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Lighting butane filled tyre to explode the bead back on rim

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Lighting butane filled tyre to explode the bead back on rim

Post by BIG ZOOK »

It actualy worked!!!!!

I rolled the 38.5inch swamper front tyre off the rim in a deep bog hole, drove under a tree and used a hand winch to get the front off the ground becasue a jack would have sunk in the soft mud.

Punchered the end in on a portable BBQ butane can and filled the floppy tyre with the gas. Dipped a stick in petrol and held the tyre in place as best as I cound then my mate lit her up. It went bang and the tyre was perfectly seated on the rim!
In seconds it then started to vacume in with the air inside burning and we got the compressor on it just in time before it sucked the bead back off.

next time I would taek the valve out to avoid this

I burnt my hand a bit but with a crowd gathering for the show it was very very cool that it worked!
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Works well with deodourant, too. ;)
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Post by MightyMouse »

Always wanted to see this done but no-one I know is game enough.

Glad you lived to tell :lol:
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It seemed like a much better idea when I started it than it does now.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7FIvAw2 ... re=related
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Post by mur »

The "vacuum in" wouldn’t have been air burning, all the oxygen in the tyre would have been used up with the initial explosion.
The decrease in pressure would have been the gas inside cooling down and shrinking.
Well done on getting out of a bad situation.
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Post by BIG ZOOK »

thanks! yes was really exciting. I think I had the no fear frame of mind becasue I had had half a bottle of Jager so that helps!
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Post by BIG ZOOK »

mur wrote:The "vacuum in" wouldn’t have been air burning, all the oxygen in the tyre would have been used up with the initial explosion.
The decrease in pressure would have been the gas inside cooling down and shrinking.
Well done on getting out of a bad situation.
And it sucked the 38 in like a flat pan cake!
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Post by BIG ZOOK »

that clip shows a little squirt of gas and a little pop. I sprayed for a couple of minutes and it really exploded. now I know how its done
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Post by want33s »

Had to do this twice just yesterday...
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Post by GU-ish »

well i learn something new everyday.
is it better to do it with the valve in or out?
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Post by Jeeps »

BIG ZOOK wrote:thanks! yes was really exciting. I think I had the no fear frame of mind becasue I had had half a bottle of Jager so that helps!
You weren't drinking and driving were you? :shock:

Light and run...

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Post by PJ.zook »

Jeeps wrote:
BIG ZOOK wrote:thanks! yes was really exciting. I think I had the no fear frame of mind becasue I had had half a bottle of Jager so that helps!
You weren't drinking and driving were you? :shock:

Light and run...

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The butane will only seat youre bead mate, its not quite magical enough to actually fit youre tyre onto the rim lol
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Post by money_killer »

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Post by zagan »

They did this on top gear, where they are driving to the north pole.
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I've used loctite primer, a little goes a long way!
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Post by want33s »

GU-ish wrote:well i learn something new everyday.
is it better to do it with the valve in or out?
If you can get an air hose to the valve straight after the bead seating then you can leave the valve in.
If there is a delay in getting air into tyre the vacuum may suck the bead/s back off again so it may pay to remove the valve.
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Post by Jeeps »

PJ.zook wrote:
Jeeps wrote:
BIG ZOOK wrote:thanks! yes was really exciting. I think I had the no fear frame of mind becasue I had had half a bottle of Jager so that helps!
You weren't drinking and driving were you? :shock:

Light and run...

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The butane will only seat youre bead mate, its not quite magical enough to actually fit youre tyre onto the rim lol
i dunno... i havn't got a blue 40 series... apparently those 40 series blokes can do anything... :D
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BIG ZOOK wrote:thanks! yes was really exciting. I think I had the no fear frame of mind becasue I had had half a bottle of Jager so that helps!
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Post by BIG ZOOK »

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these tyres are for sale if anyone wants. 38.5x14.5x15 Swamper SX (ones with the meaty side tread) plenty of tread. make an offer
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Post by BIG ZOOK »

Jeeps wrote:
BIG ZOOK wrote:thanks! yes was really exciting. I think I had the no fear frame of mind becasue I had had half a bottle of Jager so that helps!
You weren't drinking and driving were you? :shock:

Light and run...

[img][img]http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp30 ... oyota1.jpg[/img][/img]
Great pic
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Post by phippsey »

Sweet as, will ensure to keep the can of smelly stuff handy :armsup:
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Post by nottie »

phippsey wrote:Sweet as, will ensure to keep the can of smelly stuff handy :armsup:
About a 5 second squirt of Brut was the one we used and it worked perfect.
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Post by hando »

nottie wrote:
phippsey wrote:Sweet as, will ensure to keep the can of smelly stuff handy :armsup:
About a 5 second squirt of Brut was the one we used and it worked perfect.
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Post by RoldIT »

BIG ZOOK wrote:these tyres are for sale if anyone wants. 38.5x14.5x15 Swamper SX (ones with the meaty side tread) plenty of tread, full of mud and slight internal melting. make an offer
Fixed. :lol:
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Post by Tiny »

start ya bastard works well. trick is not to use to much.
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Post by BIG ZOOK »

RoldIT wrote:
BIG ZOOK wrote:these tyres are for sale if anyone wants. 38.5x14.5x15 Swamper SX (ones with the meaty side tread) plenty of tread, full of mud and slight internal melting. make an offer
Fixed. :lol:
and will release poisonous air when next deflated
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