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It's nice when they go well, Kerry. If the rim is wide and the tire doesn't want to expand to the flanges, it can get very difficult. The last Dodge van tire I did must have been at the bottom of a stack of tires for a while. It was nowhere near wide enough to try to seal on both flanges at the same time. After trying some tricks that didn't work, I got out a piece of foam pipe insulation and put it between one tire bead and the rim flange, making the other bead of the tire seal against its flange. Then I put enough air in the tire to pop that side on, let the air out, removed the foam insulation, and lifted the rim while putting air in. Then that second side sealed and seated.
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