• LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch
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    1 year ago

    If you stuffed the tube into the tire and inflated it, it might have had a small fold in it that got trapped and split.

    When you inflate the tube the first time, you should inflate it slowly and only a little bit, massage the tire to release any kinks or folds, then slowly increase pressure until about half way. Then give it another massage and deflate it. Then you can slowly refill it all the way.

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      1 year ago

      That’s unacceptable, this is a manufacturer defect and is no way caused by faulty inflation, which isn’t a thing. If it breaks, it was defective, simple as that.

      If you need to do this and this so it doesn’t break, find a better brand.

      • uniqueid198x@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        1 year ago

        Its quite possible to have a pinch in the tube which will fail during inflation. In my experience, thats all brands; a tube simply can’t withstand 100 psi at a pinch point. This failure is not that, however. This is almost certainly a manufacturing defect, as metioned.

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          1 year ago

          A fold will work itself out, if you pinched it between the rubber or rim, nothing you could do would prevent it from rupturing other than reinstalling it correctly.