Tire went flat in the driveay. Damage?
I came out this morning and the left tire on my utility trailer was dead flat. Just came back from a 260 mile round trip, and it was up and fine when I went to bed last night. The valve stem failed...
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Bobbo wrote:
A strap around the center of the tire with a ratcheting clamp will seat the bead without using air.
This does work, except you gotta put some air in it to hold the beads.
I have used a ratchet strap many times putting a tire back on a rim when just air won't seat the bead.
I have also tied a piece of rope around the tire, insert a tire iron, a flex bar or similar into the rope, making a twist, and then rotate it several times to tighten the rope around the tire. Then hit it with the air chuck.
Another trick is to take the valve core out so the air gets in there faster.
It works!
I used to do all my own tire work a lot of years ago.
