Flat Tire

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dreamrider

Junior Member
Alright, folks, I now have my first flat tire (right rear) on my 1930 fordoor Murray body.
Any advice on the best/easiest way to fix this? I recall reading about a plastic garbage bag trick for re-mounting the tire, or will I need that trick just for a flat.
I'm thinking: lift the tire off the wheel on one side, (But how without scratching the paint?) pull the tube out, find the hole and patch it. Then put tube back in, and somehow re-insert tire into rim with no paint scratches.
Hmmm.
I eagerly await any help in this matter....
 
Remove the tire from the rear, Use heater hose to protect the paint from the tire irons (doing this on the back side keeps the front in good shape if you slip) remove the tube, patch or replace and reinstall using plastic bag so the tire will slip easily over the wheel.
 
Also don't forget to remove what made the hole in the tube!!! I like to wear a leather glove and feel around inside the tire for a nail or wire sticking through.
 
I found that the new tires I installed were 'pinching' the inner tube and causing cuts to form.

The cause was the bead. The edge of the bead was very sharp, so I took a rotary grinder to remove the 'flash' and round the bead a bit.

This cross-section is from a motor-cross tire, but the image shows what I believe to be happening in my tires. The inner tube was being pinched between the beads and this caused 'cuts' to appear.

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I was taught to partialy inflate the tube in the tire when re-installing and the bead 'sets' than bounce it rotating it 10-15 degrees each bounce until a full 360 is done... This will help even out the tire bead and set the tube evenly [no pinches] check for a straight valve stem and then fully inflate, good to go!
 
When you take it apart...MARK where the stem was in relation to tire. This way, when you find the leak in the tube you can correlate it with the area of tire where it was and search that area for casing damage or the guilty nail or whatever.
Go to Library first and charge out Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath and read the tire repair part! It is really quite good.
 
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