[AT] Patching Rear Tire on Tractor?

[william.neff.powell at comcast.net]

My expandable bladder was a rope tied around the tire that I would twist tight with a tire iron.... 

I had a little Sayer Bell compressor that would chug for about 15 minutes before I had enough pressure, if I was lucky the bead would seal... If not, I had to drive to the local service station where they had some real air pressure. 


 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Larry Goss <rlgoss at insightbb.com>
> 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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