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How to: Seating lawnmower tire bead using a 5 gallon bucket.
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2015
- This is a DIY way to seat a small tire using a 5 gallon bucket. Use a smaller bucket for smaller tires. Your bucket should be newer because of the stress with air and weight added to the bucket. The towels are not necessarily needed.
After struggling with ratchet straps and other methods that didn’t work for me, your video and a bucket made the job easy. Thank you, sir!
My Carsen tires 20x8-8 were imposible to seal. Tried this method and it did work!!! Thank you, you save me a couple of inner tubes!
Your the man! After struggling for an hour to seat the bead on 8" rims I started looking on RUclips and came across your video. I used a 2 gallon bucket and I still can't believe how well this worked. Thanks for posting for all us dumb asses.
Thank you sir! Did two tires on my 35 year old lawn tractor and it did the trick! I didn't even need the cloth to help seal the bucket. Side note: Filling the bucket with several gallons of water takes up space the compressed air didn't need to fill. It might help for those like me with air compressors with small tanks..
I did the same and it worked very well-
Good idea. I just bought 2 new rear tires for my zero turn, mowed my lawn the first day they were installed, now go back to mow a week or so later and one of them is flat, BRAND NEW!!! so I'm going to try to reseat the bead myself.
Without a doubt, this is pure brilliancy. I thought I was just about out of luck and was going to buy a tube for a crinkled up new tire I can not get to seat. Saw this video and my jaw dropped in awe at the ingenuity and simplicity in this method. Thank you Sir.
Glad I could help!
Thank you for the video. My dad helped my put two new tires on my lawnmower rims, but couldn’t get them to seal. Tried the ratchet strap technique with no success. Found your video on RUclips and it worked like a charm. Great life hack!
I just used this method to mount 2- 20x8.00x8 lawn tractor tires. I must say, it worked pretty good. I've tried other methods before and have really struggled. What helped me the most was that I used an LP torpedo heater to heat the tires up before attempting it. It"s really important to make the rubber more pliable by heating them. It did take me a few attempts, but if it didn't seat, I would re-heat the tire assembly and finally they would seat. Plus, I kept lubing the tire bead before every attempt. I used a little dish washing liquid with a little water. Thank you so much for posting this. It made the job go fairly smooth.
I refurb mowers and resell. I've changed 30-40 tires on my harbor freight changer. Got 2 tires today that were 4 ply and crushed in the mail (straps and tape). Wouldn't seat with bead sealer, and even blasted starting fluid and a lit match in there a few times - - - nothing. Wouldn't seat. But, this worked . . . and in seconds. I spent 2 hours changing 2 tires and with your help, got em seated in seconds. Thank you!!!!!
Ok yesterday I saw this and wrote I would give it a try today. I had a pair of ATV tires that the sidewalls would not come nearly close enough to the rim to seal. I tried your method a couple time, no go. Then I tried the starter fluid method and singed the hair on my hand.
Back to the bucket. The tire were 20x10-9 ATV tires with a 4" opening in the center of the rim. Used some HDPE plastic to cover the center opening and lug holes. Lubed the tire well (very important) and after 5-6 tries, I figured out the method, and pop-pop, the tire seated. Second tire took WAY less tries.
Thank you for this video, it is a much more effective, and safer method of seating difficult tires.
This worked on a tire that had a 4+ inch gap on one side while the other was flush. Had to hold the wheel to seat one side, then the tire to seat the other. Incredible ingenuity. Thanks so much for posting this, I would have bought a tube otherwise.
Just mounted two tires this way after struggling with the racket straps. I gotta say this is an absolutely brilliant and elegant solution to this problem. I mounted one tire without any towel on the bucket. The second tire was very stubborn. I managed to improve the seal to the bucket using some foam 2x4 gasket and it worked great! Thank you so much for this tip!
Man you are amazing! I spent hours trying ratchet strap, rope, starter fluid. Nothing was working, but this worked perfectly after a couple of tries. Mine also sealed better rubber to bucket with nothing in between. You da man!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I was fighting and fighting to get my tires to seal. The first one I spent 2 hours trying the ratchet strap, and the rope and pipe. I had to walk away before I got too frustrated. I saw your video and voilà it worked like a chram! Instead of the rag, I had some weather stripping laying around, and it sealed perfectly! The second tire, I had off the rim, the new one back on and filled with air in under 30 minutes. Thank again!
