<span class="highlight">Bush</span> <span class="highlight">Mechanics</span> - Reseating the tubeless tyre using butane gas AGAIN!
Submitted: Saturday, Sep 20, 2008 at 15:34
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Member - Mick O (VIC)
Further to the adventures and development of
bush mechanic skills outlined in my previous blog, (and being the sharp stake magnet that I am) I've uploaded another video using the same technique. To big for the blog so it's
here.Well worth a laugh.
Mick
Reply By: Member - John (Vic) - Saturday, Sep 20, 2008 at 16:46
Saturday, Sep 20, 2008 at 16:46
Jeez!! Mick that worked better than I thought it would.
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Follow Up By: Member - Mick O (VIC) - Saturday, Sep 20, 2008 at 17:03
Saturday, Sep 20, 2008 at 17:03
Damn site easier than breaking the bead with the Troopy
John! The biggest problem was getting the gas into the tyre. I was using the nozzle off the WD40 can on top of the butane, and they often have a little length of tube you can insert to get the stuff into tricky
places. If I can get a longer one of those and put a slight bend in it, you'd only need a short squirt of gas. Easy method tho.
Cheers
Mick
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Reply By: turbopete - Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 11:14
Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 11:14
Mick O .am i reading that incorrectly..i thought u reseated the bead not cracked it from the rim..u would still need
tools to unseat the bead or drive over it
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Follow Up By: Member - Mick O (VIC) - Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 14:03
Sunday, Sep 21, 2008 at 14:03
Hey Pete,
No I think my reply wasn't clear. We used the troopy to drive over the tyre and break the bead initially. Then after patching, we put the tyre back on the rim and used the butane to reseat the tyre on the rim. Only
tools we used were a longhandled screwdriver, a tyre lever and mallet and that was to get the tyre off the rim once the bead on both sides had been broken. Hope that's clearer.
Cheers Mick
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Reply By: Moose - Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 13:22
Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 13:22
G'day Mick
Since the valve is out couldn't you squirt it in thru there?
How much gas would you have squirted in (in seconds worth)?
Cheers from the Moose
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Follow Up By: Member - Mick O (VIC) - Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 18:08
Monday, Sep 22, 2008 at 18:08
Moose,
nice one. Might try that method. You have to get it to go round the tyre tho. If you'd only broken one side of the bead, you don't need as much. With both sides broken, no more than 5 seconds worth and that was coming out of a diffuse nozzle. It was spread right round the rim as best as I could. If I'd been able to squirt it in directly, like with the tube extension, you'd need a lot less.
Cheers. Mick.
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