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Ok so my 13.6x28 6 hoop wheels need a repair around the valve stem - rotted when filled 20 yrs ago. PO drained the tires but they're pretty crazed, got a 1&1/2" gash in the sidewall where the tube sticks out.
2 questions:
1. Can that be patched from the inside with a hot-patch type repair, maybe gluing a section of passenger car tire to the inner carcass?
2. trying to pop the bead with the bottle jack between the chassis and the tire (ok, cheating, using a port a power) the 2"x3" pad of the ram is skidding along the sidewall of the tire instead of pushing the bead off. Do I use a long 2x6 to keep pressure on the whole edge of the tire or put the valve core back in so some air stays in there to keep the tire from collapsing?
2 questions:
1. Can that be patched from the inside with a hot-patch type repair, maybe gluing a section of passenger car tire to the inner carcass?
2. trying to pop the bead with the bottle jack between the chassis and the tire (ok, cheating, using a port a power) the 2"x3" pad of the ram is skidding along the sidewall of the tire instead of pushing the bead off. Do I use a long 2x6 to keep pressure on the whole edge of the tire or put the valve core back in so some air stays in there to keep the tire from collapsing?