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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
What the heck was that trick? Does it hurt much when your eyebrows flash incinerate?
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ReplyDeleteAnother bead setting
ReplyDeleteWe use a TSI Cheetah Bead Seater on our stuff but your way works just as good cause we have use it in the field!
ReplyDeletei'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.
ReplyDeleteHillbilly indeed! I learned something new today. Nice.
ReplyDeleteNeat!
ReplyDeleteI used that method this spring for our lawn tractor - works real well.
-Moe
Fire ! Me like fire !
ReplyDeleteWorked 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!
ReplyDeletenext time use one of those lighters with a long snoot
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