how to inflate a tire "danger"

[chillinwitya]

Ok here's a tip for those who can't make it to the tire guy and only to the local air pump..
I had to hack my old tire off with a stanley knife.. it was on there good but i got it off.. after that i took my new tire :"michelin bopper" ;D and used to crow/prybars to get it on the rim.. i used a lil oil to make it go smother also.. here's comes the tricky part.. getting that bead to seal.. I've been reading on here.. and it sounds like everyone has had trouble with this.. well my best friend told me about this and i tried it and it worked... once you have your tire all the way on. you take your tire and rim and lay it on a flat surface on it's side,then you put some safety glasses on.. and take some gasoline and pour it around the inner part of your tire into your rim .. make sure you don't pour too much just a little all the way around... then you take a match and light it ..it will catch on fire.. then lift your tire up off the ground and drop it let it hit the ground flat on the side .. it'll go poof and then your bead it set.. and you can go to the gas station and fill it up easy as pie..
my friend told me he yousted to do this with car tires.. i didn't think it would work but he was right it does

[tedsmini]

The pros used to use a rubber 1" tube that was adjustable and covered with woven nylon. They circled the tire with it and adjusted it down as tight as possible and then inflate the device and it forced the bead against the rim. Now you can used one of the tie downs that have rachets on them. The small ones are a little over an inch wide. Put it around the tire in the center and crank it down to compress the tire. Hit it with enough air to seat the bead and stop. When you release the ratchet be very careful, it pops off very fast and is a little violent and got my knuckle one time, now I release the ratchet with a bar or screwdriver. My wife is forever letting the tires on here carts and wheelbarrows go flat and then I need to seat the bead and this works great everytime.

[Kami no Chiizu]

I watched them do that with some tires of a truck in the arctic or antarctic, I don't remember, on like the Discovery Channel. Looked cool. Not something I'd want to try, though.

[Blackruk]

I've seen it done on the trail (Jeepin) with carb cleaner. Just spray it in and it essentially explodes in the tire, the air expands and (theoretically) seats the bead.

Of course, and easier way is to use a C02 tank.

[Kami no Chiizu]

Yeah, I know the inflation kits of Bikes have C02 cartriges. Would that be enough oomph for one of our tires?

[Blackruk]

I need more gas than that - I have to fill four 35" x 12.5 Mud Terrain tires! I use a 10lb air tank (Outback Air). I get quite a few tire fills out of it. You can even use it to run air tools.

I know some dirt bike repair kits use C02 cartridges. I bet those would work for a ruk tire.

[jrcanoe]

kaminochiizu said:

Yeah, I know the inflation kits of Bikes have C02 cartriges. Would that be enough oomph for one of our tires?

No without the rachet tie down strap it won't work evertime but with the strap it works every time.

I have ordered 3MX irons and a 4x10 tube that I am going to carry in addition to my plug kit co2 inflater and slime in the tires.

[Dandy Dan]

Michelin Boppers seem especially hard to get seated. A guy at a shop with all the tools (high flow air compression with the kick pedal for an extra blast) plus slime plus a tie strap still took about 15min to tire...it was very difficult. I might try this trick sometime.