Mounting a tire using fire

[eljefino]

I've done it with starting fluid. It's a great skill to have if you get a flat out in the boondocks, especially if you air your tires down for mudding or crawling and the beads are more likely to pop off.

What they don't tell you is the starting fluid soaks into the rubber and keeps burning for many seconds after the fact! Good to have a bucket of water handy, and it's good to have an air compressor ready to throw some more air in before the contraction happens which could suck a bead right back off the rim.

In short it's fun an it gets real busy after the "pop".

 

[RooflessVW]

How much is too much spray?

Yes

 

[ripcord]

What is the best way to get a snake out of a car?

Tell her there is a sale on purses?

 

[NYEngineer]

I have to do it to my snowblower tires just about annually. Starting fluid works best.

 

[userfriendly]

It's an explosion. Gas expands, bead seats.

Stretched a lot of tires this way. Usually 195/50R15 on a 15x10 or 11 wheel.

The tire shop I frequent had to use starter fluid to seat 295/65r20 Toyo CTs and 295/55r20 Nitto EXOs on 20x10 Fuel wheels.