How To Seat A Bead With A Bicycle Pump | CAN IT BE DONE?

In this video I'll demonstrate dismounting and mounting a tire, then seating the beads with a lowly bike pump.

[@saulsandoval2313]

never seen it done with a bicycle pump. you're my new hero..... I'm so gonna try this thing.

[@ZackOfAllTrades]

Prepare thy arms for a workout! What's really funny about this is that when you made this comment I was in the midst of having my butt kicked by a motorcycle tire trying to seat it's bead with the same pump. Different results!

[@Backallyracer]

@zack did it also worked with the motorbike tire ?

[@saulsandoval2313]

@@Backallyracer not worth the effort. It was just easier to pay a professional to have it done.

[@Backallyracer]

Thanks!

[@Freight_Train]

I didn't use a bike pump, but I used a ryobi tire inflator with your method and it worked! Tire is 295/70/R17. Saved me from having to buy a compressor for now. thanks.

[@mikeboston421]

wow, mind blown, just did this and it worked, 54 yr old somewhat out of shape guy, thanks, AWESOME, used a strap around middle of tire at same time, soap and water

[@ReVolt_e-Vlogs]

I have NO IDEA why I'm evergreen watching this at 5am, I'm 49yo & swore off driving once gas hit $5.00, & i seen i can easily commute full time on my ebikes, even as a single father, but hey, you never know when i can just ride up & say "Well you need a truck to break the bead, crowbars, Dawn First Soap,a bicycle pump, & you should be good to go!" 😆

[@marka7831]

all very good, thank you, I have seated beads by wrapping a rope around the center of the tread and tightening it with stick, much like you would do a tourniquet. Harbor Freight has nice inexpensive tire irons that are useful multipurpose tools.

[@alecseubert5136]

that was amazing! bravo good sir! used the same process for dirt bike tires and atv but never a full size truck tire!

[@barrrylincoln]

You make it look so easy. LMBO

[@paulstir]

seriously well done stealth mode tire popping .

[@alvarogallego4304]

Admirable trabajo se le nota q sabe el oficio felicitaciones colega

[@eddierodden]

Great job well done.

[@Gumshoesamurai]

6:48 This is why i subscribed

[@trankt54155]

That is THE best video of how to seat the bead manually. Congrats.

[@Discoworx]

Good video, thanks

[@thailandmopedadventures611]

Great job, Buddy❤

[@jasonjamrs7413]

Thank you very much for showing

[@Ds74-pmrq]

And by saying irritating to his family, he means his wife 😁I got hand it to you guy you must be in terrific shape . nice video 👍👍

[@ZackOfAllTrades]

You got that right! (Irritating the wife) And I was definitely in better shape after making that video. Thanks for watching 🙂

[@GPWoodworks]

You sir are a real man.I nod to your superior musk.:)

[@vinny2474]

this was great!!! im going to do this but with a car tire pump that you plug into the cig lighter. should be good to go! hahaha i wasnt sure if it would work, but u did it with a bicycle pump! haha

[@Scottdulrich]

Nice job!

[@alvarogallego4304]

Lo felicito lo hizo muy bien

[@ryderhartmann2028]

I can’t believe it actually worked I am extremely grateful because I do not possess an air compressor

[@ZackOfAllTrades]

I was surprisingly as well but now we know it can be done!

[@loamy]

Makes it looks so easy.

[@ohyikes1]

Rather than driving over the tire to break the bead, I jack up one side of the front of my vehicle, side the tire needing the bead broken under the raised tire and then slowly lower the vehicle. Works every time with no risk of damage to either tire. BTW, nice video especially tire mounting part. I tried that once on a skidsteer tire and got one hell of a workout.

[@michaelkulman7095]

Interesting! I do it a little different than you. I've broken beads with a bumper jack or "farm"jack with the base of the jack on a chunk of 2x6 or 8 at edge of tire to put pressure near bead and then jacked up a heavy vehicle several times moving set up each time until bead breaks. The idea of the wood is to be gentler on the tire but you may get away with the base of the jack, I have. I have also used other types of jacks. A person could put the jack under anything heavy even a raised building like an outbuilding on piers or something like that. I wouldn't say it was easy but easier than this, but maybe less fun? A person could even cut a curved edge into their plank to fit curve of rim...

