Title: Re: Serious safety issue.
Post by: MrMindless on March 15, 2010, 05:32:38 AM
22 hours???
wow. I had no idea about this. I\'ll never take a heat source to a wheel after watching this!
Title: Re: Serious safety issue.
Post by: CoraC143 on March 15, 2010, 06:05:40 AM
the elapsed time to blow up is unexpected. Also, the heat increase due to a chemical reaction is also very unexpected. Very good to know.
Title: Re: Serious safety issue.
Post by: ollllllo on March 15, 2010, 06:52:05 AM
Me neither. No more torches on frozen lug nuts. no more igniting A flamable gas to seat a bead (I have never personally done that, but have witnessed it)
Crazy!
Title: Re: Serious safety issue.
Post by: CoraC143 on March 15, 2010, 08:08:24 AM
very good point on the flammable gas - that could raise the internal air temperature enough to start the chemical chain reaction that leads to blow up.
Title: Re: Serious safety issue.
Post by: Wingman on March 15, 2010, 09:23:44 AM
I suppose that is what causes trailer tires to fail? Tires are designed to handle a little bit of heat but there is a fine line, I guess.
sheesh!
Title: Re: Serious safety issue.
Post by: smichaelR22 on March 15, 2010, 10:38:17 AM
ill have to watch when i get home. i have used propane to seat my 42\"s...
Title: Re: Serious safety issue.
Post by: ollllllo on March 15, 2010, 06:57:56 PM
:badidea:
Title: Re: Serious safety issue.
Post by: carchameleon on March 16, 2010, 03:43:10 AM
they had us watch a similar video, but with smaller vehicle tires during training when i got a job at a tire bay. you are also not supposed to put more than 40psi in a tire to seat the bead. i have a lot of experience mounting tires with a few different kinds of machines, i was always thinking about making sure that never happened. i\'m happy to say it never did.
interesting video, cool to see stuff like that happen in a controlled environment. kind of like setting off an airbag in a controlled environment, in one of my automotive classes the teacher set off an airbag (it was bolted to a bench). seeing stuff like that in person gives a different perspective. here\'s an airbag throwing a speaker high in the air (don\'t try this at home) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1iJlPdc6EY&feature=related