Thank you so much for this video. My husband has a lawn mower shop and he has been fighting for days trying to mount a tire back on the rim.. He got it done with this trick! Thanks so much again!
I love clever people. This is freakin' genius! I had no problem doing the small tires on the front of the mower, but those rear tires (the exact size you have in the video) were impossible. I've wrestled with them for days. I was ready to go buy inner tubes and decided to try one more RUclips search. I found this video and 20 minutes later both tires were inflated! That included time to find a bucket that I seldom use and some proper tape to seal the hole in the rim.
Having an inflator that clips on and stays there without you having to hold it helps. Sitting on the tire while inflating it helped as well.
Man, I've got 25yrs experience as a dealer mechanic, and I've never had tires fight me so bad!! I was ready to light a fuse!!
We never stop learning I guess. Thanks for this!
Fighting a mower tire, formed all funny from Costyco...Strap, fire, nothing worked, saw this vid, setup a bucket, taped off tire, buh-bamm! First try!!! Very well done, presented, and straight to the point and the result. Thank you Dirtcurt1 !
Literally, the most worthwhile vid I've seen in ages if not ever. This did the trick first time. Within seconds. Wish I'd seen it hours ago 😀. I filled the bucket with water up to about 3/4 full. My small pancake compressor had no issues airing up the tire. Thank you so much!!!!!
Searched all the methods on line, some real sketchy others complicated. I think its a rare new tire that can be put on with the tie strap method. Your 5 gallon bucket...rocks! That was soooo easy. Thanks for posting!
Dude this is genius. I have been fighting a new tire with ratchet straps and starter fluid and this worked great. subscribed.
1000% easiest way to set the bead. Been fighting with new tires and this method by far works the best. Thanks
Amen! After bloody knuckles, painful knees, the only thing that kept me from just setting the tire on fire and rolling it over the hill was that my Zoloft was working really well, then I saw this video. Dang! it worked like a charm! These tires are especially bad since they are so wide, exact same size as the video, no way to get the two beads close. This is a genius simple solution, and I didn't have to blow anything up with flammable vapors. Thanks
You sir are my new super hero. I will from now on call you “Super Tire Guy”. Worked great. Had my son help hold the tire while I put the air in. We eliminated the rag, and just made the rim of the bucket wet with soapy water.
Thank you! I tried many different ways to bead my lawn tires to no avail. I was ready to bite the bullet and go to a tire shop with I stumbled upon to your video and it worked! Thanks again for your help!
This is exactally what I needed. I changed the front tire of my mower and couldn't get the dam thing to take air. It was all twisted and out of round, Thanks WallMart. This worked like a charm, I needed a smaller bucket an I dampened my towel, but the tire is on now. Thank you for sharing.
Genius! I used this truck and it worked beautifully. Thank you!
Genious!!! You are da MAN! Thank you Sir, I'm fixina go try this out, and for the record, I WAS pulling my hair out trying to figure out how to do this. The rope, strap, etc. methods were not even coming close.
I don’t know what to tell you but thank you. I’ve been struggling for two days and finaly I come across your video. You are the man.
I can’t believe how simple this was. Amazing solution.
I struggled for a few days until I found your trick……. bam! It worked. Thanks Brother
This is the kind of video that keeps on giving. I was about to give up when at 2:30 in the morning I thought I would see if there is anything on RUclips and sure enough there was, the second was yours. Got everything together and made a number of attempts. Couldn't get the seal through the rags so I cut up the old tube from the old tire and put that around the edge of the bucket. Second attempt worked. Thank you for sharing just the nuts and bolts of this idea.
YOU SIR ARE A GOD!!! I fought and fought with the tires.... Went for dinner and had decided that i had been beaten.. I don't like loosing battles when fixing things so i decided to try again once i got back from dinner. Almost gave up again but then decided to see what you tube had to offer. Your video was the first one that caught my eye. Sure enough i tried the first tire and by the third attempt, BOOOOM! she's fully inflated and beaded. I say it again... You sir are a god!! Thanks for posting the video, works like a charm!
