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Date:         Sun, 16 Nov 2014 10:01:26 -0800
Reply-To:     Angus Gordon <birdworks@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Angus Gordon <birdworks@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Suspension for Off Roading
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <CAHTkEuJPrRrVX-bs2Kqos0L8qUNrSKv6jahn9=oYiWUsUEe90A@mail.gmail.com>
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A ratcheting cargo strap around the tire is another technique, possibly easier on the eyebrows...

Angus

> On Nov 16, 2014, at 9:33 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > I learned the trick from the Mexicans in Baja...in remote > "Llanteras"...tire "shops"....often a side-room off a family dwelling with > a palm thatch roof and no electricity. Tire changing done with irons and > hammers. > > Getting the bead to seat and the tire to begin taking air without a > fancy tire machine and all the stuff used by modern places.... > I was dealing with a larger truck tire from my diesel pick up > truck...hard enough to air up with tools, but I had seen the guys in Baja > seating the tire beads on big semi trucks and bus tires this way also...so

> I did it..first time it worked fine... > > You pour about a shot glass of gasoline inside the tire after it is > mounted for taking air. Often the little primitive Llanteras don't have > high-flow unlimited compressed air...sometimes they even use hand > pumps....so pushing and pulling the tire and rim as you attempt to fill > it...that is not often possible...In my case, filling my pickup tire with a

> bicycle pump took me about 2 Coronas... > Anyway....you pour the gas inside the tire and roll the tire/rim around > to get the gas/air mxture in the tire just right....then you toss a kitchen > match at it and jump back...The gas in the tire explodes and forces the > bead to seat on the rim.....just like magic, it works! > I've spent time in Baja tire shops and watched them do this as their > normal daily way of saving some time....You don't need no steenkin' > windlass or inflatable belt around the tread....Just a quick shot of Pemex

> in the tire and "Poof!"....you can put the air in, pronto! Amaze your > friends and customers...look real macho..


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