Flat

[Rottsrool]

I need a little help, I have one tire that kept going flat, so I had a tube put in but twice now the tube valve breaks, so to my question, eventually I will by a new set of tires but until I can afford it is there anything I can do to inflate it, so it holds air. Fix it flat?
I appreciate any help

[JoeMeg]

From my experience,assuming there isn't a hole in it,it's most likely leaking from the bead. You may try cleaning the bead area of the wheel and tire good and see if this helps. If the bead of the tire is chewed up from running de-beaded,etc.,it's going to be difficult. You might want to put Slime in it,sometimes it buys a little time. Don't run tubes. Do a search on this and you will see why,the valves.

[Adondo]

Sounds like the tire's shifting around the wheel. Tubeless, the bead breaks and it's pffffffffft. With a tube installed, the same problem angles the valve stem in the wheel hole until it rips away from the tube.

I was reading somewhere here about a certain gasket sealer keeping the tire from moving on the wheel. There's also the short screws in the rim trick. Drive sheet metal screws in the edge of the wheel rim so the tire's locked in place. They have to be short enough to not go into the tire itself, of course. Supposedly, spraying WD-40 on the bead makes it semi-glued into place after a while. I read that on the 'net somewhere. Those tricks are when you have tubes.

[amphibious drew]

Permatex the tire to the rim and fill her up with slime or rock doctors special tire sauce. If you search on the site, you will find his special recipe. Slime works great until it freezes, and it will freeze. Rock doctor uses latex, glitter, antifreeze, and slime??? Or something like that.

[Nubs]

I've always had good luck with permatex

[hydromike]

If you can work wicked fast, use Permatex Super High Tack. Honestly, you have a good solid minute and a half to work with it, but it works great.

[Rottsrool]

Sweet thanks everyone. I've Got a project for tomorrow!!

[Rottsrool]

Just an update and quick tip for those who need it.
I figured out my tire is fine but have a leak on the wheel bead so I
Took the tire off cleaned it and the wheel, put the tire back on with bead lock and..... Here is what I didn't know, you should over inflate the tire to seal the bead, so on my 21" I had to inflate to 15lbs, live and learn.

[Normable1973]

The green slime works great even for beads $29.99 a gal a advanced

[ARGOJIM]

Just an update and quick tip for those who need it.
I figured out my tire is fine but have a leak on the wheel bead so I
Took the tire off cleaned it and the wheel, put the tire back on with bead lock and..... Here is what I didn't know, you should over inflate the tire to seal the bead, so on my 21" I had to inflate to 15lbs, live and learn.

Did the tire blow or blow off?



Many tires and rim styles require more than 15 psi to seat bead.

[ARGOJIM]

Sorry, misread.

[Rottsrool]

That was what I was afraid of, that it would blow, but nope it was fine, I let my buddy do it while I stood back out of danger. Lol

[Breadstain]

I had this same issue. I just replaced the wheel itself. The rim was at the end of its life. If it goes flat again, just get a new wheel. It's what I did (6 of them, actually) and it's quite a load off.