Topic: Inflating a Tire Using WD40

[BobbyR]

I have not tried this so I put it here rather than Tip and Tricks:

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[Frankencake]

Starting fluid works well.  I use it to seat the bead but not to inflate the tire.  I leave the stem valve out in case there is an over pressure situation which will ruin your day.  After the bead is seated put the valve back in and inflate as needed.

[azuredesign]

Yikes, any damage to the rubber? I would guess the amount of air pressure obtained would relate to how much combustible material makes it onto the rim?
Interesting.

[unkle fester]

have used ether many times to re-seat the bead on a big truck tire.........old-timers trick............

[HavocTurbo]

used to carry around the little finger pump bottles wwhen we went out on 4wheelers. works pretty well.

[tramp]

i never saw that before
wonder what happens when you use too muck

[goon 1492]

Nothing happens when yo use too much, remember fire has to have air to breathe just like we do.
Ether is the best to use and is what is used when your out in BFE and that can is all ya got.
Speaking of wd-40, one of the engineers here just shared it with me today so me is paying it forward.

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[goon 1492]

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[Steve F]

The propellant used in WD-40 is butane, and that's the stuff that fires off so easily.  I once saw a program on Discovery channel about some Toyota SUV's that Toyota built specially for arctic driving through deep snow and over glaciers, and they were using these huge tires inflated only to about 5 psi.  Eventually they had a tire loose it's bead seal, and they used some explosive gas to get the tire back on the rim.  Really cool!

[billybobobrain]

I would like to see it done on a motorcycle tire.


Any volunteers? Must provide video to the whole class.

[Markcb750]

have used ether many times to re-seat the bead on a big truck tire.........old-timers trick............

An acquaintance in the shop next to mine in Middletown NY (about 1970)was killed by seating a truck tire this way, something about not having the split rim prepped properly for the tire bead to seat against. He was using starting fluid (ether).

The mechanic who taught me suggested I use rope and a big wrench to "tourniquet" the center of the tire.  Worked for me!

Soon after this the shop put (OSHA?) all split rim assembly's into a cage for initial inflation. Suspect the rule already existed, just the tire shop did not follow it until my young friend was killed.

[Frankencake]

I would like to see it done on a motorcycle tire.


Any volunteers? Must provide video to the whole class.

I don't have the video but I've done it.  It's very important to leave the valve stem out unless you are out in the middle of nowhere and you don't have a compressor.  Then it's up to fate.

[BobbyR]

have used ether many times to re-seat the bead on a big truck tire.........old-timers trick............

An acquaintance in the shop next to mine in Middletown NY (about 1970)was killed by seating a truck tire this way, something about not having the split rim prepped properly for the tire bead to seat against. He was using starting fluid (ether).

The mechanic who taught me suggested I use rope and a big wrench to "tourniquet" the center of the tire.  Worked for me!

Soon after this the shop put (OSHA?) all split rim assembly's into a cage for initial inflation. Suspect the rule already existed, just the tire shop did not follow it until my young friend was killed.

You were from Middletown. I remember that incident. I was in Weschester and word spreads quickly. We had a giy come in with a Truck and a cage to do that work.

[unkle fester]

split rim truck wheels are dangerous anyways.........anything you have to put into a steel cage just to inflate is bad news......but that was high tech then...................

[Steve F]

When I was a kid, I used to watch the local gas station guy do those split rim tires, and he would run 2 or 3 heavy chains through the center of the tire/wheel before inflating.

[DarkRider]

When i was working at Kal-Tire we had a T bar that locked unto a plate in the cement floor for wheels like that. We used them for Steer tires on semi tractors as well even with normal rims just to be safe.