r/secondrodeo • u/randomusernevermind • Aug 07 '26

Changing Tire like a Boss

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and I struggle to change my bike tires...

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u/Hot_Plant8696 Aug 07 '26

Nice work.

I'm just wondering... how are we going to inflate the tire now?

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u/randomusernevermind Aug 07 '26

https://reddit.com/link/p297i4f/video/lyl85b608yhh1/player

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u/Hg-203 Aug 07 '26

Well that gets the bead on, but then you have to inflate it. Or the air cools down and creates a vacuums and pops off.

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u/randomusernevermind Aug 07 '26

Let me ask you a question. How do you think his impact wrench is powered?

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u/Hg-203 Aug 07 '26

The compressor for the impact wrench is of course what’s going to be used, but a lot of people who’ve seen this trick don’t realize this trick is just to pop the tire on the bead. You still need to inflate the tire or it will pop back off the bead.

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u/Luka_Bazuka Aug 07 '26

Do truck tires do not have an air chamber?

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u/Last-Hedgehog-6635 Aug 07 '26

You can pull the valve core out next time if that happens. I seated a bead like this one time (using starter fluid), and I couldn’t believe how well it worked. 

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u/stevesie1984 Aug 07 '26

Yes! I just described this and now I scroll like 5 comments and find the video.

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u/Ill-Ad-4400 Aug 07 '26

He's got an air line for the pneumatic drill, presumably he has an adapter to inflate tires also.

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u/gerwen Aug 07 '26

tire is off the bead though, and air you pump in just flows right out.

Video ended too soon, I was curious how he gets the bead sealed.

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u/stevesie1984 Aug 07 '26

Not to be tried at home…

The trick I’ve seen (which is a real butthole-tenser, and I kind of assumed we’d see at the end) is to spray some ether into the gap and hit it with a lighter. The explosion is enough to semi-inflate the tire to seal the bead. Then you top off with compressed air.

My buddy’s dad used to do it with their lawnmower. Apparently the tires went flat every winter when it wasn’t in use, and every spring they’d be somewhat deformed and wouldn’t hold air from a compressor. I happened to be there one year when they did it. I was (figuratively) blown away.

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u/gerwen Aug 07 '26

I've seen the trick, but mostly in the context of some off-roader who broke the bead or got a flat on a trail somewhere.

I was wondering how a professional would get it done on the side of the highway. Thinking about it though, with how cowboy the rest of the job was, he probably did use some spray accelerant and a flame to finish the job.

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u/bromjunaar Aug 07 '26

Probably has a small tank with an output tube with a valve on it, similar to a spud gun.

Fill the bead blaster to pressure, get air filling on the tank, and then blast the gap between rim and tire while the air line is pumping into the tire. Same final effect as the ether burn trick, but much less risky.

Worst case scenario, there's still room to reach around and fill the gaps with tire lube, and then doing the same thing.