Vintage Karting Forum

What do you use for tire mounting? 

I have no kart shops here and using two screw drivers is not going to make it. I have seen YouTube vids showing a guy on the floor using his hands and just pushing the bead over the rim. Really?  

I would like to see them try it with 4.5 Bridgestones and Douglas rims.

There are installation tools out there that are supposed to make it easy. I'm still doing it by hand,using some blue tire lube from the local tire shop. The video does make it look easy, and when you get the combination right they pop right on. Other times not so much! Not using screwdrivers anymore but I did have to use a tire spoon on the last new set to help that last little bit. I put it inside the rim parallel to the bead, rather than against the lip. New ones are a struggle still, but getting pretty good at flipping used ones. Good luck!