30-06-2020, 01:47 PM
No help to Jon but may be of interest.
A friend was fitting new old stock beaded edge tyres to my 1910 Maxwell, they appeared to have shrunk and were a tight fit. We got over the problem by placing a 16" austin 7 wheel with tyre in the centre against the beads and inflating it to stretch the beads. Was left for a couple of days and much easier to fit after.
A friend was fitting new old stock beaded edge tyres to my 1910 Maxwell, they appeared to have shrunk and were a tight fit. We got over the problem by placing a 16" austin 7 wheel with tyre in the centre against the beads and inflating it to stretch the beads. Was left for a couple of days and much easier to fit after.