How To Get Riding Mower Tire Back On Rim Tire Came Off Rim Easy Fix Tire Won't Air Up Won't Inflate

I used to work in heavy equipment repair, and I used this technique on 50 ton Grove cranes for tires as well. You know, the 7 foot tall ones? I used a 3000lbs come along chain tackle not a strap, but the idea is the same. Squeeze the beeds out to the wheel beed surfaces. Often new tires come in on pallets stacked and crush the beeds together making it hell to install. Then air up. In my case shop air would take better than an hour to fill to 50PSI. So I used a pressure regulator like for a compressor, on my air hose to fill it up. That way I could walk away and not worry about it, and when in was full it would stop. Gotta be smarter than the equipment people!🤔😉

I remember as a kid, watching my grandpa wrap baler twine around a small tire, then tighten it up by twisting it with a screwdriver to push the bead out. That's the sort of thing a good grandpa will teach you. Next video, teach us the "flammable aerosol and bic lighter" method. Or are there already too many of those on Youtube? 😁

I tell my customers, tubes are much cheaper than tires. As long as the dry rot isn't all the way through the sidewall and you have good tread, tube is cheapest.

Shot of ether (starting fluid) step BACK and throw a match at it and BOOM tire on- now pull out the pair of plyers sticking in your head, get on with day..

I built tires for 25 years. In doing so, we lubed the flanges with lard. Not sure if this could be used in the same way you are using it. Also, if you ever get into grease with graphite in it, clean your hands with lard. That grease with graphite in it is next to impossible to get off with soap and water. With lard, you are clean in seconds.

When I took auto mechanics in 1970 we had an easy to use tool specifically for expanding the bead of a tire. It was a woven nylon tube that had an inner tube of rubber with a schrader valve. The nylon encircled the tire (such as your ratchet strap), was tugged tight then the inner tube inflated. As the tube grew in diameter it tightened and constricted the tire causing the bead to expand. As I recall it worked very well.

Tire shop guys maybe hate green slime type sealer. I mess with aging freebie type equipment & make small yard trailers out of spare tires / wheels. I give all those recycled tires a squirt of the green goo. Beats adding air all the time, or the flats you are dealing with.

I used carb injector cleaner spray and lighter.Done it several times it absolutely works.Light it pooof then use rag put flame out.Then air up tire.Saw this here on Youtube,

A lot of valuable info. Never heard of bead buster or use regular screwdriver. Lost a zero turn tire in middle of yard. Only had a rope, so made it into a tourniquet by using a branch. Lol worked great.

Good video. I have had to do that to a number of small tractors, mowers, etc. But the best cure is an inner tube. Tubless tires are more subject to dirt getting into the bead seating area causing air loss. But not so with a tube and the bead seating area doesn't have to be perfectly clean. And the customer's always see it my way.

The video IS helpful. I used to have to do this quite frequently with my previous 2 mowers. My current one (Cub Cadet) advertised tires/rims that would resist breaking seal with the rim. I have mesquite trees in my yard, and slow leaks from thorns are a non-stop problem despite many plugs.... But I really don't care, it takes a couple minutes to air up tires no matter how long they've sat flat. Some mowers use garbage tires that will separate from the rim every time they go flat, others use better quality that won't. Research wheels along with other specs when buying a mower...it could save you a TON of time and effort.

Or, if you don’t have a compressor, take the wheel off, take the whole wheel to Goodyear or just about any car repair place and get them to do this. I’ve done that a couple of times over the years. Just takes a couple of minutes and zI’ve never been charged for it.

I use a spray bottle with dish soap and water for lubricant on the beads. Rotate the tire while pushing against the rim while holding the rim from turning. This will get the bead on the back side to begin to seat on the rim. Then once you start putting the air to it, gently pull the tire toward the side of the rim closest to you and it’ll often close the gap enough to close to close up and seal. You have to pull gently so as not to unseat the barely-sealing bead that you just pushed on around on the back side.

We once used a strap to seat a car tire and put too much air in before removing it. The strap ended up breaking under stress, and the metal part slammed the guy inflating it right in the "you know where." He rolled around on the floor for awhile in serious pain. A lesson was learned!

Ok, I have done all this. Submerged the tire and rim in water to look for bubbles and found none. Two weeks later the tire is completely off the rim again and I haven't even used it. Am I missing something? Please advise. Thanks.

The new tires I got were stored in a crushed condition. They won't spread out no matter what I try. I have been able to use starter fluid to explode these things on before but today even that won't work for some reason. All I'm doing is setting the tire on fire. I'm not getting the pop it needs to go on the bead. I hate the way they store and ship tires these day that makes it very hard to get them mounted. I hate to put a tube in a new tire just to get it mounted.

Put the tire under water it pumps rite up every time air it up while it's submerged

Our family had an air compressor and used the inflatable outer tube with strap to help inflate tires. I wonder how many people think of putting water in tires to help add weight to tires for better traction. I've been fixing flat tires on bicycles and cars since I was about 15 and I have never heard of that bead buster stuff.

Why buy a $60 tire when you can buy a $15 tube.

You ever try a little motor oil in the tire? Helps dry rotted tires hold air. If you don’t want your tools to rust throw a few copper pennies in each tool drawer.