Help. Bought a nice looking co2 inflater from Dennis Kirk and tried it out and either Im not using it right or something but it would not inflate a tire up to even 1 pound of air without using 5 to 10 co2 cartridges. Is this normal are these thing worthless.....?

help has anyone else used one mine is yellow and black and has a lever you push to inflate tire.

looks real snazzy but doesn't seem to work..


thanks in advance
realoldguy

2001 400 scrambler
2001 Trailblazer
2001 Explore 250 4x4
2001 Honda 250EX

 

I'd like to hear from anyone who's used one of these kits also. I got the Cabela's Off-Road ATV Tire Repair Kit, and haven't tried it yet.

 

I have both. First I bought the Cabela’s Kit, then I bough the yellow “gun” so I could use the more-easily found non-threaded cartridges. I’ve used the Cabela’s kit in one emergency trail repair (in the rain, of course) and it plugged and inflated a 25x11x10 Dunflop with about 3 cartridges of air. The plugs held too, even though it was a bad hole. I’d hoped the “gun” would allow use of a partial air cylinder but no-go, it leaks out. Can’t say what you might be doing wrong but it’s a pretty simple process so recheck your basics.

 

I've got that same yellow and black one and use it for my Mountain bike(After my 3rd flat in 2 mos. that left me stranded 3mi. away from my house i got smart but that's another story). Anyways it should take no more than 3-4 to get your tire up to 5psi, on my bike it takes 1-2 (yes i know they are much skinnier tires but you have to run them at 60psi not 5).Make sure you screw it into the valve well is the only problem i can think of.

 

After a buddy got one of the co2 pumps and found it didnt work. I went to my local K-Mart and purchased a bicycle tire pump that is 1 1/2 inches in diamater and 14 inches long (closed) it came with a 5 inch flexible hose that screws onto the valve and stores in the handle when not being used. I wanted to be sure this would work so I let the air out of 1 of my rear tires and started pumping. In about 5 mins maybe less my tire was up to pressure. I put a little electrical tape around the slide part of the pump to keep it closed and also to keep water out and zip tied it to the frame under my seat. Its out of the way and for 2.99$ I couldnt be happier. Ive not heard many good things about the co2 pumps and I dont have room to carry a gazillion co2 cartridges. Im sure any department store or bicycle shop or even sporting goods store would have something compareable. The only thing I would suggest is to be sure to find a pump with a longer stroke the one I mentioned has approx a 10" stroke. There were some pumps that were very small but I thought the longer stroke would be of more benifit while my buddies were waiting for me to pump up my tire. Hope someone gets some use out of this.

 

If you have room for a can of fix-a-flat its hard to beat in a pinch.

 

I have both the cabelas kit and the yellow and black trigger style found at most bike stores. I threw the remainder of the cabelas kit away.( The repacement co2's are xpesive.) I figure 1.5 lbs per cartridge. I now carry the yellow and black trigger style with bb gun co2. Works fine for weekend warrior type stuff. When I go hunting I always take the compact manual bike pump as back up.

 

I carry a small 12volt electric pump that plugs right into my 12 volt outlet.I bought some plugs,glue and tools to install the plugs.They all fit very nicely in my rear rack box I purchased from Lowe's for 36 dollars.I paid 12 dollars [on sale] for the electric pump.
Bill