JBR
Senior Member
I thought I'd try starting a thread for brief practical projects (say within a couple hours, a day, a couple days) that members might care to record. I do them a lot, but I'm sure other members (male & female) do as well. But I won't bore people with a bunch of mine... this one was just new to me.
It was something I did this morning. My rototiller had a totally flat tire, and the tire is tubeless. The trick is to get the beads on both sides of the tire tightly in contact with the wheel rim, otherwise no amount of air injected will re-inflate the tire. So I had to encircle the circumference of the tire using a strong rope, the looped ends being connected by a smaller-gauge rope, slightly slack. Then I used a steel tube as a handle which I twisted to get a 'Spanish winlass' action. That worked well to compress the centerline of the tire circumference, which pushed the tire beads outward.
I pumped the tire up to recommended pressure, then took the wheel & tire back out to replace them on the rototiller. I felt some satisfaction, as I'd never dealt with a flat tubeless tire other than small push-mower tires (much simpler to deal with).
It was something I did this morning. My rototiller had a totally flat tire, and the tire is tubeless. The trick is to get the beads on both sides of the tire tightly in contact with the wheel rim, otherwise no amount of air injected will re-inflate the tire. So I had to encircle the circumference of the tire using a strong rope, the looped ends being connected by a smaller-gauge rope, slightly slack. Then I used a steel tube as a handle which I twisted to get a 'Spanish winlass' action. That worked well to compress the centerline of the tire circumference, which pushed the tire beads outward.
I pumped the tire up to recommended pressure, then took the wheel & tire back out to replace them on the rototiller. I felt some satisfaction, as I'd never dealt with a flat tubeless tire other than small push-mower tires (much simpler to deal with).
The tire under compression for re-inflating
The wheel & tire back on the tiller
The wheel & tire back on the tiller
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