Friday, August 30, 2013

setting the bead



Rastled with that other rear tire for an hour once the sun was up high enough to heat it up a bit.  Ended up getting in on the rim TWICE in the wrong direction (yes - the tread pattern has a specific direction).  I tried the ratchet strap method to set the bead on these tubeless tires but it just wouldn't work.  Since I didn't have a bead seater, I decided to use the hillbilly method and that worked just fine.  92,98,64,0,C,.18
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10 comments:

  1. David HooperAugust 30, 2013 at 8:37 PM

    What the heck was that trick? Does it hurt much when your eyebrows flash incinerate?

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  2. rjAugust 30, 2013 at 10:29 PM

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  3. rjAugust 30, 2013 at 10:34 PM

    Another bead setting

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  4. Wm. PughAugust 31, 2013 at 1:58 AM

    We use a TSI Cheetah Bead Seater on our stuff but your way works just as good cause we have use it in the field!

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  5. Rita B.August 31, 2013 at 6:40 AM

    i'm gonna have to google that cuz i don't have a clue as to what you just did. if that's the hillbilly way, it's a little scary. You and those Duck Dynasty boys shouldn't be doing stuff like that.

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  6. SteveAugust 31, 2013 at 1:05 PM

    Hillbilly indeed! I learned something new today. Nice.

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  7. MoeAugust 31, 2013 at 4:41 PM

    Neat!

    I used that method this spring for our lawn tractor - works real well.

    -Moe

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  8. Rev.jimmyleebobAugust 31, 2013 at 5:43 PM

    Fire ! Me like fire !

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  9. WGZSeptember 1, 2013 at 8:00 AM

    Worked in a gas station when I was 16 and have set a lot of beads over my years but learn't a new one today. That's pure fun and great hillbilly science!

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  10. edobnekSeptember 1, 2013 at 12:39 PM

    next time use one of those lighters with a long snoot

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