Thread: Clare, Xeno.... did you ever have a batch of tires that just wouldn't seal after the final bead?
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Default Clare, Xeno.... did you ever have a batch of tires that just wouldn't seal after the final bead?
On Sat, 7 Sep 2019 08:55:40 +1000, Xeno wrote:

Changed plenty of them over the years - it's more about incompetent
operators than it is about the split rims.

Luckily these are normal rims for passenger tires.

BTW, while a half dozen tools & techniques were proposed, it seems the best
is the "bazooka", where here's one guy showing how he crafted one from a
spare "truck" air tank.
https://youtu.be/PkqNIG5IZm4?t=522
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