How To Install Tubes in Garden Tractor Tires on John Deere 755 - Fixing a Flat Tire or Two
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- čas přidán 2. 01. 2021
- In this video I will show you how to repair a slow leaking compact tractor tire with an inner tube by using tire irons. I have had a slow leaking tire on my John Deere 755 Compact Tractor that has caused me to fill the tire before every time I want to use the tractor. I finally find the time to fix the tire properly with a tube. After testing out the repair with some heavy usage, another tire goes flat and I'm forced to do another repair the very next day!
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Future you knew the other tire was going to go flat. Excellent work on beginning with the future you and present you conversing.
I've always blow the tube up and released the air before I try putting the tube in the tire. The tube will go in much easier when inflated a bit. I also brush a little talcum power inside of the tire to let the tube slip around a bit so it's not so likely to pinch. Also, take advantage of the drop-centered rim. It's made that way to make it easier to install and remove the tire. For those who are removing tubeless tires for repair and don't intend to install a tube, the last thing you want to do is pry the bead off with a screwdriver or similar tool. The rubber covering the bead is very soft and easily damaged, Also, take care not to scarf up the rim in the bead area. It will leak every time.
With me, I usually put up with airing up a tire instead of fixing it because I'm in a hurry at that particular time. I usually catch up on actually fixing things when I catch a rainy day and can't do anything outside. Its just called "life". Lol. Stay safe bud.
Couldn't agree more! That's exactly what happens to me it seems. Thanks for the insightful comment and as always, thanks for watching!
Excellent video!!
just had the same issue for about a year also. Finally took it the the tire shop and paid 20 and done with it.
The small diameter tires are a pain.
Keep the videos coming
Glad I'm not the only one! Those little ones are tough. I also have a cheapy Harbor Freight tire changer for the 8" front tires on smaller tractors. Thanks for tuning in to the channel Dave!
thats why i send my tires out ,but the spoons make the difference.and that tire changer is with its weight in gold.love the opening. your getting very good at making videos
Those spoons have been great! Funny story: I lost one of those for several months. Gave up on it. Finally got another flat tire on a dirt bike and when opened to do the repair... Found the missing spoon! Appreciate the kind comments and continued support. I strive to learn something different with every video.
I use a Chrysler Town and County bead breaker 😎
Also, some people inflate and deflate tubes before installing them in order to stretch them out a little.
Another great video with awesome editing keep up the great work 🇬🇧😘
Thanks Russell! I'm glad you enjoyed 👍
Entertaining and clever editing. Reinforces my using a tire co for this kind of stuff. I'm closer in age to your dad. Thanks for a fun view.
Glad you like it Bob! If we had any small town close shops left around here, I'd probably be dropping off these tires as well! Fortunately that tire changer makes life pretty easy on those little tires. Now I know this video has 2 purposes: one is to instruct folks how to install a tube, and second is to make folks feel good about not installing their own tubes! 😄
The inside of the tire needs to be inspected for possible thorns, nails or wires remaining in the tread, I run my hand around to feel for objects. I learned this the hard way. The methods shown were used in the early days of the automobile to repair tires on the road, often screwdrivers or pieces of flat bar were used. They had no tire machines.
Very good point. I should have checked it out a little closer to be safe and sure nothing more was in there. Also should have looked for burs. I had these tires off the rims before but didn't show this in the video. Quite a few folks still changing tires like this around here in the absence of tire machines. Thanks for the strong advice and I appreciate you watching!
I like what you did with the split screen. That was pretty cool. We live in the country and we are always dealing with flat tires. Tons of fun
Thanks! That was a lot of work but really fun to try. Always too many flats around here for sure!
Happy New Year to you and family.
I had a front tire on my backhoe that I was always pumping up, never found time to fix or was too cheap to fix, air was cheap. Finally decided enough was enough, bought a tube, and with the use of the loader bucket and short 4x4s broke the bead. That bead was a stubborn "$^#@". I do not have short spoons or realized they exist. My deceased dad had left me two 2 foot tire irons made for changing tubes (never used them) and I quickly learned to NOT let them go using them (OOWWW that HURT). Never had a problem with a flat in the remaining (? 10 years) I owned the machine.
