Fix A Tire

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A nice way to change a tire... How do they do that?

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  • Okay, but...

    Won't the tire deflate again once the air inside cools back to the ambient air temperature?

    By Pow! 1154949839 Reply Spam [+2] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • No...

      ...because the tire isn't inflated. It has only been "blown" in place and now needs to be filled with more air. These are tubeless tires so therefore it is pointless to start pumping before they are correctly placed.

      Also, one can't simply use oxygen. This guy is holding a can of ether (common engine start aid).

      By norwice 1155417433 Reply Spam [+2] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • we would

    do this in the bus industry...its just to stick the tire to the rim, you still have to fill the tire with air. although, those tires probably only need 5lbs of air in them so you might not need to fill them in this case

    By RCMH 1159241823 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • lol

    on Discovery

    By rawsteel 1156976754 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Greenland

    This is in Greenland, I know it, I´m from Greenland.
    Check this.:
    http://www.gre enland-guide.g l/kangerlussua qtourism/dk/to ur-icecap.htm

    With no spaces.

    By Greenlandic 1155885311 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • acdcvsd

    dsvsadfgvfd

    By semmic 1155744857 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • easy..

    thats easy to answer...in high heat, O2 expires. so when he uses flames on it, it expiere very quick. Normally, it takes ½-1 hour in sun (24-27 degrees) before it advance that much

    By Ronin799 1155300655 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Icelandic MonsterTruck

    this how we do´t and mountain and glacier trips in Iceland

    By JaymanViking 1155140234 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Fix a tire

    Nothing new to a wrench. We also used a little gasoline. Pour around the
    rim, strike a match...wala. Same results. It's a good tip in a pinch.

    By slipwrench 1154812420 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Arctic tire changing

    Some kind of flameable gas is sprayed into the tire. Oxygen and flameable gasses expand very fast when it gets very hot. Thats how it is possible to inflate that tire so fast.

    By Yacht 1154625080 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • I've done this...

    My dad showed me how to do this a long time ago. This is how we would fix the tires on his bobcat. You just spray some liquid fire in the tire, put the tire on and light it.

    By JV123 1154449850 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Oh My God!

    Oh My God! That was soooo cool.

    By Streetup 1154393657 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • This is how

    A lot of things (including tyres :D), will expand when theyre are cold, and are warmed up quickly. Simply :D

    By Vu0hi 1154348689 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • ?

    how is it done

    By ironcow 1154328035 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • Fix a tire ...

      Its more easy then you think . When your tire is on the rim , with no pressure , add some fuel in it , fire it on , and the explosion will blow up the tire untill the rims , after then you have to compres the tire to its right pressure , with a kompressor or bicyclepump , i have seen it on discovery channel

      By dragon52 1154381752 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • wow

    I think it´s from the Artic trucks trip to the south pole....or the north pole...whatever.It´s pretty cool,they fill the tire up with start fluid and make it explode onto the rims

    By ribouzman 1154281241 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • ...huh?

      North Pole is ocean.. south pole is Antarctica... north pole arctic circle, south pole antarctic circle..

      By yunakri 1154319856 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • You are right. North pole IS ocean but

      the ocean is usually a few hundred metres UNDER the ice cap. Geographically the South Pole is on land and the North pole is in the Ocean but the ice caps in these regions are very thick.

      By Ozzie 1154324254 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • on the north pole there is also

      some huge iceburgs where santa clause lives

      and those trucks are magic elf finding units and they use super duper juice that is flammable and they got it from the tooth farie in the twilight zone which is actually not existing cuz the show ended about 50 years ago

      By ironcow 1154328492 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • The best north pole

      There is more more north pole I know about stared my Peter North, and thats the best one

      By SHOSTing 1154344841 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • super juice

      I thought that super juice came from fire breathing dragons but I could be wrong. there are not many fire breathing dragons at the north pole.

