XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In rec.autos.tech, on Mon, 13 Dec 2021 23:14:06 -0800, Thomas   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at 2:09:27 AM, micky wrote:   
   >   
   >>>The tires I'm doing aren't large by tire standards (14 to about 17 inches).   
   >>>With the air locked onto the valve it will seat only after the bead holds.   
   >>   
   >> You have the valve out of the stem when you do this, right?   "Locked   
   >> onto the valve" doesn't sound like it.   If you don't, you'll cut down   
   >> the flow and the pressure, what, more than 50% I'm sure.   
   >   
   >Almost everyone I know who changes their tires at home does it the same way   
   >that I do which is you first install a new valve stem and then you   
   >immediately unscrew the inner valve out of the stem tube just before you   
      
   Good.  So you do have the valve out of the stem.  I was misled by "with   
   the air locked onto the valve."   
      
   >clamp the compressor nozzle on it so that your compressor air is continually   
   >feeding into the loose carcass which is doing nothing useful till you seal   
   >it off.   
   >   
   >The work is in sealing it off momentarily to give the bead a chance to seat.   
   >   
   >All you do after that is give the air a chance to stay in by lifting up the   
   >bead manually by hand or if you have the bazooka you blast it momentarily.   
   >   
   >When it doesn't seat you might need to summon a helper but when it seats you   
   >will know in a few seconds. The bead blaster is to eliminate the helper.   
   >   
   >Right now I'm only asking about which size of bead blaster works best.   
   >My question can only be answered by those who have done it before.   
   >   
   >Which works best overall?   
   >2.5 gallon?   
   >5 gallon?   
   >10 gallon?   
      
   This is a little like asking which flavor of ice cream is best.   I   
   >   
   >The tradeoff isn't much in cost but more in the utility and storage issues.   
      
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