Hello,

I have bought a used Kazuma Falcon, and the front right tire is totally flat, to the point its not seated on the rim anymore.

The guy said it will hold air for a week if its aired up. I will get a new tire eventually, but just want to temporarily get this up so I can moved it around easily.

How do you seat a tire so you can pump the damn thing up? One side is sealed to the rim wall, the other side is off the wall leaving gaps where air gets out when I try to air it up.

Please help!

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take out the valve stem needle,, you can ad more air faster and reseat the tire, (then re insert)then depending on where the leak is you can use green slime in the tire. good luck hope this helps

 

If you take it to a tire shop, they can take the valve stem out and over inflate it for a few seconds to seat the bead quickly. If not, clean the rim and bead and inflate it to 25psi overnight (don't ride it like that) and it will seat. Just be sure to remove the extra air before riding.

It's much easier (and should only cost $5 max) to take it to a tire shop.

-JNY

 

Thank you guys for the suggestions! I ended up trying to hold the tire to the rim until all the seams were not letting out air.. I had the air compressor hooked up to the valve and it eventually caught and the tire filled up [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

I then filled with Slime and aired up the rest of the way and spun the tire. I actually rode on it about 30 min later, and it did fine.. It is a tiny bit wobbly however.

Thanks again!

 

The next time that anyone has a problem getting both beads seated when installing / fixing a tire, try this: Put a 1/2" rope around the center of the tread (circumferance) and tie it in three or four knots. Then take a large screw driver or long 3/8" extention bar and stick thru the knots. Wind the screw driver around & around, making the circumferance rope shorter & shorter. As the center tread of the tire compresses in, the sidewall and beads are pushed out. When it looks like it will take air, put some air in (2 or 3 pounds). DO NOT put in very much air!!!! You must remove the rope before too much pressure is put on it!!! Then pump up to the max pressure listed on the tire and leave overnight. Then the next day ride around a nice smooth back yard for 5 minutes, then deflate to your normal 3 to 5 pounds of air. The riding around "wiggles out" any voids between the bead and the rim.

They used to actually make a tool that did this. It was a long snakey type tube (kind of about the size of a bicycle tube) with a web strape on one end and double "D" rings on the other. You fastened it around the tire, cinched up the web thru the rings until it was tight & put air in the tube (which was now around the circumferance of the tire). Easier that a rope with knots, but moe expensive and harder to find!!