Neil, I really enjoy your videos, I subscribe to others as well, but yours are more pertaining and similar to what I have done in my past, so I like to comment in them. Besides being enjoyable they can be quite informative. Keep them coming!
I hear you on the backhoe tire. Mine was the same way for a long time as well and finally put a tube in that one too. I have some big 2 foot spoons as well and they have to come out for the bigger tires for sure. Always good to have a wide selection!
I really appreciate the kind words about the videos too Richard. It is nice to know there are folks out there that can relate to these videos and find them enjoyable to watch. There are lots of guys making content for CZcams and I really appreciate your time in watching mine with all the competition out there. I'll keep trying to find stuff to make videos about as long as folks are watching!
good production and channel is always fun and likable ... Oldtony
Now THAT was some clever editing, Very cool!!! So, when I had that same problem, I just took it to the "Tire Nazi"
Ahhh. The good 'ole Tire Nazi. I have refrained from requiring his services in recent years. He was just slightly too abrasive the last time I was in there, but I knew the rules walking in :) It's a shame that all the other tire shops in small towns have seemed to dry up. So, you didn't know that I had a twin? That took a while to figure out! Thanks for tuning in Tony!
Me... procrastinate on fixing tires? Exorcise that phrase from your vocabulary. It is called a ‘Strategic Pneumatic Engineering Plan”. I have been developing it for years. Although it isn’t top secret... it took me seeing Neil talk to Neil for me to realize.... I have never revealed that plan to anyone!
So, here goes. There are 4 scenarios to consider...
1. on road and off.
B. Daily drivers and occasional use.
If you set them up in a grid you’d have on road above daily driver and off road above occasional. Now the first column, an on road + daily driver gets immediate attention... and for me is a job for the pros.
The second column, off road + occasional, that baby gets extra special attention. You invest in an air compressor, portable air tank and a spare tire gauge to strap to the air tank. Then, you find a place to store the tank close to where you park the tire (are you gonna need a new shed?) About the third time that you forget to refill the tank... While you are walking back to the shop with it... you ask, “Do I need to get a spare tank?” The tipping point for repair/replacement in this category is... when it won’t hold air through the whole task.
The diagonals are where your strategic engineering juices get to flow... the on road + occasional and the off road + daily are prime candidates for: plugging holes, hot patching inside, slime filling, tubing them or the dreaded (yet inevitable) tube patching. Of course, fill before use will be the preferred means of dealing with these... until you get fed up and have to do any of those major repairs!
Neil, I learned long ago that it ain’t procrastination if you have a strategic plan!
I don’t use a lot of tubes on our off road tires. There are far too many hedge trees and thorny locusts. It seems that even if I check the inside of the tire for sharps before putting in the tube... just as soon as that tire hits the first rock... a thorn lurking just below the inside surface punches through. Or, perhaps it is, that I am buying tubes that are made from the rubber equivalent to ‘Rare Earth Magnets’ for thorns?? And you know what that means... another round of filling with the portable tank to avoid the dreaded (yet inevitable) tube patching.
A lot of people don’t like slime... I used to be one of them but then I discovered TireJect. It doesn’t take much, doesn’t rust your rims, actually contains a latex like compound and you can buy it in bulk! My wood cart (off road + occasional use) is going on 5 years with pretty iffy sidewalls held together with it. [CZcams Disclaimer... THIS COMMENT IS NOT SPONSORED BY TireJect.]
Now about talking to yourself... it is OK, as long as you’re not talking about yourself... or, so my therapist says! However, I’ll have to ask her at breakfast, if there are any particular indications when you start to film yourself, talking to yourself!
Well... that’s about all for now... the tire on my TracVac is looking a little low. I’ve got to take immediate action... Where does it fit on the Grid? What step of the flow chart is it at? Do I need to order another gallon of TireJect? Can I just look away for now and deal with it when it is sunny and warm? So many questions...... I need to consult my “Strategic Pneumatic Engineering Plan” over a cup of coffee near the wood stove!
