A new find for me, it was rusty and seized up when I brought it home but with a little heat she works fine. Any of you guys know how to use this? The lever portion is about 20 inches long.
Oh, this is a first time test with John's new image feature so I hope you can see the attached images.
Looks like T-RUCK got it in spite of the gloating A buddy of mine also thought that this tool was for a very skinny tire, something in 1910-30's. I unfortunately I couldn't locate any makers marks.
So here is the next question...if all tires had tubes back then, why would a tire bead spreader be needed? I can see the need to spread a tubeless tire in order to patch it, but why the need to spread a tube style tire?
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Paul tire spreaders are also for puttin a patch in the tire it's self, Like in the tread / or even side wall if small. I have seen them in some of my 18's that came with my one ton, They are called a BOOT and are a big arse patch and a little thicker regular patch. Needless to say , looks bad, Is a Hail Mary And O-rings can kill you. And the guy at the tire place might too. THAY DON'T DO IT ANY MORE .
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Thanks, I learn something new on stovebolt nearly every day. I hope others have learned something new as well. A boot patch on a tire sounds inherently sketchy, but I have read/heard some wild tire repair stories that were done during the WW2 tire ration years.
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I can say that I seen my grandfather and my dad, as well as some filling stations, put many boots in tires that had tubes. I've actually seen a hole in a tire and then have a boot put in it and driven on the road....a BIG boot. However, at 30-35 mph it was no big deal and when you don't have any money its "the right way to go". I actually put a boot in a bicycle tire once. ...........thanks for the memories.
Looks like some kind of medieval battle axe. Pretty cool Pablo. How about a photo of it in action?
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The old bias ply tires were actually repaired by cutting away a few layers of ply, patching in new rubberized fabric, and heating the patch to vulcanize it to the surrounding rubber. Some of the older tire repair instructions I've seen give a pretty detailed description of doing that kind of repair. A boot was used by service stations and shops without hot vulcanizing equipment. Jerry
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DON'T DO IT ANY MORE . 