What tire? From where?

[rokhopr]

1 trick is to take cardboard or bricks or 2x4 (cut about 4 inches long) and stick those at the bead, wedging beads apart ya know, to get tire used to being wide at the beads ( or as I call it seat-ready)...
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Similar to Sting but instead I use a 17" (seventeen not a typo) motorcycle inner tube and dramatically over inflate it so the bead is spread to about 5" wide. Since the 17" tube is a little smaller than the tire it opens up the bead of the tire nice and evenly all the way around. Let it set for awhile (overnight) so when you take the tube out the bead stays spread apart on its' own and the tire goes right on, no need for straps or 20" gap fillers or other gadgets.

Also agree to use a chuck that holds itself on to the valve stem for safety reasons. Warmer is better - I just did mine in 100+ temps - easy.

[Sting32]

Originally Posted by rokhopr

1 trick is to take cardboard or bricks or 2x4 (cut about 4 inches long) and stick those at the bead, wedging beads apart ya know, to get tire used to being wide at the beads ( or as I call it seat-ready)...
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Similar to Sting but instead I use a 17" (seventeen not a typo) motorcycle inner tube and dramatically over inflate it so the bead is spread to about 5" wide. Since the 17" tube is a little smaller than the tire it opens up the bead of the tire nice and evenly all the way around. Let it set for awhile (overnight) so when you take the tube out the bead stays spread apart on its' own and the tire goes right on, no need for straps or 20" gap fillers or other gadgets.

Also agree to use a chuck that holds itself on to the valve stem for safety reasons. Warmer is better - I just did mine in 100+ temps - easy.

great minds just think alike there hopr, I dont have such a tube, but that is a neat idea, easy too!

[Twin-shocker]

Fitting tubeless tyres is very very easy, and anyone who needs to use ratchet straps or any other weird and wonderful method of fitting, probably either has a compressor thats too small to provide enough air, or is trying to inflate tyre with the valve core still fitted.

Ideally a 3hp or over compressor is needed for easy tyre fitting, but sometimes there is no problem with those up to 2hp say, but these will make things much more difficult.

Using a BMX inner tube helps if you have a smaller compressor, but leaving the valve core in place will make fitting difficult with any size compressor as this reduces the speed at which the air gets into the tyre and means there may well be a need for weird and wonderful methods, which to me all seem more hassle than removing the valve core...............

[showtime45]

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Using a BMX inner tube helps if you have a smaller compressor, but leaving the valve core in place will make fitting difficult with any size compressor as this reduces the speed at which the air gets into the tyre and means there may well be a need for weird and wonderful methods, which to me all seem more hassle than removing the valve core...............[/QUOTE]

Same method I use. Remove the valve core & use a blow gun through the stem to seat the bead. Worked so far.

[lineaway]

Originally Posted by Twin-shocker

Fitting tubeless tyres is very very easy, and anyone who needs to use ratchet straps or any other weird and wonderful method of fitting, probably either has a compressor thats too small to provide enough air, or is trying to inflate tyre with the valve core still fitted.

Ideally a 3hp or over compressor is needed for easy tyre fitting, but sometimes there is no problem with those up to 2hp say, but these will make things much more difficult.

Using a BMX inner tube helps if you have a smaller compressor, but leaving the valve core in place will make fitting difficult with any size compressor as this reduces the speed at which the air gets into the tyre and means there may well be a need for weird and wonderful methods, which to me all seem more hassle than removing the valve core...............

The old style X-11 michelins never kept much of a bead. When you have almost an inch of air gap no compressor is going to fix it! Another reason I like the 803`s.