[@michaelkulman7095]

I don't have a hydraulic press and don't want one so once I pressed in a bearing using a one ton van and a jack... the point being if a person thinks about it there are ways to do things without the "proper" tools when you have to. To all the just buy X at Harbor Freight people, you know even people with money are sometimes fixing their vehicle at their cabin or deer camp or hunting ground or "in the field" or... Just a general observation...

[@jamesdeth94]

Came to watch a tire bead learned how to make stem needle tool ✊

[@dirtydancingdk]

Great to see done with hand and bicycle pump. Though Guy. The silent way :-)

[@patremagilbert8787]

2020 great video

[@michaelkulman7095]

I've broken beads with a bumper jack or "farm"jack with the base of the jack on a chunk of 2x6 or 8 at edge of tire to put pressure near bead and then jacked up a heavy vehicle several times moving set up each time until bead breaks. The idea of the wood is to be gentler on the tire but you may get away with the base of the jack, I have. I have also used other types of jacks. A person could put the jack under anything heavy even a raised building like an outbuilding on piers or something like that. I wouldn't say it was easy but easier than this, but maybe less fun? A person could even cut a curved edge into their plank to fit curve of rim... Interesting video! Sometimes you have to do stuff with less!

[@illlsmith]

Wow I was trying this for the last 3 hours finally had to throw in the towel cause each time a different partial section of tire kept not wanting to seat. What was the final psi on bike pump when the tire finally seated?

[@nowthenad3286]

Impressive.

[@HaakonReppen]

Thank you for giving me motivation to try my 3. attempt at a tire! Worked with some wd-40 as lubricant and a compressor! Not too sure if the wd40 will create issues in the long run, but the tire is on a snow-blower so not used in traffic

[@paullasmith4975]

Not only did I see it here first, it's thee ONLY place I've ever seen it! Bravo!

[@factoryoffaith]

Wish I had tried the bouncing method on my 245/65/17 tire but maybe this works better on tires that have bigger/more flexible sidewalls?

[@BrianPhillipsRC]

@ 7:00 - EXACTLY!!! I thought I was the only guy who had that issue....

[@michaelkulman7095]

If nothing else an interesting experiment! Just a general observation...a pet peeve if you will... To all the just go to a tire shop or buy X at Harbor Freight people that always comment on these types of videos, yes that's an option but not what this video is about. And yes, if you have a compressor then that would be easier if it pumps out enough volume of air... Making do... An example: I don't have a hydraulic press and don't want one so once I pressed in a bearing using a one ton loaded up van and a jack... the point being if a person thinks about it there are ways to do things without the "proper" tools or paying a professional when you have to or just want to. To all the just buy X at Harbor Freight people, you know even people with money are sometimes fixing their vehicle at their cabin or deer camp or hunting ground or "in the field" or a remote area... Or don't want to buy something they will use one time! Use once! Just a general observation... You steal your license plate bulb holder with pigtails to use as a circuit tester and people tell you to buy a circuit tester as if you don't know they sell them, as if you always carry one in each vehicle... Or even worse they inform you that you need a multimeter as if you aren't aware of the existence of multimeters, VOMs... For some tests the VOM or mutimeter is no more useful than a test light you make, take or buy! I don't know if these people are trolls or whatever but there always seems like a lot of these types of comments on these types of videos... Just a general observation...

[@Chris-ul1rn]

Good job with the 1000 pump challenge.

[@24copeland]

Wow!.....just wow.

[@ZackOfAllTrades]

lol and I did it again the next day with a smaller tire, much easer with a smaller tire

[@rintunt]

Love it

[@93tjfresh]

Beast modec!

[@mrstl3000]

How long did you have to pump before bead seated

[@AMXM-do5kw]

Great video, I bet u can cook egg with all the heat produced by that bycyle pump😁

[@fultonst]

I use a pair of large wonder bars, they are thinner than the crow bars and make things easier.

[@dukenukem5768]

I have several old tyre levers, they are brilliant for this job. Passed down the family, probably from the 1930's when motorists were expected to mend their punctures by the side of the road. They would come with the car along with other tools. That's back when men were men etc.

[@mynameisHOPKIRK]

Ahhhh the triumph! Well done Zack... that looked like a bit of a mission there. Cue the music... Sinatra: Bangles, Baubles and Beads.

