Will this tire hold air? (Pics)

95Trooper

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I bought 4 33" TSL Super Swampers off of a fellow member on here yesterday and one of the tires has the bead ripped up. It's not the board members fault it's the idiot who took the tire off of the wheel. I'm wondering if this tire will hold air? The pics aren't the best but it was the best I could do with my cell phone. The tire is only messed up on one side. The other side is perfectly fine. Could I mount the other side out and it be fine? here are the pics...Thanks for the help!

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doubtful.
Did you pay this idiot to remove the tire? Whats the chance of getting them to hook you up with a new tire, pro-rated of course?
 
Go to Auto Zone and get a can of bead sealer. It's usually in back or behind the counter, you have to ask for it. I've used it with success on tires worse than that.
 
JC said:
Go to Auto Zone and get a can of bead sealer. It's usually in back or behind the counter, you have to ask for it. I've used it with success on tires worse than that.
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I won't be mounting the tires myself. A tire shop should have some bead sealer on hand right? The last time I took a tire to my tire shop to have it mounted that was in the same condition they put a tube in the tire and it held air fine but the tire ended up blowing out 2 months later. I'm not sure if that's because of the tube or not?
 
who the he!! pulled that off dry no lube ? :confused:

the problem here will lie in the fact the cords are showing. air in the tire can get inbetween the layers and cause the ire to start to seperate and go bad.

if you realy want to use it take it to a big truck tire shop and have them valcanize some new rubber on the bead area.

then carfully mount it with lots and lots of lube.

if it was me i would get a tube and run it that way.

i have worked with tires for over 10+ years.
 
It may. I had a set of swampers that were torn up like that by an incompetent tire guy. They mounted and held air fine.
 
put a tube in it & go.
 
upnover said:
I'm guessing it's a 38X11.00 Bogger
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95Trooper said:
I bought 4 33" TSL Super Swampers off of a fellow member on here yesterday and one of the tires has the bead ripped up.
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I'm guessing it's a 33" TSL...

With the cord showing I would put a tube in it to be on the safe side. As long as the proper tube is used it won't cause any problems. I have used bead sealants and tire glue and in the case of one set on beadlocks black RTV to get beads just as bad and worse to seal just fine though.
 
Put a tube in it!! Some tears they are fine, some are deeper and let air into diff layers of the carcass and cause bubbles in the sidewall..I got a new one like that as a spare I work at a tire shop and put beadsealer on it it still caused buddled after a day or so..tubes are cheap and safer than "well damn I didnt think it would have blown out" lol
 
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