http://www.bleachburnout.com/blog/2008/12/09/excursion-tires/ Home of the GTSparkplug Blog Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:35:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.bleachburnout.com/blog/2008/12/09/excursion-tires/comment-page-1/#comment-223 Sandy Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:01:44 +0000 http://gtsparkplugs.com/blog/2008/12/09/excursion-tires/#comment-223 Got the tires mounted! Tried again to do it the normal way and no go. So I used the Tire O-Ring and stretched it over the rim, and it didn't look like it was going to work. But with some reservation I pressurized the tire and moved it around a bit and it started taking air! The O-Ring was supposed to pop up as the tire started to seat but it didn't. That was not a problem as the bottom bead seated and was on tight, so I just let the air out, pulled the Tire O-Ring, and lifted up to have the top catch the edge of the rim and it was fine. Cost for the Tire O-Ring (various sizes) were about $20 each. Another tool for the trade... The Cheetah thing is cool, but seem a bit expensive when you look at the $20 solution. Pictures of both - <img alt="Tire O-Ring Bead Seater" title="Tire O-Ring Bead Seater" src="http://gtsparkplugs.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/beadseater%20dt.jpg" /> <img alt="Cheetah Bead Seater" title="Cheetah Bead Seater" src="http://gtsparkplugs.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ch-5%20dt.jpg" /> Got the tires mounted! Tried again to do it the normal way and no go. So I used the Tire O-Ring and stretched it over the rim, and it didn’t look like it was going to work. But with some reservation I pressurized the tire and moved it around a bit and it started taking air! The O-Ring was supposed to pop up as the tire started to seat but it didn’t. That was not a problem as the bottom bead seated and was on tight, so I just let the air out, pulled the Tire O-Ring, and lifted up to have the top catch the edge of the rim and it was fine. Cost for the Tire O-Ring (various sizes) were about $20 each. Another tool for the trade… The Cheetah thing is cool, but seem a bit expensive when you look at the $20 solution. Pictures of both -

]]> http://www.bleachburnout.com/blog/2008/12/09/excursion-tires/comment-page-1/#comment-222 Sandy Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:45:40 +0000 http://gtsparkplugs.com/blog/2008/12/09/excursion-tires/#comment-222 Watched about 10 videos of people mounting larger tires with Starting Fluid. Seems like it could work as a last resort. I also saw a couple of tires on fire, and one of a bunch of red-necks that used way too much and actually blew the rim clean out of the tire. I'll try the 'sanctioned' solutions first, but if I do mount with the Quickstart Starting Fluid I will video it just in case it goes south. Watched about 10 videos of people mounting larger tires with Starting Fluid. Seems like it could work as a last resort. I also saw a couple of tires on fire, and one of a bunch of red-necks that used way too much and actually blew the rim clean out of the tire. I’ll try the ‘sanctioned’ solutions first, but if I do mount with the Quickstart Starting Fluid I will video it just in case it goes south.

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