I saw this trick on "Extreme Machines". It was used by drivers of highly
customized 4wheel drive trucks driving across the (Ant)Arctic -
With the tire mounted and free of air, spray a flamable liguid/gas (like
hairspray, I guess) into the tire and ignite it when there is
enough(?). The explosion presses the tires onto the rim. I personally
would prefer to take it to the corner gas station! :) (Please - don't
try this!)
This doesn't address the issue of getting the tire on/off the rim,
however.
Vic
Craig Smith wrote:
>
> A major pain in the butt.
> You need some special stuff.
> A big hammer, a bar to remove the tire from the rim, and a lot of muscle !
> If you can find a custom wheel house that mounts wheels I would try it
> before I went to all the trouble.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou [mailto:dougbert@rcn.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 9:46 AM
> To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Tire mounting
>
> Hello all,
>
> How hard is it to mount tires by hand? Tire shops
> do not seem to like messing with my bolt-on wire wheels
> and inner tubes, and maybe I'll just do it myself...
>
> Doug Braun
> '72 Spit
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