how to inflate a tire with WD-40

That actually works pretty good. My b-i-l showed me that trick.

I never seen that trick before. I assume it just seats the bead and the tire still needs inflating?

Pretty much.

I knew what it was without watching the video. You can use starting fluid too. BTDT, off in the boonies, after you've rolled a tire off the bead, it's hard to get it back. I routinely air down for nasty stuff, and once in a while, you get caught with a flat, and most portable compressors don't put out the volume of air needed to get the bead to seat.

Ether starting fluid works better, and it actually does the inflating. The rapidly expanding gases from the explosion force the tire into the bead and burning actually continues until O2 runs out. The conversion of liquid to gas results in much higher volume of "air" filling the tire. Not saying it will be inflated to 35# but it will be enough to go on. Problem is if the bead has any dirt on it it won't seal.

Thats an old trick.

but its still a blast!!

That's the problem. Knowing me, I could see me getting into it just a wee too much and blowing my truck to hell.

I was in the shop and we had a new mechanic. You know the type been there done that seen it all and then some. We were putting new tires on rims for a semi. This idiot sprays about half a can of ether in the tire. I told him your using too much his reply" Ive done this more times than you ever thought of" Ohhhkay. So he steps back strikes a match and throws it at the tire.... BOOOOM tire launches about 10 feet in the air he takes off running scared. Boss comes out WTF!?!?!? I just laughed man that guy like to got fire that day. He ended up getting fired had a drinking problem.

Ditto!

I like this one:

Ouch!

Thanks Louie another gun for wish list.

750 gr bullet at 2500 fps for 11,000 fpe. Nearly .50 BMG stats.

lol the one guy who manages to hold onto it still has this look on his face that says "FUG you guys that totally sucked!"

I watched a guy do a similar thing, destroyed the cage the rim was in and he ruined a pair of boxers.

That shat is dangerous as hell, that puts a ton of pressure on the rim flange and if it lets go it will peel your head off of your shoulders like a monkey opening a bananna.

I won't mention anything oxy/acet related...

Here's how to do it right.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI38RZ2f6Ls&NR=1

Darwin was watching that one. I think it was around 20 seconds of spraying. You only need to spray once around the rim, takes about 5 seconds to get it done. And as someone else said, clean off the bead first if you can. Even if you still have a hole that needs to be plugged, you've still seated the bead and gotten the hard work done.

Ive done that with semi tires before. Someone else speayed it and put too much. Got all the hair on my right arm, my right eyebrow, and some of my head burnred off. lol

Seems pretty dangerous.

"Seems pretty dangerous."


Indeed !