Adventures with the 222 (aka "Maxine")

[propane1]

That’s very interesting about that Tremclad paint. I was wondering if it was the gloss or satin clear. Looks good Gerry. I can see the difference. I use Tremclad clear gloss paint on a lot on many different things. And just started using the brush, roller or spray on gloss type here lately. Great stuff.

Noel

[RoamingGnome]

That’s very interesting about that Tremclad paint. I was wondering if it was the gloss or satin clear. Looks good Gerry. I can see the difference. I use Tremclad clear gloss paint on a lot on many different things. And just started using the brush, roller or spray on gloss type here lately. Great stuff.

Noel

@propane1 - Noel - I used the Satin Clear - Home Depot and Rona had it in stock here, but not Canadian Tire
Seems to work well on rims to make them look 'fresh painted' but not super shiny 2 coats of wax shiny... I might try the Gloss Clear sometime if I'm doing body or trim parts...

[propane1]

That’s very interesting about that Tremclad paint. I was wondering if it was the gloss or satin clear. Looks good Gerry. I can see the difference. I use Tremclad clear gloss paint on a lot on many different things. And just started using the brush, roller or spray on gloss type here lately. Great stuff.

Noel

@propane1 - Noel - I used the Satin Clear - Home Depot and Rona had it in stock here, but not Canadian Tire
Seems to work well on rims to make them look 'fresh painted' but not super shiny 2 coats of wax shiny... I might try the Gloss Clear sometime if I'm doing body or trim parts...

Gerry, I find the clear to be great stuff. Been using it for 25 years or so on different things.
All my snow equipment gets a coat each year before snow removeal time. Helps the snow to slide off.

Noel

[RoamingGnome]

WooHoo! another update...
This is looking better

Finally finished mounting and installing the new tires on Maxine today...

A big improvement over the 5.70-8 temporary spares...
Lots of learning, lots of colourful and days spent testing my patience and persistence
In the year the tires have been sitting in the basement, the sidewalls and tread developed a real attitude problem.
Center of the Tread sank in and the sidewalls followed them - until the sidewalls of the 23-10.50-12 tires were only about 6" apart when mounted on the rims - that left a 2"-3" gap between tire and inside edge of the rim

I tried stretching out the tire by putting an inflated inner tube inside (with an old stock pot to fill the gap in the middle)
- the problem I ran into initially was even though it stretched out with the inner tube, it didn't stay that way long enough to seat the bead...

Good excuse for a new toy from Amazon - a bright yellow bead blaster...
Took a little practice but eventually got the first tires bead to seat and hold air...
2nd tire - more frustration - just couldn't get the angle right for the blaster to blow the tire onto the rim...
Took the 2nd tire back off the rim, cleaned off all the tire mounting lube, stuck the inner tube back inside and REALLY inflated/stretched out the tire - left it for a few days in the cold basement, and today when I started the game all over again it was also a lot cooler in the BigSky shop 7°C (44°F) instead of the balmy 20°C (68°F) I had when mounting the first tire on the weekend...
Got lucky and the tire kept it's stretched out shape much longer when the rubber was cold and stiff...
It went on and and the bead caught with just a little wiggling of the tires - no bead blaster required

Easy to tell the Amazon Bead Blaster is from offshore - never have I ever had to convert from MPa to PSI - think it will be getting a new pressure gauge in PSI if I decide to keep it...

[Toolslinger]

And glycerin filled at that... Seems a bit excessive for a bead blaster.
I think I'd do the translation once, write it on the tank, and be done. How often are you going to actually use it to worry about it?

Having never used a bead blaster, do you have to load it to different pressures for different size tires?

[Eugen]

Well done Gerry!

That being said, the pain involved in trying to mount a tire that's far from the rim is all too familiar. Tried all kind of methods except the bead blaster, but we all know, eventually, that's the end station if you really need that tire seated.

[DavidBarkey]

The trick for reshaping collapsed tires is to do what Gerry did with the inner tube to stretch them back out . But the real trick is you need to get it quite warm for a few hours for it to relax and then cool it down to hold the shape before removing the tube . I get them like that all the time from shipping .

[Harry]

Anyone try starting fluid around the rim and lighting it. I have a couple of times. A bit scary but it does work.