Thank you for this video. After struggling with my tire most of the afternoon, trying all of the tricks and suggestions I've seen here, this one did the job in 5minutes. I wish I'd seen it sooner.👍👍👍
I had fits trying to air up my new tires, there was a space of about 4 inches between the tire beads and wheels. After I tried several times to air them up I swallowed my pride and took the tires to our local tire shop. The guy used every tool he had and every trick he knew including an air blaster. He finally told me that if I could leave the tires with him, he would use a tire stretcher and maybe that would work, I didn't like the idea so I took them home. I looked up your video and decided to give it a try. It took me a few tries to figure out the sealing of the tire against the bucket rim and holding on to the tire as it rose with the air pressure, but it worked just as in your video! I just wanted to thank you for going to the trouble of making the video. You saved me a lot of frustration and time! I'm thinking about showing this procedure to my local tire shop. Again, thank you very much!
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THANK YOU dirtcurt1!!! After trying the bucket (empty) and the towel (dry) with my DeWalt pancake compressor a number of times with no joy, I read many of the comments and filled the bucket 3/4 full with water, wet the towel and placed my 20x10-8 wheel/tire on top. Cut a 2x4 to fit inside the rim and ratchet-strapped the whole contraption together SNUGLY with the 2x4 compressing the rim into the tire. Added air in short bursts from an attached inflator (with the valve core removed) and the bead seated and tire inflated on the first try. GENIUS solution!
Genius. can't believe this isn't more known. Thank you
Tried everything and didn't have any luck. Came in and watched this on youtube. I was skeptical but tried it anyway. Took a few minutes to get the tire to seal on the rags without any help but finally got it to seal and she popped right up. Job complete. This is a really great video!!!!!!!
Absolutely the BEST DIY tip for seating beads on mower tires... I just downscaled the size of bucket to seat a stubborn smaller front tire... worked like a charm!!! Thank YOU!!!
Thanks, going to try this on smaller front lawnmower tires
Still helpful after 7 years!
Thank you!
You’re a genius! Took a few tries but it worked. Seal at the bottom for sure. Didn’t use the cloth.
Genius method! Worked like a charm on 20X10-8 tires that were malformed from shipping. No way the strap method would work with them.
Best damn bead seat video I’ve seen! Just about a month ago I watched a handful of videos of several other techniques, a couple I use to be proudly proficient at doing, but I still failed continuously. Found this and BOOM! Both tires are done and I’ve mowed several times this year so far. Thank you sir! A million times over!
I usually don't comment on videos, but I must say this works! Without a bead blaster this was the only thing that worked for me. I tried the starter fluid trick & ratchet straps down the middle of the tire for hours to no avail. Then I saw this video, and used this trick and within minutes had both tires seated and ready.
Sweet!
absolutely wonderful! I'd never thought of doing it like this. Hopefully people will find this video for years to come. This is the only method that I could get to work for me. Thanks again!
Your method worked perfectly for the 20 X 8 tires I purchased. I had to modify the plan by using a 3 gallon bucket when I did my 15 X 6 tires as the 5 gallon bucket was too big to get a seal. Thank you for the assist! You saved my mental well being and there was no way I was going to go to a garage and pay to finish the job!
Thanks great Idea. I put a bagin the bucket and with some help held down the out side of tire. worked like magic!
You just saved my day. I've been trying to fix my mower tire with staps and other bs. Your trick worked on the second try and shall be passed on. Thank you for your help good Sir.
Thanks so much, I tried everything and after using a bigger air compressor the bucket method worked for a 6" lawnmower tire.
You are brilliant. Thank you for taking the time to post this. I spent 2 hours at the tire shop while they tried to get the beads to seal. Finally told them I'd just take it home and use ether. Spent a couple hours trying ether, straps, etc, with no luck. The tire shipped extremely flat and out of shape. Using your video, I found success on the 4th attempt within about 10 minutes. Here's how I got it to work...
