01-03-15, 03:17 PM
The rim is clean and doesn't have any obvious dings. I did see the brake cleaner method but I'm going to use that as a last resort! Looks a bit hairy to me.
Did a bit of a tour around some car tyre places this morning and they couldn't get it inflated either, they didn't have a bead blaster and weren't really too interested in helping. One guy seemed to think it hadn't been stored right and had become squashed a bit and the space between the rim and tyre was too much to get a seal. He recommended bringing it into the house and sticking it by a radiator to warm up for a bit then walloping on loads of paste, the ratchet straps and giving that a go. I'm out of lube :eek [/size][size=78%] [/size][/size]so it'll need to be tomorrow, although I think a local mechanic has one of those bead blaster things so might try to catch him in the morning. Its never easy![size=78%]
Did a bit of a tour around some car tyre places this morning and they couldn't get it inflated either, they didn't have a bead blaster and weren't really too interested in helping. One guy seemed to think it hadn't been stored right and had become squashed a bit and the space between the rim and tyre was too much to get a seal. He recommended bringing it into the house and sticking it by a radiator to warm up for a bit then walloping on loads of paste, the ratchet straps and giving that a go. I'm out of lube :eek [/size][size=78%] [/size][/size]so it'll need to be tomorrow, although I think a local mechanic has one of those bead blaster things so might try to catch him in the morning. Its never easy![size=78%]