How to reinflate tyres after refillling sealant

[Guest notmyname]

I've had some luck with spraying on some misty soapy water on the beading and inside of the rim when putting it back. The soap mixture seems to create just enough back preasure for you to inflate it with a reasonable foot pump.

 

It was to much of a headache though, so I got on of these Stans syringes and it's the easiest. Just unscrew the valve internals, screw on the supplied nozzle, pump your sealant in and re-inflate, easy job.

I Ghetto'd the **** out of that thing. It's just a BIG syringe with some aquarium hose.

[Heenan]

Use a siringe with a needle and inject the sealant through the tyre. Spin the wheel and the small little hole will seal. This way you do not even loose preasure.

        funniest thing iv read all day

[madbradd]

I read a nice trick on here somewhere. Take a tie down and strap it over the perimeter of the tyre. Tighten to compress the tyre slightly and pushes the bead closer to the seat. Remove valve core. Use hand pump.

 

I seated my racing Ralph snakeskins on 30mm rims like that... no problems.

[Shebeen]

ssometimes you don't need any tricks, the tyre /wheel combo works straight up.

 

The other times nothing works, I have the stans infomercial rolling on repeat in my head where he gets it first time single handed with his floorpump. I fart at a higher psi,it's rigged.

 

it's best to go to the garage then and use their air.otherwise as a last resort you ccan always try lots of swearing.if that doesn't work, more swearing and some not so idle threats. The tyre needs to know who's the boss

[Spokey]

Before i used the valve core way, i use to also open up a small piece until oneday i tried to get the geax back on the stans rim, and damging the rim tape and ended up with bloody fingers and stans on the floor and a tyre that could not inflate and i could not ride the next day!! Never doing it again.

Laughed at this.........been there, done that, now I simply take it to the people that know how.

My fancy little compressor and Joe Blow track pump mean squat when I buggar up the rim tape!!

[Zatopek]

Use a siringe with a needle and inject the sealant through the tyre. Spin the wheel and the small little hole will seal. This way you do not even loose preasure.

Ditto. Quick and never had an issue.

 

But I deflate the tyer slightly, else the pressure pop out the silinder in your direction.

 

The coop have needles with big holes. Must be made for use on rhinos.

[brucem76]

Aaand it turns out I have removable cores. Thanks everyone, next refill is gonna be so much easier!

[rpedro]

I've found that the trick is to unseat both sides of the tire beading and move both beadings to the center of the rim. If only 1 side is unseated then you will struggle to inflate with floor pump. That is the reason why it is normally easier to inflate a newly fitted tire (because both beadings is in the center of the rim)

 

When inflating make sure the valve is at the top and then apply pressure with the palm of your hand onto the tire as if you wanted to block the airflow through the valve.

 

Then start pumping.

 

If that does not work then plan B would be to add an extra layer of tape in the rim so that the tire fits more snugly.

[Pusher]

I crack a few inches of tyre off over the rim using two tyre levers. 

Turn the wheel so that the "gap" is at the bottom.

Squeeze in the desired amount of sealant straight from the bottle.

Turn the wheel so the "gap" is back at the top.

Thumb the tyre back over the rim.

Pump up using a track pump - I usually over inflate the tyre slightly to make sure the bead re-seats nicely - you'll hear it pop when it does.

 

Spin the wheel to spread the sealant.

Job done.

Too much time on your hands!

[Bonus]

Too much time on your hands!

Jealousy can make you nasty mate!

 

:-)

 

Talk over the weekend.

[arendoog]

I get these from theatre .Works like a charm .20ml syringe with T stop valve .Remove core ,deflate to just before tyre comes of rim .Add stans and screw in core again .Note ! Don,t use valve cap .It sticks to core and tends to screw out the core when you want to remove cap .Not good ! 10minutes before a roace

[JXV]

I have a valve or 2 that do NOT have removable cores #eksemaarnet

Suggest to replace the one-piece valves with the removable-core type. Then you just squirt the sealant in and refit the core.

 

Pliers don't work so well to re-tighten the cores 'cos the spokes get in the way. A mini shifting spanner with angled head works better and does not damage the thread for the valve cap

[Bonus]

Suggest to replace the one-piece valves with the removable-core type. Then you just squirt the sealant in and refit the core.

Pliers don't work so well to re-tighten the cores 'cos the spokes get in the way. A mini shifting spanner with angled head works better and does not damage the thread for the valve cap

There's a small plastic "tool" for tightening cores. Easy.