I taped the axle hole, soaped up the tire beads, placed the tire on the rim of the bucket and pushed on the rim while adjusting the tire until I could hear no air escaping between the bucket rim and the tire, and then used my ratcheting tie down strap to hold the tire snugly to the bucket. Finally, I aired up the tire and the beads set. Success!
Can’t believe this actually worked. I tried 10 different ways until I watched this.
I purchased four new lawn mower tires from amazon. The front two inflated easily. The back two were a pain. I tried all kinds of methods, to include this one. After numerous attempts and a few hours later, I called it a day. I attempted this a few more times the next day and became frustrated. I read where @kmtphx added water to his bucket. I soaked the t-shirt, filled the bucket up to about 2 inches from the top with water. I put the wet t-shirt over the bucket, with all holes in the wheel taped up. Placed my foot on the wheel and applied the air. Inflated and seated both tires very easily. Thanks to you and @kmtphx.
OK I had trouble with new tires yesterday. I came inand was thinking I'd have to use tubes to seat and use the tires. I searched on RUclips to find answers first though. Some didn't look god or easy and some for this just plain didn't work with this as I'd already tried a few! This did! I'm glad you you this on here. I will say that a compressor of good size is needed asI first tried my small one with no luck, It would almost do it but not quite. At least a 15 to 20 gallon tank is needed! Maybe a 8 to might work but I had to dig out my bigger one and then it went right to it! TY!
AWESOME!!! After hours of trying the other tricks, I tried this one and on the second attempt it worked less than a minute. The Carlisle 20x8x8 was all folded in and now it's nice and round and rides like a champ! Thanks a LOT!
So a few days ago I tried this technique. I only have a pancake compressor so I decided (as I had posted earlier) to fill the bucket with water so that there would be less space to fill with air. I sealed the holes in the rim and tried it. And tried it. And tried it. And then I tried it again.
I figured that the riding lawnmower tire, which had been flat a long time and had assumed the flattened shape, just wouldn't make a seal. I had already tried cargo straps (two) with no luck (as an aside, on really small tires the cargo strap thing works great). I gave up and started working on something else.
So I decide to call it a day. The tire is sitting there, my compressor is still full of air and the hose is sitting right next to the tire, so I think to myself 'one more time.' And holy cow, it worked! I had to press the tire just right and suddenly the tire was on the rim and it was filling with air. No one was more surprised than I was. This technique works! Thanks for sharing it.
I purchased four new lawn mower tires from amazon. The front two inflated easily. The back two were a pain. I tried all kinds of methods, to include this one. After numerous attempts and a few hours later, I called it a day. I attempted this a few more times the next day and became frustrated. I read where @kmtphx added water to his bucket. I soaked the t-shirt, filled the bucket up to about 2 inches from the top with water. I put the wet t-shirt over the bucket, with all holes in the wheel taped up. Placed my foot on the wheel and applied the air. Inflated and seated both tires very easily. Thanks to you and @kmtphx.
What simple elegance! I ordered new tires for my mower and the seller squashed them flat to save space and eliminate packaging. Needless to say that they retained the flattened shape even after mounting which made it impossible to seat the beads. I'd nearly resigned myself to what seemed the only other option which was ordering tubes. Thank goodness that I blundered across this video, it worked like a charm. I would recommend using Gorilla Tape if you have an axle hole bigger than 3/4 inch, mine was a rear axle hold of 2 inches. Thanks!
Thank you! I tried the ratchet strap method and my tires were nowhere near touching the rim. Did this trick on two back tires on my mower and it worked like a charm
I just want to say... I love you, but I hate you. I was trying all sorts of shit to get this tire to pop onto the bead... Wouldn't go. 11pm on a work night. You saved the day. Thank you from the bottom of my heart
DUDE!!!!! YOU ARE THE MAN!!!! OVER AN HOUR I WAS TRYING TO GET THIS NEW RUBBER ON MY TRACTOR RIM, FACT IS SAME SIZE AS WHAT YOU DEMONSTRATED... TRIED RATCHET STRAPS, ECT ECT.. LITERALLY 2 MINUTES WITH THE BUCKET METHOD!!! THANK YOU SIR!!! GOD BLESS MY FRIEND!!!