Oh man, you had me literally chuckling out loud through most of that! Favorite part: "when it won’t hold air through the whole task". That is for sure the threshold that I hold as standard as well! I was able to inflate this tire before every use and it was fine. It would last a couple weeks between fills, then it was lasting a week, then it was overnight and finally, it wouldn't last through an entire task. Your grid chart is perfectly defined in terms of reflecting the usage vs frequency vs application metrics. Ha, off road + occasional: "that baby gets extra attention". So gosh darn true. I'm thinking of the tires I need to inflate in the upstairs loft of my old barn just so that I can roll stuff to the door to toss it down!!! I have to haul a dang air tank up the ladder!
You also queued a childhood memory for me. We would go camping at this one campground that had a bunch of the thorny locust trees. My dad would set up a make shift "tire shop" to keep up with the flat bicycle tires as all the kids in the general vicinity quickly learned the guy in spot 14B could fix your bike tire. I think this may have been where I learned about tubes, tube patching, and the general practice of tree species identification from a safe distance. We would ride our bikes off and away with multi-patch tires and ride them back on the rims for Dad to patch up again. Man, he is patient.
Hope you enjoy that cup of coffee with your therapist and I'll start thinking about which tire of the couple dozen around here will most likely need the next tube so I can stock up. I got a wheel barrel I've been pushing around with a flat tire for a good year or two now. It is probably a prime candidate!
Thanks Dave :)
@@digdrivediy I forgot all about the wheelbarrow... I have resolved that it is easier to push the starter on my BX than to push a wheelbarrow. My bucket loader has almost made it obsolete! And with that being in the off-road - often used category I have a well established protocol for dealing with its tires!
About bicycle inner tubes... my 7 yr old grandson developed a flat on his. While trying to fix it, his dad pinched it right by the valve stem... then, he tried to patch it with the vulcanizing glue too wet.... the outcome was, he ruined it.
I picked up a replacement and put it in for him... then, I told him I’d keep the tube for something special.
A few months later we were loading firewood and I saw a hickory fork on a sapling. I cut it and we headed for the shop. After he whittled the bark off of it, I showed him how to cut rubber strips off the tube. (You have to use the outer portion. If you use the sidewall or the inner they are too crooked to work.) An old work glove palm, some fishing line and voila’... he had a slingshot.
When the acorns started falling, he gathered up a paint bucket of ammo. He keeps both of them in his bedroom... just in case the bad guys break in and he has to defend himself!
The other night his teen age brother had a couple of friends over for a birthday party. When he started to introduce me, his little brother blurted out, “This is PawPaw. He can make anything. Wanna see my slingshot he made from a tire?”
Neil, I don’t remember how much that inner tube cost. But, I’ll never forget what it was worth.”
"Are you gonna need a new shed? LOL!! I do believe there's Koch DNA in your family tree from a long lost common ancestor.... the scraggly bearded dude who'd rather spend an extra $20, 2 hours, and 3 bloody knuckles to do it his own way! " See.. I told ya!"
@@marykoch5168 yep... at least kindred spirits!
I got a new barn this summer for keeping my tractor stuff... my wife told me that’s the last out building! Then we started a discussion about storage...
My argument was...
Background... we had bought a Gator a year ago. To make it legal to drive on the road I needed a triangle SMV sign on it. I picked one up at the Farm Store but didn’t get two $0.50 brackets to mount it.
Well, while digging out tow straps, spot lights, first aid kit, etc. to put in it... I came across a plastic container that had come with a trailer hitch ball. With a little modification it worked perfectly... (And contrary to the norm took less than an hour with no discernible injuries during modification and installation.) I showed my wife but, at that time didn’t tell her where it came from.
Fast forward to the storage discussion...
one of my arguments was, that modification... I was pretty proud. I mentioned it in my defense. After all, It was black and matched the Gator rail. It was perfectly secure when mounted and best of all, saved me a buck plus a trip to town. I finished the discussion with, “I knew that container would come in handy.”
Her reply was, “What did you buy the ball for?”
I answered, “It was for the pickup, when it was new.”
Her response, “That was in 2007. You’ve been keeping that stupid piece of plastic for over 10 years.”
