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Old 10-04-18 | 11:10 AM
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Some tires are difficult to seat on some rims. If full inflation is attempted on a tire that is not well seated it will pop like you describe. May not happen immediately, but it will soon. The correct procedure is to inflate to maybe 10 psi, eyeball the tire's position on the rim and adjust as needed. Add more air and check again.

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