[@ZackOfAllTrades]

Triumph is right! and spaghetti arms too. I did another smaller tire the following day using my little 12v DC emergency roadside compressor and came to discover that because it moves a bigger volume of air, the hand pump was actually more effective than the electric one. go figure

[@RBMawby]

Crackedd me up.

[@ZackOfAllTrades]

Thanks Burke, I thought it was pretty funny.

[@mrstl3000]

What size tire was that

[@alvarogallego4304]

Con pocas herramientas

[@Polecat54941]

Great effort Man, It is now 2019 so have you recovered yet?

[@mikeboston421]

lol, just did this, and i'm still alive 5 mins later, see above

[@MsRoadtoRiches]

Your video was great, much respect to you Sir. I did call you an Indian giver when you took the tire back though :D. Thanks for the video.

[@adolemite50]

I'm sorry but that is extremely insensitive to an undeserving culture. "Native American Giver" is much more politically correct.

[@charritolopez8223]

Man this brought me memories from around mid 80's we had a Chevy Impala that we used to put air sometimes with that kind of pump u used and sometimes with a foot pump oh boy next day I didn't want to do anything my arms were sore 😔

[@ccjohncc1]

I got to admit I am impressed. I'd be wiped out lol

[@murphynh78]

That was impressive!! How long did that take you?

[@ZackOfAllTrades]

The actual pumping took somewhere in the neighborhood of 10-15 minutes not including some breaks. my shoulders are still sore.

[@willshiels1091]

I use a piece of 2×6 and place beside rim and drive straight then flip another way is Jack under bumper and beside rim then its easy about an hr for all 4

[@michaelkulman7095]

Yeah a plank is a good idea. I've broken beads with a bumper jack or "farm"jack with the base of the jack on a chunk of 2x6 or 8 at edge of tire to put pressure near bead and then jacked up a heavy vehicle several times moving set up each time until bead breaks. The idea of the wood is to be gentler on the tire but you may get away with the base of the jack, I have. I have also used other types of jacks. A person could put the jack under anything heavy even a raised building like an outbuilding on piers or something like that. I wouldn't say it was easy but easier than this, but maybe less fun? A person could even cut a curved edge into their plank to fit curve of rim...

[@kt2816]

Nicee

[@the.magnus]

Will it work with an air compressor pump to seat the bead this way

[@michaelkulman7095]

It should. I've done that, used a ratchet strap or even rope I twisted with the lug wrench and an air compressor that plugged into the cigarette lighter.

[@alvarogallego4304]

Queda contratado

[@coconuciferanuts339]

Well done mate!You've given me the confidence to do my new motorcycle tyres with a similar bike pump that you used.Ps.were you really pumping that fast or was the cam.speed raised?

[@stephenmccoll4386]

Did it work

[@forexsanjose6090]

two mini screw drivers or darts would turn the valve core out as well.

[@rocknrollermann]

would a ratchet strap around center of tire, make it seat quicker. thats my idea. but mine is only a 15 inch

[@kingboop4625]

Worked on my atv

[@michaelkulman7095]

Use a piece of strong rope with a bowline loop at each end and hook your hooks to the rope extension.

[@jasonwoolley7451]

hahah looks great fun

[@ZackOfAllTrades]

Much more fun once it was finished! Thanks for watching

[@barrys7093]

Starter fluid or brake cleaner and a lighter. NO GASOLINE.

[@cobbyg5296]

worked for me on a 19.5 dually. you dont need much!

[@michaelkulman7095]

Non-chlorinated brake cleaner I assume?

[@herollsisolobitana8883]

At last👍 solve

[@cmac8323]

I really recognise this voice. Are you the guy who destroys, I mean tests tools to destruction at teh expense of many doll hairs?

[@colinwar]

The tire shops are very prohibitively expensive, with sales departments getting more and more ammo, so I’ll be fighting with some tires very soon, but with a cheap tire changer and a balancer, and a small maybe 8 gallon air compressor.

[@oldgreybeard2507]

Back enough pumping up an air rifle. AT tyres. Wow!

