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Blasting 100psi of air into an unsealed tyre full of goo just seems like a good way to spray it everywhere.
Go on, what could go wrong...
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This is pretty accurate and still not holding. I get it inflated but there is a major leak between the rim and tyre a few cm round from the valve. I managed to spin the wheel to get sealant into the area but tyre still completely deflated after about 10 secs.
Multiple attempts later and my fridge is covered in spunk.
If it doesn't work soon I'll pay the lbs to do it and let me watch.
ewanmac
Progress...
Ghetto blaster is surprisingly effective at mounting the tyre. I tried with 80psi in the bottle and instantly inflated the tyre hard, the downside is that there were a couple of leaks around the edges of the rim where air leaked out...
My expectation was that once the tyre had been inflated the tyre beads would hook onto the rims and remain in place even when the tyre was deflated again. I was then hoping to unscrew the valve core to add the gloop. Unfortunately, in my case, once deflated the beads on both sides of the tyre collapsed back into the rim bed.
I was really just testing the blaster, so I haven't tried with the goo yet but should I add the goo before inflating? Blasting 100psi of air into an unsealed tyre full of goo just seems like a good way to spray it everywhere. Also, if the bead just drops away from the rim, then this doesn't really inspire confidence for low psi.