The Ford Barn - View Single Post

deuce_roadster · 03-28-2019, 09:57 AM

Were these tires wrapped tightly so the beads were touching each other for shipping? I had some new tires (radials from Tire Rack) that were shipped that way and I couldn't get the beads out to the rim to seal either. What I did was take a good tube, one at a time put into each tire (off the rim) and fill it to push the beads out away from each other. Push them out past the width of your rim and let it sit there a while, maybe in the sun to warm up the tire. Then let out the air and then remount on rim. I have a Coats air operated tire machine and I couldn't get the new tires to seal to the rim until I stretched them out from shipping ( and probably being stored that way).

03-28-2019, 09:57 AM	#2
deuce_roadster Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Shelton, WA Posts: 3,800	Re: Tubeless Bias Tires Were these tires wrapped tightly so the beads were touching each other for shipping? I had some new tires (radials from Tire Rack) that were shipped that way and I couldn't get the beads out to the rim to seal either. What I did was take a good tube, one at a time put into each tire (off the rim) and fill it to push the beads out away from each other. Push them out past the width of your rim and let it sit there a while, maybe in the sun to warm up the tire. Then let out the air and then remount on rim. I have a Coats air operated tire machine and I couldn't get the new tires to seal to the rim until I stretched them out from shipping ( and probably being stored that way).