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So Ive done enough tire changes to know Id rather pay someone with a machine to do it. Being a mechanic, I usually get volunteered to help my kids friends. So. They show up at my house with a wobbly rear tire. Its obviously not sitting on the rim bead correctly. My question is, what has been your experience adding air to a tubed tire to get it to sit properly on the bead. How much have you maxed the air pressure before you thought "Thats enough" !! 
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I think the tire itself will say what the max pressure not to exceed is, with a max psi for seating the bead. I don't like going much above 60 myself, you can help it out by bouncing it on the ground and rotating it as you increase pressure
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Normally you should not exceed 44PSI seating a bead unless it is a light truck tire. With a tube type tire you should inflate and deflate afew times. That allows the tube to move and seat evenly. That will also help the bead seat. If the bead does not seat proporly mix a little dish soap and water and spray and pour it on the bead with it deflated and inflate. The soap will lubricate the bead and allow it to slip into place.
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Ditto the soap and water. I've used it for years, in fact, I've NEVER done a tire install without it. But it IS scary airing up a tire enough to seat the bead. Worked in a gas station for while and have a tire machine in my shop. It's always scary to get one to "pop"!
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Sounds good guys thanks for the feedback.My plan was to do the soapy water thing and got to about 60psi. It is a tube tire so anything above 60 will make me nervous.
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60 is dangerous.
Not if you have a safety cage and air chuck extension for truck split rims. More than one tire jocky became decapitated with those old split rims. And 60 Lbs does sound excessive.
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Kind of brings back memories, I worked as a truck tire repairmen a long time ago, 1972 I think. The trucks would line up in the morning for service and every other driver would tell me about his best friend who got his head blown off by a split rim... That tire jockey sure had a lot of best friends. I worked in the trade 5 years and never had one come apart, of course we used a cage in the shop and safety chains on a service call.
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60 is dangerous.
Ok Ill stay away from there !! Soap and bouncing the rim should do the trick.
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Kind of brings back memories, I worked as a truck tire repairmen a long time ago, 1972 I think. The trucks would line up in the morning for service and every other driver would tell me about his best friend who got his head blown off by a split rim... That tire jockey sure had a lot of best friends. I worked in the trade 5 years and never had one come apart, of course we used a cage in the shop and safety chains on a service call.
I don't know how many times I did split rims without protection at a high school job is the late 60's while completely ignorant of the danger. About 4 years later, after moving on toward adulthood and better jobs, I lost an old friend to a launched split ring beheading - as his wife and kids were present. An unnecessary tragedy I'll never forget.
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Ditto the soap and water. I've used it for years, in fact, I've NEVER done a tire install without it. But it IS scary airing up a tire enough to seat the bead. Worked in a gas station for while and have a tire machine in my shop. It's always scary to get one to "pop"!
Back in the Navy we used to inflate aircraft tires in a very heavy steel cage. Of course they were being inflated to a pressure sufficient to land a thirty ton aircraft on an aircraft carrier.
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And don't assume that the "professional" actually checked if the bead was fully seated.
I think all MC tires have a thin marker strip that needs to be equal distance from the rim. I have had mess with a few that the professional mounted.
Then there is that little dot/circle that some do not seem to understand.
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