How To Get Riding Mower Tire Back On Rim Tire Came Off Rim Easy Fix Tire Won't Air Up Won't Inflate

The band clamp on the tire is key and it's safe. I've seen the "lubricant spray/lighter/explosion" method and that looks like a great way to get a helicopter ride to the trauma center. I keep spare tires on rims on hand so I can get back to work quick and use this fix later. Good video - thx!

My semi-old rear-engined rider tires wouldn't stay inflated and on the rims. Tiny 4.60x4 front and 7.5x6 rears. My fix: $26 worth of TUBES. The S&H was half as much as the new tubes. 7 years now, no flats, no falling off the rims, no $100 worth of new tires (with S&H). Since rear engines are rare now, the tiny tires are hard-to-find and pricey. My local tire shop guy turned me on to the tube idea.

I remember as a kid, watching my grandpa wrap baler twine around a small tire, then tighten it up by twisting it with a screwdriver to push the bead out. That's the sort of thing a good grandpa will teach you. Next video, teach us the "flammable aerosol and bic lighter" method. Or are there already too many of those on Youtube? 😁

We once used a strap to seat a car tire and put too much air in before removing it. The strap ended up breaking under stress, and the metal part slammed the guy inflating it right in the "you know where." He rolled around on the floor for awhile in serious pain. A lesson was learned!

Toilet wax ring works as a sealer. Using it and ratchet strap for many years Cheap & easy to find

The ratchet strap method worked very well. Thank you!

Great tip that works well. For me, I've never had to remove the valve core and have re-seated my lawn tractor tires a dozen times. Yes, I have a slow leak I've not addressed.

Love the bead buster. Better then the cheap stuff I've been using. A lot of my tires have dry rot, so I end up having to remove one side of the tire and inserting a tube. This is of course a last resort. Would be good if you could do a video on tube replacement. Thanks!

Really excellent video! Thanks so much for doing this one. This is the first time I’ve heard of Bead Buster. Reminds me a lot of Bag Balm!

I recently bought a new mower tire and took it to the local tire shop to have them mount it. They told me these tires are strapped together for shipment, so they get smashed flat and it is difficult to get them to seat, but they had a trick. They used wood blocks to hold the bead open as wide as possible, then put the tire out on the lot, sprayed it with ether and set it on fire for about 20 seconds. That warmed the tire up enough that they could then get the bead to seat using the high flow pressure tank. I could never have got it seated by myself.

Quoted $200 by local shop for repair. This worked for me. Thanks

Yupp, works pretty good, been my go to method for many years. I remove the valve core and use an plain air fitting with no chuck to get more airflow. Just get everything ready, slip the fitting into the air hose and stick the open end over the valve stem, works great.

We were stuck out in woods no ratchet strap no starting fluid to blow it back up. So we did kinda like your grease trick dug mud outta the creek and packed bead with mud so we could get it back on and outta woods worked like a charm n

The video IS helpful. I used to have to do this quite frequently with my previous 2 mowers. My current one (Cub Cadet) advertised tires/rims that would resist breaking seal with the rim. I have mesquite trees in my yard, and slow leaks from thorns are a non-stop problem despite many plugs.... But I really don't care, it takes a couple minutes to air up tires no matter how long they've sat flat. Some mowers use garbage tires that will separate from the rim every time they go flat, others use better quality that won't. Research wheels along with other specs when buying a mower...it could save you a TON of time and effort.

I use a spray bottle with dish soap and water for lubricant on the beads. Rotate the tire while pushing against the rim while holding the rim from turning. This will get the bead on the back side to begin to seat on the rim. Then once you start putting the air to it, gently pull the tire toward the side of the rim closest to you and it’ll often close the gap enough to close to close up and seal. You have to pull gently so as not to unseat the barely-sealing bead that you just pushed on around on the back side.

A lot of valuable info. Never heard of bead buster or use regular screwdriver. Lost a zero turn tire in middle of yard. Only had a rope, so made it into a tourniquet by using a branch. Lol worked great.

Worked perfectly, thank you!

Thanks for this. Got me back up and running when I'm usually incompetent at this stuff.

Thank you so much for this. I was ready to rip out my hair. It took two straps but it worked perfectly.

I got a pail of Xtra Seal Euro Paste for under 20 bucks. It's the same as the stuff we use to call tire soap. It does the same thing sealing the tire so you can put air in the tire. once it seals you scoop it off the rim and put back in the pail and use it again, it washes off with water. Not only do we use it on these tires but we also use it on car tires as well.