I changed my tube. When I put everything back I noticed my tire is uneven. Is this ok? I tried to get it even and inflated and deflated it a few times but have had no luck. Will anything bad happen if it leave it like this?
by SpecialSubstantial66
I changed my tube. When I put everything back I noticed my tire is uneven. Is this ok? I tried to get it even and inflated and deflated it a few times but have had no luck. Will anything bad happen if it leave it like this?
by SpecialSubstantial66
8 Comments
Your tire doesn’t look uneven.
It’s not seated all the way. Inflate to max and see if that fixes it. If not some soapy water on the bead and then inflate.
Sometimes you have to manually manipulate the tire with less than full pressure to get it evenly seated. Another thing you can try is over inflating it to maybe 60-70 psi or so and see if the beads will pop all the way into the rim.
Loosen the nut on the valve stem, let out the air and push the valve stem into the tire to get that thick part of the tube away from the bead seat, reinflate.
Push it up with your thumbs to seat it all the way. Let some air out if it’s too hard. Requires a lot of force sometimes.
Drip water around the bead, and inflate higher (but over max pressure for either rim or tire)
If it is still clincher around the rim you could also try giving it a bounce or two to help it settle.
Sometimes the bead will get stuck, but once over-inflating or run for a couple of hours will straighten it out.