25-02-2022, 09:28 AM
(23-02-2022, 04:27 PM)Duncan Grimmond Wrote: I never use lubricant other than spit as a last resort. However this is usually on 19" tyres as per Reckers and they are relatively easy.
As has often been said, warmth makes an enormous difference. In the summer I stand the tyres in direct sunlight, in winter I use the propane space heater and when tyres are warm they are a lot more supple, so much so that you can "walk " them on with boot heels.
The most difficult part of the operation is getting the valve through the hole past a tricky wall/well gap and I recommend a neat little device which screws into the valve stem allowing you to haul on the handle attached to a Bowden cable to pull it through.
Duncan
I've always though such a tool would be useful. I can only find ones which screw over the stem, not into it. The ones that screw onto the valves are NBG.
Where can I find one as you describe?.
I've got a couple of tyres to mount, they are stiff old dunlops and getting the valve in is the hardest bit.