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leaking bead
hit a hidden pothole pretty hard the other day and it appears to have set the bead off on my tire. how to you fix it yourself? or should i just take it to a shop where they will prolly say some BS that i need a new tire
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Re: leaking bead
Take a rubber mallet and beat the bead all the way around the tire. I used to manage a tire shop and this was the most effective way to reseal leaky beads. If you have an air compressor, it helps to lower the pressure to a few PSI before you do it, then refill, as it allows the rubber to flex more with lower pressure and seal up.
Or do you mean its totally seperated off the rim and you cant get it to set again? |
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Re: leaking bead
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Gamesy, if the tire has been un-seated and is sitting on the inside of the wheel you should be able to get it back on by putting air into it, however you need to be very careful. If the tire has been chewed up at all it's probably scrap. If you see any bulges in the sidewall while adding air, stop immediately and take all the air out, the belts inside the wall have been broken and the tire is toast.
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Re: leaking bead
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Another thing that you can do is fill the tires with nitrogen, its inert and wont corrode the inside of the rim as regular compressed air does, since usually compressed atmospheric air also contains lots of moisture. |
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Re: leaking bead
no its still seated on the rim properly, its weird, sometimes i'll lose pressure other times its fine, i'll do the rubber mallet thing today. And i have seen many canadian winters but i guess Ontario is different from Saskatchewan lol even though Sask has worse roads than ontario :P
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Re: leaking bead
took the rim off and the inner rim was dented. so pulled out ye ol' BIG ****ING HAMMER
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Re: leaking bead
If that doesn't work, get a bigger hammer!
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Re: leaking bead
BUT I'M GIVEN ER ALL SHE'S GOT CAPTAIN!
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