Re: Got my first flat on the '29 last night - anybody got experience changing the tubes?

Posted by HH56 On 2021/10/7 16:52:47

If you don't have access to a tire cage, you can make something that will stop the split ring from shooting off the tire and decapitating someone.

Once the ring is visually and seemingly in place per the discussions above, one of the car restoration shows on TV filmed in a shop that did not have a cage laid a good sized piece of fairly thick plywood over the tire and rim and then put the whole thing flat on the floor under the lower shelf of a heavy work bench. Used a long hose to the compressor so he was out of the way.

If no workbench, might be able to do the same thing with the tire under a car frame. Important thing is to keep the ring from flying upward any great distance.