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leaking beads
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:29 pm
by brighty
Ok,
Just up for some ideas on how to stop air leaking out the beads, mainly on the outer one. I got a set of 36 swampers on 15x8 non beadlocked sunnies...
was thinkin bit of silastic/silicon but would make it a biatch to get off next time... any other thoughts????
Cheers
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:42 pm
by PJ.zook
Ive heard of a few people cooning up the beads like you suggest, dont see why you shouldnt do it
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:52 pm
by cloughy
That's what they do in speedway
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:45 pm
by cooter
stay away from the mud
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:37 pm
by Madmac
just buy a set of tyre pliers and clean the beads out when they leak, its easy to do
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 8:22 am
by bigcam
tube them and carry a handfull of tubeless valves if you rotate a tyre on the rim and rip the valve off, break one bead whip the tube out, put the tubeless valve in and reseat and inflate, to get you home.
high lift jack base on the tyre near the rim and jack the car up, bread pops off with no effort!
cheers
cam
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:41 am
by danos
I am fairly new to tyres and jsut had a quick question. What "holds" the bead to the rim and why do you have to "break" it?
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:03 pm
by BundyRumandCoke
Air pressure holds the beads to the rim. Have a look at a bare rim. Around the circumference, where the tyres fit, just in from the edges, there is a lump that runs around the rim. When inflated, the bead, or inner edge of the tyre, sits between the edge of the rim, and this lump. "breaking" the bead, means pushing the bead of the tyre in toward the centre of the rim, over this lump.
As for a leaking bead, find out why it leaks. If the bead and rim are in good condition, and clean, it should seal. Lay the tyre down flat, and pour soapy water onto the bead area. Where the bubbles are, hit the TYRE with a hammer, maybe repeatedly, this should stop the air leaks. If the bead is damaged, from using tyre levers for instance, then a tube may be the only way to stop it.
Personally, I would use a stop leak solution before using silicon on the beads.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:56 pm
by sloshy
I run beadlocks and a bit of roof and gutter works for me
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:20 am
by chunderlicious
1 vote here for the roof and gutter aswell... might just be because i dont have to pay for it though
Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:06 am
by havoc_customs
yeah roof and gutter has never let me down. even BB from DGR uses it, well i know he used to
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 5:50 pm
by sidewayz
wtf is 'roof and gutter'?
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:03 pm
by brighty
sidewayz wrote:wtf is 'roof and gutter'?
Roof and Gutter silicone