On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 11:22:27 AM UTC-4, Theodore Heise wrote:
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I had a follow-up question on this suggestion to "pull up" the
tire. How is this done?

I attempted something like this (I think) by whacking the inflated
tire sideways onto my workbench (as mentioned above). More
specifically, I did this by holding the wheel at the 7 and 5
o'clock positions with each hand just above the workbench top, and
swinging the 12:00 position of the wheel downward so the tire
sidewall made contact with the benchtop.

Maybe I need a different approach, or to do this with the tire
only partially inflated?

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Ted Heise West Lafayette, IN, USA

What I did when I had this problem a long time ago was:

1. Made sure the rim tape was not sitting where the tire bead goes
2. partially inflated the tire
3. used washing up fluid/dish soap to lubricate the rim and the tire bead where the low spot was
4. pumped up the tire and watched to see if the bead popped up on its own
5. if the tire bead did not pop up on its own I let some air out of the tire and then squeezed the tire from each side with one hand a worked the tire from side to side to see if that caused the tire bead to seat properly.
6. if t hat didn't work I then used a pair of vice grips to hold the tire sides squeezed together a bit and then pumped up the tire whilst pulling up on the vice grips.

I never had a tire that would not seat after doing those things.

Good luck and cheers