) - I must change brands. Any recommendations?
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