I live in MI and had this trouble with my garden tractor. I used one of
those pressurized cans of leak sealer. No more leaks. (I only use a small
amount and one can works for several small tires.)
Brian Kennedy
> From: David Scheidt <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 19:38:18 -0400
> To: Donald H Locker <dhlocker@comcast.net>
> Cc: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] tubeless (and airless) tires
>
> On 9/4/07, Donald H Locker <dhlocker@comcast.net> wrote:
>> Hi, All.
>>
>> Before the snow season, I'd like to get the tubeless tires on my snowblower
>> to
>> seal sufficiently that I don't have to air them up every time I want to use
>> it.
>>
>> The first thing I did was break the beads and clean all the mating surfaces.
>> No
>> abrasives, just soap, water and a cotton rag, then air to push the beads back
>> into position. No joy.
>>
>> So I opened things again and cleaned again but this time I applied rubber
>> cement
>> to the mating surfaces (as suggested by a local tire shop) and re-inflated
>> the
>> critters. As well as I can determine, the air loss is undiminished.
>>
>> So next I tried cleaning and applying clear silicone sealant. I'm still
>> losing
>> air at a prodigious rate!!!
>>
>> Soapy water says the leaks are around the bead area, is there any specific
>> technique for identifying what is _exactly_ causing the problem? And what
>> should I do when I find it?
>
> When I did this for a living, the technique was to remove the tire,
> buff the beads (we used a special buffing wheel in a drill, that
> wouldn't remove good paint, but took off loose paint, dirt, and rust,
> but a wire wheel will work. Repaint later, if you care.), apply a
> seriously gooey and sticky bead sealer on the bead surface, and
> remount the tire. If I were doing this to my snowblower, I'd go with
> tubes. You may be able to find them with pre-installed sealant in
> them. If not, add it.
>
>
>
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