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Steve D



Member Since: 19 Jan 2013
Location: Essexshire
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taztastic wrote:
I had my wheels balanced today and saw one of the most stupid things I have ever seen.

A young Asian lad had put a tyre (part worn almost bald) onto a rim and proceeded to sling an air canister, about the size of a BBQ gas cylinder, onto his shoulder, he then opened the valve and nearly spun himself around with the pressure that blew the tyre onto the rim, he then proceeded to inflate to pressure in the normal way, is this something that happens a lot? seems damn foolish to me Shocked


Haha - that's a bead seating tool - I sometimes have to use one at work. Basically you fill it with air to about 80psi or more, rest the nozzle on the wheel rim and knock the valve open and a HUGE blast of air entrers the tyre to seat it on the rim. You need them when you are fitting a tyre that is a bit too 'floppy' or has been sat at a bottom of a pile of tyres and has 'set' with the walls too close together to touch both sides of the rim preventing a 'normal' air line to inflate the tyre as the air just escapes out of the side.

One of these: http://www.amazon.com/TSI-Cheetah-Bead-Seating-Tool/dp/B000VNHWUM

And you use it like this:


You can also use them to blow the candles out on an 'oldies' (over 40 ) birthday cake but they don't half take offence! Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

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taztastic



Member Since: 03 Feb 2011
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That's the thing, although the young lad at the tyre centre I went too seemed to have made his own, possibly as a result of that video and an Al-queda manual Shocked

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