Update it took me all of 30 seconds to pop the beads on that baby on the wheel with this bucket method . I used a plastic bag over the bucket, and DONT forget to tape the holes like he said , axle hole/lug holes etc.
Excellence!
me too. Spent two hours trying the ratchet strap, grease packing and the starter fluid method then decided to take a break and see if the internet had any suggestions. This method worked flawlessly. New tool for my arsenal. Thanks
Just browsing RUclips (as you do) and came across this. Years ago, before the days of Cheetah bead seating tools, the industry used to use inflator rings which used this principle. You could even inflate truck tyres with them! Sometimes it was hard work getting them to seal, but once you got the knack, they worked brilliantly!
I sure didn’t want to blow the thing up with fire like some suggested and I was impressed with so many positive comments here so I gave it a try. You are a genius and I am very grateful you shared your idea. Worked like a charm!
Great idea !!....I had the same problem....new tire squashed from factory and in the retail store and just would not bead on no matter what I tried.....saw this video, and after several tweaks to get the tire and the bucket to seal, bingo away it went...Thanks for sharing this.....
My dear brother you are the best. I believe as the others do and I just seated a stubborn new tire. GOD BLESS
Brilliant,my local tyre guy couldn't get the tyre on with the bomb tool.It took me a few tries as I wasn't sure if the tyre would bust,but I eventually got it.Cant thank you enough.
Great idea! I'm going to give this a shot. I'm thinking to make it even better, I'll try wetting the towel and spraying window cleaner on the bead. Window cleaner is a great lubricant, and it's won't rust a rim as much as soap and water will.
Watch your own video and learn something , your thumb was was at the bead area ! Stay Safe ! You taught me a skillfully done trick .
I couldn't get the tire to seal on the bucket on til I put a piece of 2x4 on the rim and sat on it, then it popped right on, even faster than in the video.
Thanks for posting this.
Dude... I have never had as much trouble beading a tire as I did with this little lawn mower tire, it whooped my ass. I tried brute force, ratchet straps, starter fluid and profanity, even said some pretty rough things about its mother. Nothing seemed to work. But then I found your video and nailed it in like 10 minutes. It was awesome. Thanks man.
Curt, Thank you so much for this video. I have been battling for two days trying to seat my two 18 inch lawn tractor tires. I can't believe that something so logical has been missed by so many. You deserve ten gold stars for putting this on You Tube. It was a great find. It took about two minutes to seat my two tires. THANKS AGAIN!!!!!!
I was quite skeptical at first, but at the end of my rope. I can't believe this really worked! I ended up making a gasket for the top of the bucket by slitting open vinyl tubing, then wetting the rag placed over that. Thank You!
Thank you! you are officially my hero of the day.
I inflated 2 new front lawn tractor tires like this. I was skeptical, but it works just as the video shows.
The heck with belts or straps and screwdrivers twisting everything.
This is the only way I could reseat the tires no other way worked thanks a million
Aug 2 2015 you posted this video. I took 2 wheels and new tires to a major tire chain. They mounted the tires but couldn't seat them and fill them with air. Your video DID! Only thing I did differently was leave the Schrader valve in because I didn't have a tool and ended up having to basically sit on the tire to keep air from escaping. Thank you!!!
Best tip for a LOT of separation between the rim and tire. I added a giant ratchet strap to the method, and it worked. Thank you!
Thank you so much for taking the time to post this video it is a wonderful nugget of wisdom. And to the 16 people said dislike the video, they're just not right
This worked really well! I tried a plastic bag over the bucket instead of the towel and ended up having to partially sit on the tire to seat it properly. I really appreciate the tip!
Awesome stuff, used it tonight on 2 way out of shape new rear tires. I changed up the method by replacing the towel with a bead of grease and putting a ratchet strap just snugged around the bucket and tire..... awe the pop pop sound of victory!!!!
a week later, I have shown this method to several people who now declare me a genius!! thank you again for an awesome video!!! I changed up using grease to Murphys hand soap, is washes off way easier than grease and seals just as good!!
I was about the try the brake cleaner explosive trick but stumbled on this video. Worked! I wet the tire and the rim of the bucket to get a seal, and filled the bucket with water to take away the air volume , and it takes a few attempts with a small tank.