Did I lose the conversation? Well Mary, I’ll let you in on a little secret. At the time I made the bracket thingy out of the container... I hadn’t picked up a ball hitch for the Gator. It came with a plastic container which I used to fill my depleted stock!
Hey Neil! We're fairly new subscribers and are now watching all your videos from the beginning. My husband was raised in Brandenburg KY and he adores anything to do with tractors. I wanted to comment on your video editing skills where you have two of you (can't think of what that's called) 😆 at the same time. You do a phenomenal job 👍 We really enjoy all your videos. Love seeing your beautiful family too. ☺ God bless from Carson City NV
Talk about PTSD!....what seemed like the hardest job of my life was one day when I decided to put a tube in a tire that kept losing air on a riding lawn mower! 😜😜 You made it look easy! My first and last time. I told my wife I would just buy a new mower next time a tire went bad! 👍👍
Oh boy, I've had a few of those too. The smaller diameter tires can be a real pickle sometimes for sure. I don't blame you for wanting a different tractor rather than put in a tube - sounds like a logical excuse to me 😂 My dad bought a new car once cause the old one had a dead battery... Ha!
Cool editing there Neil and I think we've all been there before. Ha, you and WD40! No making fun, I use PB Blaster myself. And yes I have a mini-tire changer, definitely worth their $$.
I got all my favorites in here: WD-40, a clone to help with the dirty work and saving money with a DIY effort! I'm glad you mention the WD-40. I think they should sponsor me since everything I have is made of rust! Thanks again for watching sir!
I feel your pain I’ve changed tires with pry bars, manual one like yours, coats and now I just bought a rim clamp style I hope my days of swearing at tires is limited now
Nothing beats a good tire changer. All the local tire shops have closed up around here and the big tire store chains are the only option. You get to know all the local farmers that have tire machines in their shops! I'm glad to have learned how to do it manually but I'm just as happy to use that tire changer! Appreciate you watching!
@@digdrivediy thanks Neil I really like your videos keep it up I have a small excavation company with old equipment so I get my share of fixing in and I’m usually watching your channel while I do so
Great video. Excellent job of explaining the process of dismounting the tire and installing the tube.
I work in a tire shop and have several years experience so if I may offer a little advise and a trick to help prevent pinching the tube.
In the video I noticed that you start mounting the tire at the valve stem, when the valve stem is pulled through and clamped, sometimes when you push down the bead for extra slack the bead of the tire can pinch/tear the valve stem when mounting the tire. I would suggest starting opposite the valve stem when mounting so the last part of the tire to go on is at the valve stem.
A little trick to prevent pinching the tube with a tire bar is partially inflating the tube before mouth ring the top bead. Inflate it with the core. Also ensures there is no twists in the tube.
Thanks for the channel and great vids. Looking forward to more.
Hey Clint thanks for all the great suggestions! I'm afraid doing the limited number of tire repairs that I do far from qualifies me as being an expert so I warmly welcome all the suggestions that could help to make me better and help those that watch these videos so that their life may be easier also. I've learned the hard way about pinching the tube as I had done it so many times back in my young days when working on those pesky dirt bike tires. I've had several others make suggestions based on what I may have been able to do differently in this video too so I'm happy to be learning all while trying to help folks figure it out on their own too. Thanks so much for the comment and for watching the channel. Take care.
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Neil, I think I will have to start saving up some money and have a tire shop change mine if needed. Or should I say when I need it. A bicycle tire is my limit on changing an inter tub. Any size bigger than that and I’m floating on it in the lake.
Haha! I like your style John. I don't get into anything much bigger than these nowadays.
20 ton hydraulic press with a block on each side of the rim on the tire and a spanning block s with another block just press down till bead pops. With the beads broke then use a slight amount of pressure on the rim to hold it as a third hand , this allows you to do what you need to to remove the tire or put a tube in. That’s the short version of how it works for me any way.
Makes sense to me! Now just to get that hydraulic press! I've needed one on several occasions so I'll put this down as another good reason why! Thanks Terry!
Hey What Ever Works Right ! I F Work Then It Was The Right Tool ! I Use The Old 2x6 & my 4x4 Truck To Break The Bead on Most car Tires ! Big Tractor Tires Are A Lot Harder as We know !
