Tire Problems

[Anonymous-0]

I store my lawn tractors inside a building that has only a dirt floor. This spring when I go to start them up I have my usual low tires and flat tires. I pump them up expecting to be ready to go to find that they are only flat again. I live in southern Ontario so you can understand winters are cold but what is the best way to store a tire. I am assuming that the bead has broken with the low temperature. Is there anyway I can seal the bead again when I go to pump them up? Have been waiting all winter to get going and now I have been stopped with repairs. Thanks.

 

[JT]

put it up on jackstands or blocks when you store it or pump up tires before you move it.
Jim

 

[Dude11]

Anytime I replace or repair a tire I use a dab of cup grease on bead it helps getting it on and also helps seat & seal it.Dude11

 

[rustyj]

The local gas station/ repair shop can inflate your tires, and if the valves are ok, they will usually stay up to the correct pressure. It takes a blast of high pressure air to do that, something the average home compressor will not do!

 

[Sand Flat Bob]

Don't use grease or petroleum oil on tires. It will slowly destroy the tires. Use Vegetable oil, I use the cheapest I can buy at the grocery store.

Bob

 

[Dude11]

Wow!! Never heard of that.I've been doing it for all my adult life,never have a tire that was effected.In fact,they will dryrot on side walls over some yrs.but the bead always looks fresh when they are removed.I always thought rubber was a petroleum type product,hence the use of cup grease.Dude11

 

[Steve in IN]

Wrap a ratchet strap around the circumference of the tire. Tighten it up until the bead presses against the rim. Air your tire up.

 

[jose bagge]

had the same problem til I "slimed" my tires.
The ratchet strap will help you seat it, but you'll need the slime to keep it inflated.

Last ditch- tube

 

[TexMac]

Last ditch- tube

Actually first ditch. I started to make that reply when I first saw this thread last night. If the valves leak, you can cut the tube if it sits flat all winter. On the other hand, I have never wrenched a tubeless tire off a tractor rim after I put a tube in it, though.

 

[Trailer Trash Tractors]

Auto parts stores that sell to working garages have several tire products to promote good bead seal. I agree, petroleum products are bad for rubber. On tires, I use hand washing dish detergent [ when madge isn't soaking fingernails in it ] A rub with a bar of softened hand soap, or waterless hand cleaner eases installation, and promotes tight bead seal. Scabby rims won't seal,
sanded, primed, painted ones will.