Saturday, Sep 03, 2005 at 14:51
Trevor,
The KISS appproach is simply a hose with a tyre connector each end. Put it on the flat tyre first, then slip on the 60psi tyre to inflate quickly. And those connectors that Grungle has shown us look great.
I just improved the simple hose, by adding a 3-way brass barbed connector in the middle, adding a 3rd hose with a male valve end on it. For the male valve end, I just stripped the rubber off a tubeless valve, and was left with a brass connector.
To use it, I hook it up to the flat tyre first (no valve), then hook it up to the pump, and start the pump, then hook the 3rd end onto the 60+psi tyre and you get the whoosh of air to reseat the bead. If it's not working
well enough, just roll the flat tyre a bit, until the bead seats.
Doesn't work every time - some tyres can be a bugger to
seat because they've been levered off crooked, or the wheels are wide in relation to the tyre. For these, I carry a 16 inch bicycle tube to bridge
the gap, use soapy
water (Lux flakes is supposed to be good), and keep fingers crossed. The old trick of tightening a rope around the tread of the tyre doesn't seem to work on the later tyres - the tread always seems to buckle.
We muck around with these techniques on
driver training days in the sand - theres always tyres getting rolled off rims.
Cheers
Phil
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