Oh yeah! Sounds like you know how to get it done!
@@digdrivediy Yea Born,Raised on a small 70ish acre Family Farm So yea we all Ben Their Done That Type o thing..as we both know thy can be a real pain in the...rear end !
I usually just take the tire outside and stick my head out my driver side window & use the left front tire of my pickup truck and gently run my front tire up on the tire who's bead I'm trying to break. Just be careful not to run up on the rim. Works like a champ.
That's a great idea. I have done some larger truck tires like that and I know other folks that employ that method. I can't remember if I mentioned that in the video or not but that's a good way to do it in the absence of a tire changer.
Thanks for the cool feedback and appreciate you watching.
Fyi inflate the tube to 15psi and check for leaks then remove Schrader valve before putting the tube on the rim. It will stretch out the tube and prevent you from having to tear down the tire again do to leaky tube. I've had a couple defective tubes right out of the box.
Another good idea. I got lucky on both of these tubes and they're still holding a month or so later but would have been smart to check them first for sure. Thanks.
Neat tire changer! never seen one like that and I want one now!
Now that you mention it I've never seen another one like it either! It has been great and I really would like to have one in my shop, but I don't mind the excuse to go over to my folks either. Let me know if you ever find one.
I run over the tire laying on the cement driveway with my truck front tire to break it loose . That’s the way we do it in the South .
I've tried that before as well.
Hey Neil! I discovered your channel last week. I must say I’m becoming a big fan...and the family too. We watched a couple of your videos with my daughter (she’s 3) and she was so captivated by your tractors! Out of nowhere : What’s the pant you’re wearing? They look perfect for manual work. And any chance of getting G&k apparel in the near futur (even if I’m in Canada and shipping would be out of mind). Keep it up man. It makes me want to move in the country and enjoy wood, tractor and good times with the family. - Charles in Montreal
Wow! Thanks for all the great feedback Charles and I love hearing that your daughter has found interest in those tractors as well! The pants I'm wearing in this video are Eddie Bauer "First Ascent Guide Pro Pants". I have probably 6 pairs of them and absolutely love them. They have a fleece lined version for the winter that are terrific as well. I switched from Blue Jeans a couple years ago and only wear pants like these now for work. I sound like a commercial but I do really like them. They have a great pocket on the side that is perfect for my phone. That G&K apparel...hmmm, I'll have to think about that. Never imagined anyone asking for it. That is actually the company that I work for and I just never change from my work clothes to do the videos :) It is so great hearing from our Canadian friends and I'm humbled that you've enjoyed the channel. Thanks for saying hi and let me know if you try a pair of those pants! (PS: Wrangler makes a pair of pants very similar to the Eddie Bauer ones and I have a couple pair of those as well and they are about as nice for half the price).
@@digdrivediy WOW! Thanks for the quick response. I just check those Eddie Bauer pants and they look terrific (A bit pricy in Canada tho). I'll see if I can get a pair of Wrangler's instead but I'll keep your first pick in mind. Thanks again for all you videos. I can't wait for the next one ( I wish it will be one with your new snowblower on your 755).
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Procrastination you say?? How about having 6 or 8 chains for your chainsaw and waiting til they are all so dull they won't cut to sharpen one. Let's just say I went and bought a new chain...haha!
Ha! That's perfect! I do the same thing. I was trying to think of things that were along the same lines as the slow tire leak... Like a battery you have to jump every time to use it, etc. The dull chains is a good one. Thanks for watching!
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You should of called me to help with tubing them tires. I could of showed you a few tricks.
Ha!!! I'm sure you could have provided plenty of guidance. I smell a sponsorship deal in the making 😂 Glad to see you here CJ!
i have the same problem on my volvo bm krabat 425
Everytime I mow the grass I've told myself a thousand time go to the scrapyard and pull a set of wheels off of another mower. It's been about 6 months
Haha! I know the feeling John!
My problem is yes I’m a very big procrastinator as well but I’m trying to change that every day
Me too. It a constant struggle for me. I try to change every day but then I just put it off... :) Thanks for watching!