      By Orrty 1154336955 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • thats cool

    look like they spray the flammable inside the tire then they shoot it with some flame the explosion pops the tire back on the bead I worked in a tire shop for 2 years and thats how we get the tire back on the rim but w/out the fire just alot of air pressure

    By natedog79420 1154280579 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Those are Icelandic guys

    I think it´s from the Artic trucks trip to the south pole....or the north pole...whatever.It´s pretty cool,they fill the tire up with start fluid and make it explode onto the rims.

    By TheANALyzer 1154276453 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Nothing to it actually.

    All you need is a can of diethyl ether (or simply engine start aid). You can see that the person "fills up" the tire with this gas and then simply sets it on fire. The explosion makes the tire grip the rim.

    But you'll probably have to inflate it a bit, the tire only looks inflated but really isn't. Many of these incredible 4x4's are equipped with systems that can deflate and inflate tires even while the vehicle is moving, simply by pressing buttons inside the car.

    For those who are interested, being able to do that is extremely convenient - normally the tires have very little pressure, allowing the car to simply float over any snow (or sand for that mater). You can't drive with so little air in the tires over rocks or frosen snow. Regulating tyre air pressure is therefore common and need to be done quickly.

    Pretty amazing actually... And since I now have the chance: It is really funny to see the proud faces of the American Hummer owners when they realize just how worthless they are in comparison to these "Icelandic" custom ones.

    c",)

    By norwice 1154274281 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • By "Icelandic" custom

      you mean another country's truck (i.e. Toyata or Chevrolet) with a suspension lift and bigger tires?
      Possibly a low gear added to the trans for low end torque? Thats not that hard to do actually, US truck owners have been doing it for a long time. Given a similarly outffitted Hummer H1 vs a Toyota Land Cruiser, my money's on the H1 .. sorry mate.

      Btw, cool video. Tire inflation is due to air expansion from heat rather than any explosion of chemicals, but I'm probably splitting hairs. =p

      By JonnyChimpo 1154290558 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • True,

      Of course Icelanders are not the only ones doing this type of modifications, sorry for any misunderstanding mate.

      However, I've been on numberous expeditions over Icelandic glaciers and on several occations we had modified Hummers with us in the group. The drivers were from the military base in Keflavik and very happy with their trucks (well, let's just call them cars).

      Their trucks simply didn't cut it... And you can look it up - even the American military in Iceland is using Toyotas modified by Arctic Trucks as multi-function resque wehicles, and not American ones.

      But please, the remark about this was actually irrelevant and just a joke. Probably even a bad one. And of course you don't have to appologize for having an oppionion on Hummer, be my guest.

      By norwice 1154294370 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
    • I've never

      had to drive a H1 over pure snow covered ice, so I'll conceded to your experience with the subject, and be open minded to custom Toy's etc being better on such surfaces.

      I have, however, driven just about every possible suv on the market (and worked on them mechanically) and can easily say the H1 is the best off road vehicle I've ever been in. Life or death situation involved, the only thing I would possibly pick over a H1 would be a Unimog (sorry land rover owners). I say this with complete unbias, I really dislike H1's for pure driving use and sigh at the idiots that drive them on the streets.
      Then again, I sigh at all the pretty suv's on the streets of the ol US that never have and will never will see a trail in their gas guzzling days. Such a waste.

      By JonnyChimpo 1154310572 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • hear in maine

    I used to work at a tire shop and sometimes the tire changer wasn't strong enough so we would have to do this with ether and a match.

    By established roots 1154272287 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • popular in

    iceland too i hear. neat trick.hope never to have to use it,lol

    By dont believe a word 1154252073 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • we do this in canada all the time!

    for there are no tire shops.

    By barfy 1154165175 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • sooo...

    if i want to put a spare tyre on... i'll that spray and fire... cool.. NO PROBLEM

    By kakarott 1158407474 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • fake!!

    fake...

    By dickflop 1157724175 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down
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