Darkside help asap!!! Please
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Darkside help asap!!! Please
So I'm try to mount my first tire I have a 175/65/15 Dunlop. Bike tire that came off was a 180/70/15. I can not for the life of me get the car tire to bead. I can get all of it but about a six inch section on each side. I have ran it up to 100psi I have tried tire soap,dish soap, ever tried a dab of grease nothing I do will let me set the bead all the way on the rim. Any ideas Thanks hende and bike is a 92 vt1100 honda with mag rim thank again hende
Last edited by hende on Sun Oct 05, 2014 9:20 pm; edited 1 time in total
hende- Number of posts : 4
Location : salem,or
Registration date : 2014-10-05
Re: Darkside help asap!!! Please
Do not use grease !! Get yourself a good size rope or small chain, put it around the center of your tire, get a bar or pipe and twist your rope or chain till it's tight and pushes your bead against your wheel, fill it with air. Shouldn't take a 100lbs. to seat it, a little soap and water or a little spray of Windex. Remember we're talking lbs.per sq. in. when we're talking about air in a tire, per sq.in.is a lot of air pressure. You don't want that tire coming off your rim, I have a crooked wrist from when I blew a tire off a rim 40 years ago and broke a bone in my arm and fractured 15 in my hand.
grumpybutt- Number of posts : 35
Age : 81
Location : Spring Tx
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Re: Darkside help asap!!! Please
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Dunlop&tireModel=SP31+A%2FS&partnum=965SR5SP31
this is the tire im trying to get the bead all the way on. I can get it to hold air just cant get the tire bead all the way on the rim bead how it should be i have about a 6 inch section that is sitting lower int the rim than it should by about a 1/4 of and inch or so
this is the tire im trying to get the bead all the way on. I can get it to hold air just cant get the tire bead all the way on the rim bead how it should be i have about a 6 inch section that is sitting lower int the rim than it should by about a 1/4 of and inch or so
hende- Number of posts : 4
Location : salem,or
Registration date : 2014-10-05
Re: Darkside help asap!!! Please
Try setting it out in the sun or under a heat lamp, get some good tire lubricant, maybe a local tire place will sell you a small bit.
Air it up and just let it sit awhile. It will seat.
Air it up and just let it sit awhile. It will seat.
Doc- Admin
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Re: Darkside help asap!!! Please
I used a ratchet tie down to seat a stubborn atv tire. check your local custom motorcycle shop,well worth the 42 bucks.I've heard the 15" rims are hard to seat,mines a 16.Good luck man.
rossmond- Number of posts : 32
Location : florida
Registration date : 2014-09-05
Re: Darkside help asap!!! Please
I took it in to work (wrecking yard) used some of the tire lube we have for are tire machine at work ran it upo to about 140 psi and it beaded
hende- Number of posts : 4
Location : salem,or
Registration date : 2014-10-05
Re: Darkside help asap!!! Please
cool good luck man,Give the tire 100 mi or so,then,I would guess 35 psi hot depending on sidewall stiffness.then go from there.Thats what im running on v star 1300-goodyear trippletread v rated 205/60/16
rossmond- Number of posts : 32
Location : florida
Registration date : 2014-09-05
Re: Darkside help asap!!! Please
here it is everyone likes pictures right?
hende- Number of posts : 4
Location : salem,or
Registration date : 2014-10-05
Re: Darkside help asap!!! Please
For future reference. Here's the link to my solution for the exact same problem ://mcdarksiders.forumotion.com/t6724-trouble-seating-your-tire-here-s-what-i-did
MorePowerWes- Number of posts : 18
Location : Palmyra, In
Registration date : 2013-05-14
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