Greasing Tire Beads

Richard Martin · Mar 12, 2012

An example of an absolute is this:

Dixie Choppers never have problems.

I would write...

My Dixie Chopper has never had a problem.

See the difference?

or...

Dixie Choppers never have problems

I would write...

I never read about any Dixie Chopper problems. (I used a sentence similar to this in the recent Dixie Chopper Run Behind thread)

You have to leave yourself an out when you write. Don't say that another scenario is impossible. Because the minute you do someone is going to call you out in it.

BOSS LAWN 2343 · Mar 12, 2012

yardguy28 said:
guess since I've never had a leaky tire I don't mess with it. even I were to decide it was necessary to do this yearly I'd have someone else with the proper tools do it.

I'm only interested in the maintenance I can do myself. oil, oil filter, belts, greasings zerks, air filter, hydro filter, hydro oil, etc......

I do the same.

dhardin53 · Mar 12, 2012

Best money I ever spent, A must have when doing some of the deep yards I mow.

http://www.harborfreight.com/mini-tire-changer-34552.html

yardguy28 · Mar 12, 2012

again.....if my tire is leaking that bad its either time for a new tire or it goes to the dealer or tire place for repair.....

no matter how easy people or there devices make it out to be, it's not something I'm going to mess with.

in 24 years I've been driving vehicles and using mowers with tires that have air in them and I have yet to grease a bead and I have yet to have one leak from the bead. so do you really think I can be convinced I need to have that device or grease my tire beads yearly????

ed2hess · Mar 13, 2012

yardguy28 said:
again.....if my tire is leaking that bad its either time for a new tire or it goes to the dealer or tire place for repair.....

no matter how easy people or there devices make it out to be, it's not something I'm going to mess with.

in 24 years I've been driving vehicles and using mowers with tires that have air in them and I have yet to grease a bead and I have yet to have one leak from the bead. so do you really think I can be convinced I need to have that device or grease my tire beads yearly????

So don't do it then.....you must live in the perfect world because it isn't unusual for me to find a flat front tire on equipment when I do the weekly checkup. And usuallly the tire is loose on the bead and got grass in it. Now what would you do? Well I usually air it up and go....then three weeks later it is flat. Then I get the green stuff and put in and then in 3 months it is flat. Then I try to get no flat tires but uuppp those cost a fortune. Now I intend to try this grease but I am fine if you want to ignor the advise.

I suppose you don't carry an air tank, plugs and pump either :dizzy:

These are items in a working truck. Oh forgot the green goup.

yardguy28 · Mar 13, 2012

ed2hess said:
So don't do it then.....you must live in the perfect world because it isn't unusual for me to find a flat front tire on equipment when I do the weekly checkup. And usuallly the tire is loose on the bead and got grass in it. Now what would you do? Well I usually air it up and go....then three weeks later it is flat. Then I get the green stuff and put in and then in 3 months it is flat. Then I try to get no flat tires but uuppp those cost a fortune. Now I intend to try this grease but I am fine if you want to ignor the advise.

I suppose you don't carry an air tank, plugs and pump either These are items in a working truck. Oh forgot the green goup.

actually my front tires came standard flat free. so the fronts are always good to go. both on my 36" metro and 52" grandstand.

no I don't carry an air tank, plugs, pump or green goup with me. I don't even own any of that stuff except for the air compressor.

if I got a flat I'd use my spare until I could have it fixed.

don't know if I live in the perfect world but I know I've never had a flat tire so far.

ed2hess · Apr 11, 2012

For all the guys that never have flat tires ignor the following. I am more convinced that greasing the beads on older tires is a big winner. For one thing they slip on the bead with ease. That alone is worth the trouble of putting on the grease. I have three tires leaking and all of them were fixed with the grease. All of these tires had the green guuuu that was partially dryed out.

ed2hess · Apr 11, 2012

It is messey but seems to work.

Greasing Tire Beads

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