[AT] Patching Rear Tire on Tractor?

[Larry Goss]

There is no list of ingredients on the side of the can, Roy, but I suspect it's mostly rubber cement.  It smells like it, and it does an excellent job at sealing the bead when you are initially airing up a tire.  These Chinese utility tires on wheel barrows, garden carts, warehouse trucks, etc, that are such a pain to put air into when the seal breaks at the bead, are a snap with the tire bead sealer.  My neighbor fought the tires on his brand new garden cart last fall for nearly an hour without success.  One was absolutely flat when he unpacked it, and the other showed no pressure reading.  A liberal application of the bead sealer made it possible to seat the bead of the tire without the expandable bladder that used to be standard equipment in every tire shop.  The bladder was wrapped around the perimeter of the tire and aired up to compress the tread and spread the bead out to the edge of the rim so it would seal the big gap around the tire and start holding air.

There I go again showing my age.  Several on this list remember those expanders.  The younger ones are saying, "What?"

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: Roy Morgan <k1lky at earthlink.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 13:42
Subject: Re: [AT] Patching Rear Tire on Tractor?
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> 
> On Jun 24, 2008, at 3:06 PM, Larry Goss wrote:
> 
> > I have worn out the rubber cushion t...- too many other things 
> going  
> > on to dedicate any permanent space to a tire changer.
> 
> My shop will likely be the same.
> 
> > No.  That green stuff is called, "Slime". IMHO, it should 
> never be  
> > used -- unless you have to work in an area that has Black 
> Locust  
> > trees.
> 
> Because the Locust trees are full of thorns?  BIG 
> thorns?  I have a  
> couple here about an inch thick and 8 feet tall.  
> Unfortunately, they  
> are likely to succumb to a burn I need to do at their feet in a ditch.
> 
> >  The product I am referring to is basically black rubber 
> cement.
> Is it mostly cement, or partly lubricant?  I remember the 
> local garage  
> used soapy water or some such in a small bucket near the 
> tire  
> changer.   Maybe it was not that at all but it did 
> make bubbles where  
> there was a leak.  They also had a Tungar battery 
> charger.  I have one  
> also and maybe it's ideal to use on my 6 volt McCormick!  
> Of course it  
> would have to be overhauled first.
> 
> > ... a quart of it with a built-in applicator brush ... below 
> half full
> 
> Maybe there is some solvent or the like you could add to the stuff.
> 
> Roy
> 
> Roy Morgan
> k1lky at earthlink.net
> Lovettsville, VA 20180
> 
> 
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