Adding Tube to tubeless rim

[G.L. In Ont]

Hello folks,

I need to add a tube to a tubeless rim/tire assembly from my Thomas 25G Mini-skid (much like a Ramrod, Toro Dingo or Boxer). Not a full-size bobcat but smaller unit that you stand on the back of.

The tire is an 8".

Wondering if it is tough to insert a tube as I can't get the bead to grab. It's possible whatever poked a hole through the tire is large enuff that air is getting out and the bead is not grabbing because of that.

Hard to put a tube in?
Better to try again and get the bead to catch?

Thanks guys, GL

[Patriot Services]

Pull it off the Thomas and run it by a tire shop. The shop will get it to seat with the mounting machine. Then slime it and you should be good to go.
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[monoshock]

Try putting a strap around the middle of the tire so the bead will bulge out to the rim, then try to air it up.

[G.L. In Ont]

Have gone the strap route before (several times) and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't ... this time it isn't seeming to work.

Last time I did take it into a shop and it cost me $49. Just trying to save a little money and DIY it this time.

Have bought the tube and am going to try it out tomorrow.

Cheers, GL :drinkup:

[dboyd351]

Well, there's this video I saw where the guys shoot lighter fluid in the tire, then light it. The spontaneous combustion blows the tire onto the rim.
Just depends on how much you want to save money versus how much you value your own life and limb. :blob2::eek:

[Patriot Services]

i predict 20 new cuss words and 10 tools thrown.:usflag:

[dboyd351]

Don't forget the skinned knuckles.

[Richard-TX]

Here is a safe way to seat a tire.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eajQnEe-oRI&feature=player_embedded#at=24

[Patriot Services]

Well, there's this video I saw where the guys shoot lighter fluid in the tire, then light it. The spontaneous combustion blows the tire onto the rim.
Just depends on how much you want to save money versus how much you value your own life and limb. :blob2::eek:

30 years ago I was an a apprentice truck mechanic. Using ether was standard practice. Half a can made a decent mushroom cloud. You just had to make an ether trail 20' long to be back far enough. Ahhh the reckless good old days.
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[dboyd351]

Sounds like WAAAAY too much fun. Wonder what OSHA would think???

[samjdmosher]

Just the right amount of ether works fine just stand off to the side. I agree with the slime route, that stuff is just plain awesome. I buy it by the gallon now!

[Richard-TX]

Exothermic reactions are a bunch of no fun. Get one started inside a tire and even a removed valve stem can't relieve the pressure before the tire explodes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBUVzgCHHuA

[alanauer]

The older and more worn the rim, the more sense to give it a tube. (The disadvantage is that if you get a puncture that wouldn't penetrate the tube, it's usually an easy and cheap fix from the outside if it's tubeless.)