http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gmdo2T_g5FE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hV6DFMXMIU

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Please,no reference to "mounting"anything,you might set the intolerants to caterwauling.

OK... how to, ahem, seat the bead, if you know what I mean.

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Cool. That might come in handy sometime.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

something not right about you...saftey first

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1984 300SD.. White/Chrome Bunts..Green

1997 2500 Dodge Ram 5.9 Cummins 12 Valve 36 PSI of Boost = 400+hp & 800+tQ .. ..Greenspeed

2004 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 Quad Cab Cummins 5.9 H.O "596hp/1225tq" 6 spd. Man. Leather Heated seats/Loaded..Flame Red....GREENSPEED

Global warming...Doing my part, Smokin da hippies..

Fight the good fight!......

The first vid was an Antarctic expedition in 4 wheelers. They run 2psi in the tires and its easy to roll them off the rim.

My tire guy at Discount Tire told me they used ether all the time on stiff walled tires in winter since the air hose could not provide enough air fast enough to seat the bead. He mumbled something about the good old days and missing eyebrows.

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MB-less

I bet getting that tire on the rim itself was a *****

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Can someone tell me how this works? The fire creates a vacuum... outside the rim and draws air into the tire?

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

The ignition cause the gases to expand, forcing the tire against the rim as they try to escape.

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MB-less

Which gasses? The gasses in the tire?

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman

Thanks for the info. I used this technique to set the bead on a 16" truck tire today. It took a couple of attempts to get the fire inside the tire. But once I did, it sat the bead nicely.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

The egg vacuum thing can be seen with the tire. if you don't add additional air after the initial explosion the tire will collapses and remove its self from the bead in a few seconds. we did "experiments" with this in high school auto shop. Mounting 35" tires on a Toyota.

FYI don't tell high school auto shop kids about this unless you wanna use up all the schools ether and throw the rest of the days lesson plan in the trash.

I miss auto shop

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I didn't add air for about a minute and it didn't collapse.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Hey wait and it burns up all the O2 in there so you have basically a nitrogen filled tire.

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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows - Robert A. Zimmerman