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Dan wrote:
My apologies if this is off topic. I could not find a spot to put it.


My problem is as follows. Some time back, I had purchased a Big Red
Wagon from Northern tools. It has 4 pneumatic tires and good load
capacity. Over the years, It has served me well.

The problem is that one of the pneumatic tires has gone flat, but
without a puncture. This has happened once over the winter time, and
after many attempts at trying to reinflate the tire, I gave up. I
bought a brand new one for $25 USD, but it strikes me that there must
be some way to reinflate the tire. It must have been done when
manufactured!!

As it is, I have a tubeless tire with a a broad gap across the tire to
the rim -- I cannot detemine a method to manipulate it so I can get the
air to stay in and for it to seal up against the hub. Anyone have an
idea? I would like to avoid buying a new tire again.

--dan


Even a small tubeless tire like this or a wheel barrow tire is
difficult to get the bead seated on the rim & inflate without either a
really strong inrush of air, or somehow mechanically forcing the bead
into contact with the rim while inflating. I have had good results
using a ratcheting loading strap (the smaller 1" width for these small
tires, not a 2" strap) around the circumference of the tire, and
tighten it until the tire bead contacts the wheel rim on both sides.
using some soapy water on the bead will also help.
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Larry Wasserman - Baltimore, Maryland -