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Offline Smelly_Cat

Water in flat tire

« on: September 20, 2012, 07:24:23 PM »
I got this flat tire with water in it.     What's a ez way to get the wawa out   Sc

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Re: Water in flat tire

« Reply #1 on: September 20, 2012, 08:43:40 PM »
Drill a hole in it  ;D

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Re: Water in flat tire

« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2012, 09:58:22 PM »
Drill a hole in it  ;D

Make sure it's a small hole, dead center of the tread.  Pump it up tight and put the hole pointed straight down.  When it all drained out, put a plug in it.  Problem solved.   ;D

But, on serious note, it's kind'a like I tell new lift truck trainees at work . . . "Just because you CAN lift it, doesn't mean you SHOULD."  You probably need to break it down and get the water out and remount it.

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Re: Water in flat tire

« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2012, 10:00:18 PM »
I'm thinking charcoal lighter and a match...
Bignick style!
KC

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Re: Water in flat tire

« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2012, 10:44:31 PM »
Bignick style?

I'd leave the water in there- it self-balances! Free lifetime balance without the hassle. 

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Re: Water in flat tire

« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2012, 05:57:59 AM »
Zen. Your idea sounds great.   Fast and free.  Thx.  Sc

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Re: Water in flat tire

« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2012, 09:43:36 AM »
Bignick style?

I'd leave the water in there- it self-balances! Free lifetime balance without the hassle. 
Unless its "heavy water" and it stays on one side of the tire and if you save enough you could build your on Nuke. Nick Style on steroids.  ;D ;D

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Re: Water in flat tire

« Reply #7 on: September 21, 2012, 10:59:34 AM »
Zen. Your idea sounds great.   Fast and free.  Thx.  Sc

Ummm . . . SC . . . that was a joke.  Don't drill a hole in your tire.  Sure, you might get the water out and maybe, just maybe you could get it sealed back up . . . but don't drill a hole in your tire.  Take it down to Wilson's service station and he'll probably break it down and remount it for you for 5 or 10 bucks.

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Re: Water in flat tire

« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2012, 12:29:46 PM »
Take it off the car and put the car on jack stands. Set the tire under the rocker of the car and put the jack between the sidewall and the rocker. Jack the car up and break the bead. Dry the water out and then use the starter fluid and a lighter- be ready with an air pump cause once it cools back down, it'll be in a vaccuum.

Be careful with breaking the bead- don't tear the sidewall.

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Re: Water in flat tire

« Reply #9 on: September 21, 2012, 06:42:59 PM »
I'm not sure why a lighter and fluid is necessary?  Sc

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Re: Water in flat tire

« Reply #10 on: September 21, 2012, 09:58:37 PM »
Zen and Nick,
Y'all quit giving him these crazy ideas.
He'll try them.
KC

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Re: Water in flat tire

« Reply #11 on: September 22, 2012, 02:47:36 AM »
I'm not sure why a lighter and fluid is necessary?  Sc


It makes the explosion which seats the rim on the tire. Without it, you have to have a large compressor. Google it or watch it on youtube

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Re: Water in flat tire

« Reply #12 on: September 22, 2012, 02:16:10 PM »
It sounded like a good idea.  Pour gas in tire. Light it.  EvaporAte the water.   Now I have a tire fire.  Man it stinks.       I just spent a fiver at rock spring tire.   Best money I ever spent.   Sc

Offline travisyoung

Re: Water in flat tire

« Reply #13 on: September 22, 2012, 03:46:00 PM »
No,  you are supposed to get the water out then use a small amount of lighter fluid to make the explosion to seat the bead

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Re: Water in flat tire

« Reply #14 on: September 23, 2012, 05:46:54 PM »
No,  you are supposed to get the water out then use a small amount of lighter fluid to make the explosion to seat the bead

Please note the "SMALL AMOUNT" in Travis' comment.  You are after a small, controled explosion, not an "EXPLOSION."   ;)

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