Nothing is worse than a flat tire. There many different reasons why your tire might be flat. Your tire could have a slow leak, a nail hole, or a sidewall puncture. If you ever drive on a tire that is too low on pressure, you could also cause the tire to separate from the rim. This basically means that the beads have pulled away from the tire. You can fix a tire that has pulled away from the rim with just a few tools and about 20 minutes.
Remove the valve core from the valve stem of the tire by placing the tool in the stem and turning it counterclockwise.
Pour a little soapy water around both sides of the tire in the bead area. The bead area is where the tire meets the rim on both sides.
Place your tire onto the tire machine and secure to the machine. Depending on the type of tire machine you are using, you will secure it differently. If you are using a rim clamp machine, you will place the tire onto the top plate and secure with clamps that are controlled with a pedal at the base of the machine. If you are working with a center post tire machine, you will position the rim over the post and secure with a threaded cone.
Attach the inflation hose of the tire machine to the valve stem and push the inflation pedal on the tire machine all the way down. When you press the pedal down part of the way, air will fill the tire through the stem. When you push the pedal all the way down, the machine will blast the tire from underneath and expand the tire from the bead area so that the filler can fill the tire.
Install the valve stem with the valve stem tool and inflate the tire to the proper inflation by using the gauge attached to the tire machine.