[@chrisstokley7687]

3 tips: #1- clean /vlean /clean0 the old bead robber off the rim ! wire brush + some scrapper! or slow leak from hell /every 3 to 5 days! # 2- … Tire bead sealer (dries is like hard rubber) almost always keeps old rims from loose air! goes on wet/ slippery- water clean up for xtras! drag racers slip on rim solution :use 1/4 dawn dish soap + 3/4 parts water.. slick on bead... but dries like glue from hell! warning:when replace this dawn tire- rips bead rubber on old tire and is hell to clean it for the next tire! ! hard to remove from rim ! USE rubber bead sealer :>) #3- harber freight 1 man manual tire changer $100. /im 54 yr and its easy do your own tires with this! im boat trailor + car trailor- I remove a tire and place mine from vehicle on appropriate trailor/old way of balance tire without a machine- a lot spinning and watch way moves.. apply weights with tape.. till happy with balance- then hammer on weights! or peel and stick :>)- method balance is great for 70mph or less/idiots go faster need perfect balance machine!

[@bobhilly546312156332]

When you get paid by the hour

[@dukenukem5768]

To break the bead by driving on it, best to put a strong plank on the sidewall and drive up the plank. The force is more accurately directed that way. @2:55 , to protect the nice rim why not lever the tyre off from the ugly inside of the wheel? I've also done AT tyres with a bike pump, a clapped out one too; success depends if the tyre has a natural spring outwards to the bead or not.

[@michaelkulman7095]

Yeah a plank is a good idea! I've broken beads with a bumper jack or "farm"jack with the base of the jack on a chunk of 2x6 or 8 at edge of tire to put pressure near bead and then jacked up a heavy vehicle several times moving set up each time until bead breaks. The idea of the wood is to be gentler on the tire but you may get away with the base of the jack, I have. I have also used other types of jacks. A person could put the jack under anything heavy even a raised building like an outbuilding on piers or something like that. I wouldn't say it was easy but easier than this, but maybe less fun? A person could even cut a curved edge into their plank to fit the curve of rim and tire...

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

Simon and Simon! AJ and......?

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

Rick! You even have a badass old pick up. Be well and God Bless.

[@ELRman86]

3 yr old video but what the hell. Next time you remount put the face of the wheel on the ground and work the tire on from the back of the rim not the front. It will go much easier. I do this on heavy equipment and trucks daily.

[@ELRman86]

I do commend you for the bicycle pump though sir. I normally use a compressor at 180psi and a cheetah bead seater

[@j4k3z]

Why does it go easier that way? Asking because ive only heard that going on from the face side is the easier side, because of the valve stem or something I believe?

[@bobhilly546312156332]

Not to sound rude but how cheap can you be, my shop charges 16 bucks to mount and balance a spare, doing it at your house now you gotta get it balanced

[@stevenjordan6389]

I would get an air compressor

[@nicke2307]

No offense but tire shops arent that expensive and they wouldve had it done in like 5min. Now you gotta balance it

[@dukenukem5768]

I did this to replace the TPMS valves all round, bargain from ebay. Tyre shop would have wanted to sell me those valves for 5x cost plus fitting cost. Also - I don't want tyre shop removing & refitting wheels as the b....s always tighten lug nuts too much. Didn't need to rebalance because I put tyres back in same position.

[@93tjfresh]

Mode*

[@geosar5470]

Can this guy be more photogenic? It is loike i am looking at a professional actor.

[@jeanjohnson2743]

seen motorcycle tires done and that a car tire if another man does that You gotta wear a cup it's mandatory with crowbars LOL crowbars

[@chrisstokley7687]

#4 -ALWAYS /ALWAYS : new tire + new VALVE stem!!! old tires will cost you more than a new 1 - after leaves you stranded ! most people use a tire till its gots problems! Also - damaged beads almost always after taken off rim/exspecially if used cheep soap /water to apply it!

[@brianwaites4572]

Shut that door!

[@go5582]

Hi handsome you need beadbuster.

[@jakewalter3729]

U

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

You are trying to put the tire back in the wrong way. Fortunately you stopped for dinner.

[@8000RPM.]

No way,....

[@ZackOfAllTrades]

Way

[@gypsyfreedom9836]

With how wide that tire was compared to the rim you could have seated the bead by farting on it. Try it when the tire beads are sitting half inch from the rim

[@socksonfeet8125]

5 hours per tire lol

[@cb6522]

Dude... u pulling teeth.....

[@raisingcane225]

Absolutely irritating background music