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Answer» Hey guys, get a load of this! They were using ether/starting fluid in an attempt to seat the tire onto the rim. A good way to lose your eyebrows. This used to be common practice with truck and tractor tires. Today we have safer ways of doing it.How does that help seat the tire on the rim? Why wasn't this posted in Off-topic? Both good points...heh, starting FIRESTARTER fluid has all sorts of great USES, one of it's main functions in fact is starting fires. Quote from: BC_Programmer on January 29, 2010, 09:06:29 PM heh, starting firestarter fluid has all sorts of great uses, one of it's main functions in fact is starting fires.Wrong kind of starting fluid. This starting fluid is the starting fluid you use on a car or truck engine in cold weather to make it start easier. Quote from: soybean on January 29, 2010, 05:48:46 PM How does that help seat the tire on the rim?In a tubeless tire application all that actually holds the tire onto the rim is the air pressure inside. When a tire has been lying around the beads of the tire come together so that when the tire is mounted on the rim the beads of the tire don't come out to contact the surface of the rim, so a large blast of air is needed to quickly expand the tire and make it contact the rim so the air will not leak out between the tire and the rim. This was accomplished by spraying a generous amount of ether into the tire and throwing a match in to cause a quick explosion (sudden expansion of air). Today the most common method of doing this is with a large air TANK with a large outlet held at the edge of the tire with a VALVE to quickly release the air pressure from the tank into the tire. Quote from: soybean on January 29, 2010, 05:48:46 PM Why wasn't this posted in Off-topic?I guess Ryan will have to answer that one. Quote from: cruisin702 on January 29, 2010, 10:05:36 PM Wrong kind of starting fluid. This starting fluid is the starting fluid you use on a car or truck engine in cold weather to make it start easier. I believe that is Selenoid. OR maybe that's the alternator...It's the blinker fluid.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starting_fluid Quote from: JJ 3000 on January 29, 2010, 10:11:05 PM It's the blinker fluid. You mean headlight fluid?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLtBojvDEycok, now the proper way (if you prefer to keep all of your hair) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39iOGrVCuiQ |
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