Huge life saver today. Been fighting with this tire for a couple days, tearing up my hands and knuckles and in a matter of minutes this worked! Thanks!
It works!! Piece of cake! One thing I found that helps.. Wet the cloth - makes a better seal.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. You just ended several hours of frustration. Did I say thank you? I meant to say thank you!!!!!!!!
thanks for this idea. I tried everything I could think of and couldn't get the beads set on my mower tire. it took a few tries but I finally got it. I did have to have my son stand on the wheel while I was inflating to keep it sealed against the bucket.
Same size tire on my husky. Had no problem getting front tires to seat. Thanks for the info.
I was ready to go to a tire dealer (hoping their air compressor could do it) but this looks great! Thank you, i’ll be trying it today. (Not comfortable with the starting fluid technique.)
Used your technique yesterday. Couldn't get it to work until my son assisted holding the tire down while I pushed down on the rim. Like magic! Tire inflated and seated!
This really works, I ordered new tire from sears, the tires came compressed, had a plastic band around the circumference of the tire, they only thing I did different was line the bucket whit a heavt garbage bag, my son and I got it the first shot, thank you so much for posting this. 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
Like many others I've been fighting getting a tire to bead for 2 hours. You just saved my ass from going insane, thank you!
This method really works!!! I tried the rope, the starter fluid methods and nothing worked on tires that are crushed during shipping. I even took it to 2 tire specialty stores and they tried the air blaster method without being able to get it to bead. I worked on all 4 tires of my John Deere lawn tractor. Note. If you have a small compressor fill the bucket with water 3/4 of the way up to take up the air space and you will get it filled every time.
Never saw this method before. Another tool in the kit. Thanks.
I was just about to go to the tire store to get my tractor tire inflated because there was about a three-inch gap between the new tire and the rim and doing the "Ether" thing wasn't nearly enough. (Damn-near started a tire fire in the backyard). But before leaving the house..... I went to my "Good Ol' Standby", RUclips. Lo and behold..... I learned something new and cool, today. Thanks a million for one of the greatest life hacks that exists, today!!! (You saved me a trip to the tire shop and the bill that would have come with it).
This finally worked for me. I did have to throw all the tricks listed in these comments to make it work though. Had to fill the bucket 3/4 full of water. I used a towel and a heavy duty trash bag on top of the bucket to allow for a good seal to the bucket. Finally , since the tire kept lifting off the bucket and wouldn’t allow the bottom bead to seat with the lower lip of the rim I had to wrap a loosely tightened ratchet strap around the bottom of the bucket and tire to keep the seal intact until the bottom bead seated. I wish they didn’t ship these tires strapped together like they do which crushes them and makes it so difficult to install.
Man!!! I had tried all kinds of things and nothing was working. This worked like a champ, great video thanks for posting.
This is ingenious! Thanks for making this video! The old ratchet strap trick does no good on narrow, cheap Chinese garden trailer tires, but your method fixed them right up! I can't thank you enough ...
Absolutely genius. I'm going to try this with the next stubborn tire I get
Thanks so much. This works much better than the racket. I'm not blowing up my tires at the cost of them already an arm and leg
This worked really well on a tire for a gator that had been shipped strapped and sidewalls were really pushed in. Tried everything . No luck. This worked. Many thanks
Thank you! I had tried putting a strap and a chain around the tire but that didn't work, then tried kneeling on, and pushing and punching the tire and that worked for the less deformed of two tires I had, but the other more deformed tire just put bruises all over my hands, arms, and legs, without getting the bead seated, then I saw your video.
Your bucket method would not work for me because my mower 12" rim is larger than the bucket diameter, but you did something else that I didn't realize would work, which was use the compressor hose without the inflator air chuck. I didn't realize it would fit that well onto the valve stem but it did and that was enough to get a lot higher airflow rate and seat the bead.
One other thing that probably helped was I had the tire outside on a pretty hot day so it was softer.
I just wish I'd seen your video before bruising myself over hours of fighting with these two tires because it was very quick and easy to do the 2nd one without the air inflator chuck. Granted it probably helped that I'd been fighting with it so long that it was a bit less deformed than when I started.