dish soap and a pair of pliars. just pull really hard.

 

Just be carful when u get ahold of the valve stems with the pliers that u dont bend the top all up and are unable to get air into it...they make a tool (probly less than 5 bucks) that u can get that screws onto the valve stem and allows u to pull it threw the rim really easy.

 

what he said get the tool or just lube it up and grab on with some pliers

 

OK ... thanks again to all.

 

Put some hand soap on the air valve stem before trying to pull it through the hole in the rim,makes it slide through easy..

Take a old metal valve stem cap and screw on the stem,this way you will not damage the new stem when you clamp down with pliers to pull it through..

 

Got it, will do. Tks.

 

I use soap and the little T br tool that came in my flat repair kit, the tool is $3 at Walmart, just screws into valve stem and then you yank it in safer than using pliers that can crush the stem. If you try to mount your own tire also use soap water on the beads to help them slide over the rims ( i managed with no tools to set 26" bighorns on 14" rims). Do not inflate to more than 25PSI to set beads, what you need is high volume of air not high presure

 

What do you use for high air volume then?

 

Just put some soap and water on it LOL.5bux

 

But what soap is best, Dawn or Palmolive? 5 BUX

 

as long as it is not the foamy one your good!LOL 5 bux plz

 

dawn works for every thing....lol

 

:worthless:

 

atv tires rarely give a hard tme setting beads. if you get into trouble use a ratchet strap around the tire to bulge he sidewall out. then give it just enough air to set the bead and then remove the strap and fill to 10psi to set the bead completely.

some dishsoap and water mix in a spray bottle works wonders use plenty of it.

 

Ran down to Wally-Mart, bought the little $1.94 t-bar tool that screws onto the valve stem, and bam, it lets me yank them right into place!! Just like you all said ...

Now, getting the tires onto the rims, not so much. I soaped 'em up like mad & nuttin'. I must be too light or weak or both. Off to the tire shop tomorrow I guess ... At least the valve stems are in; I'm sure they'll really care!!

 

Try taking the core out of the valve stem when you setting the bead.This will let the air flow into the tire faster.

 

alot of tire shops will do it for 10 to 25 bux a tire

 

I dropped the wheels & tires off at my local Goodyear shop that said they'd mount the tires, & seat them of course, for $36: Not bad!

But ... Later they called & said the rears were done & the front tires were mounted, but that they couldn't seat the fronts. 8" wide tire on a 7" wide rim; Weird.

I had to take them to another shop that had an air blaster, or some such thing, and although they seemed unsure about whether it would work, they got them done.