[AT] [External] Re: tire tools was brand

[Ken Knierim]

Steve, I like your setup. I will probably look at making something like
that if I need one that small. I have the cheapo one from the auto parts
store and it has its limitations.

As far as Slime goes, here in the Southwest where goatheads are a problem,
I won't run a bike tire without Slime in it. Bigger tires like garden
tractors also get a tube and the Slime treatment if there's a problem with
leaking. I found it really cuts my tire repair time down which is the
point. A neighbor of mine is a purist and doesn't like Slime but he spends
more time fixing tires and, in his own words, doesn't mind breaking tires
down and fixing them. Yeah it makes a mess when you go to clean up but a
few seconds with a garden hose and its gone. YMMV

Ken in AZ

On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 4:51 AM Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:

> Brad, and Jim:
>
> Picture attached.  Mine attaches to the *inside* of the valve stem, core
> removed.  The Slime branded tool attaches to the *outside* and the problem
> with that is the fact that the hole in the rim has to be large enough for
> the tool to fit through.  On the other hand, mine works even  on rims where
> the hole is just barely larger than the valve stem (example, motorcycles).
> Admittedly, if you are installing tubes into formerly tubeless setups, the
> hole in the rim is going to be larger, and the Slime tool works fine.  The
> first one I built was just like the Slime tool, using a metal cap and
> attaching to the outside of the valve stem, and it was fine on wheelbarrow
> and lawnmower wheels but I had to modify it when I first did a motorcycle
> tube.
>
> SO
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 4:00 PM Gunnells, Brad R <brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Jim for that link. Yeah for $5 I probably wouldn’t put together
>> anything as easy to use either. Wish I’d have known about this when placing
>> other orders from them…….
>>
>>
>>
>> Brad
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> on behalf of Jim
>> Becker <mr.jebecker at gmail.com>
>> *Reply-To: *Antique group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> *Date: *Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 12:58 PM
>> *To: *Antique group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> *Subject: *Re: [AT] [External] Re: tire tools was brand
>>
>>
>>
>> For 5 bucks, it isn’t worth spending a lot of time making one.
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.etrailer.com/Tire-Inflation-and-Repair/Slime/SLM20075.html
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Stephen Offiler
>>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 10, 2019 12:02 PM
>>
>> *To:* Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group
>>
>> *Subject:* Re: [AT] [External] Re: tire tools was brand
>>
>>
>>
>> OK, will do Brad.  Jotted it on the calendar/task list, which is
>> mandatory if I am going to actually do *anything* I say.
>>
>>
>>
>> SO
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 12:47 PM Gunnells, Brad R <
>> brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu> wrote:
>>
>> If you ever get a chance you should take a picture of that. I’d like to
>> see how you did it. I’ve got the bar type tool for pulling tubeless valve
>> stems into a wheel or the thread repair/remover valve tool that I use to
>> hold a tube from falling back in once inserted into the wheel. I can see
>> where what you’ve made could be handy on those small little tires where not
>> having the valve stem through the rim would make them easier to mount.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Brad
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> on behalf of Stephen
>> Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com>
>> *Reply-To: *Antique group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> *Date: *Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at 10:52 AM
>> *To: *Antique group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> *Subject: *[External] Re: [AT] tire tools was brand
>>
>>
>>
>> Absolutely.  I built myself just such a tool and use it everywhere
>> there's a tube being installed, including wheelbarrow and small trailer
>> tires, motorcycle tires, etc.  Mine is based on an old valve core and a
>> piece of bicycle brake cable.
>>
>>
>>
>> SO
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 11:31 AM James Peck <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> One key tool was the device to pull the tire tube valve through the hole.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TbPJvtfY6k
>>
>> Here is a YouTube of mounting a tire on a rim.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rCvy6rbAog
>>
>> [James Peck] What tire tools do you use and can you advise as to where
>> you got them.
>>
>> [Cecil Bearden] In my case, I mount my own tires and it takes me a day to
>> mount 2 tires with fluid in them because of my disabilities.  However, If I
>> had them mounted, it would be nearly $500, so I think I made a pretty good
>> day's pay.  Due to the difficulty or expense of mounting tires, I will only
>> buy new when replacing tires.   Do it once and forget it....   As I said
>> before, stay away from SPEEDWAY tires...They do not fit.. I spent over $250
>> in tubes and lost over $200 in alcohol fluid due to these tires...
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