Join the procrastinating club lol iv been a member for a long time that's why my workshop. Is like a pig sty lol
Ha! I feel ya Paul :)
Neil I tried to do bicycle tire one time and failed at it ended up having to air them up every time I I pulled the Rickshaw around. Something I noticed Neil that I thought about my work. I wonder if you are the tube up first kind of stretched it out a little bit and then. I wonder if you are the tube up first kind of stretched it out a little bit and then push all the air out of it and try and get it in there. I don't know much about that stuff but I wondered about that when I saw you doing it.
Here's an afterthought what if you took a piece of like plate steel and cut the lug nut holes out and could run it down on your lug nut holes and then build a moon shape deal and set just the axle down on it cuz I know there'd be more weight in a focused area than the forks could put on it? Just a thought. You know bolt in place of a wheel and then set the axle with that attachment down on the edge of the rim? Be curious if anybody's ever tried something like that?
That's not a bad idea. Another great way to get creative. I can picture what you're saying and it would put the weight down on it! That was my first and second try at doing it that way and I can't say I would prefer that method over the tire changer just yet! Another thing I thought of after the fact is that I probably could have "pinched" the tire between the fork back plate and the loader frame somewhere too and got it to pop. Lots of possibilities I bet.
I bet inflating that tube like you suggested may have helped to stretch it out. I literally took it out of a 2 year old box and tried to put it on so I think that is why it was likely so stiff. Warming it up a bit more would have helped too probably.
Glad to have you chiming in and always appreciate it!
@@digdrivediy as always love the video. Love the intro that was awesome. I freaked out for about a split-second went oh my God he's got a twin brother! And then it Hit me all of a sudden what you've done. I am buying a new computer today and monitors and going to look at video editing software for morons IE that would be me :-) any suggestions would be greatly appreciated sir. I am a Windows PC guy.
@@1ton4god HaHa! I'd hoped I would catch somebody off guard!
As far as the editing software goes, I tried out a bunch of them when I first started. For about my first 20 videos I used Kdenlive, which is a free editing software that works really good and doesn't require a bunch of computer "horsepower". Since I built a newer computer with a little more processing power, I've been using DaVinci Resolve and that's what the last 25+ videos have been done with. It is the free version but has a lot of functionality. Every Sunday night I watch a different tutorial on something new in Davinci Resolve and then I basically spend the entire week editing a little each night. There are lots of options out there so I would just encourage you to try a few different ones. Kdenlive was pretty good but it crashed a few times. If you get one of the free versions of SW then you have to put up with a few quirks here and there. Good luck with it.
@@digdrivediy the other DaVinci one was one of them I was looking at. I hadn't heard of the other one you mentioned kdenlive I've never heard of that. The computer I just ordered from HP has 32 gig of RAM and i7 something Intel processor I don't know what all that means but my neighbors are Computer Sciences guy that teaches at the college. And he's basically ordered this supercomputer for me. It's got one terabyte of storage space. He said it'll pretty much run anything I want. I will try DaVinci first. Since you're using it and like it thank you for the help.
Just use a 24?
I use slime to fix dehydrated tires
I've been known to use that on occasion as well.
“Hope to do it all with hands tools “
Immediately pulls out an impact wrench and uses tractor forks 😂😂
Good video though
😂 Still used my hands though!
We've had a tire leaking for 2 years straight I just filled it up everyone's in a while
So that’s how you get so much done , you have a clone
Yeah, I wish! He doesn't show up when I need a most though!
Future you did the math obviously and knew you wasted almost 15 hours over a 6 month period airing up tires. For shame son, for shame! You could have gotten a head start on building that fireplace for Kara. Nice going Mr. Time Management.
I'm waiting on future Neil to get the fireplace done for me... Future Neil procrastinates as much as current Neil it seems...
@@digdrivediy That's the best you got? Weak amigo, oh so weak. Just imagine Kara and the girls huddling around a single, lit candle to stay warm. Oh the humanity!!!
Next time try soapy water
That's good to have in the shop for sure!
WTH! Why work so hard when you have access to a tire machine
Ha! You're right Al. I did one just to have it on video, and then decided I wasn't doing another!