Dangerous tyre practices

Richard Hunton

Richard Hunton

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I've used the carb cleaner and flame method before for seating small tyres, but that's a little bit over the top, what did they have in it a gallon of aviation fuel
 
JD450A

JD450A

Feral as Fk 🐾
I think the ring relies on the tyre bead to keep it in place as well as vice versa gassing it on doesn't let it get seated.
No it doesn't.
The snap ring sits in a slot. Its independent of the bead and mearly keeps the outer half/wall of the split rim from moving outwards. If it's ill fitting you will have a caper.


Deadly things if you don't understand them.
 
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Lynchy

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Used to be safety photo,outline of a body.....on inside of shed roof!
First place I worked wagon/plant firm welder new to vehicles but experienced in fabbing,was welding on wagon rim.....tyre still on/inflated,exploded,rim hit workshop roof,blew welder under bench,almost completely,apart from one leg outside bench,rim landed on it left it horribly smashed,never walked right
Can always remover doing 'filled' tyres for underground mines,large handlers,tyre inside cage,filled two part resin,then last pumps to pressurise,see side walls bulge!
County based forwarder,ballasted tyre sticker had come off lad tried to pull wheel off lucky not to get buried
Bloke inflating earth mover tyre,no cage/chain,managed to stop him when I saw ring starting to come out of groove
Nitrogen in scrapers etc,fire? Get as far away as quick as possible!
 
V8Druid

V8Druid

do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Used to be safety photo,outline of a body.....on inside of shed roof!
IIRC that was an ATS fitter .. lads in the local one had a copy on their notice board
 
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