I've been using fix-a flat for nearly twenty years...
I've never seen a rim damaged by it.
On my X2B's brand new 1977 Spit (back in '77)
her fist flat (in '78) we used f-a-f on a long trip.
That tire came off the rim after 31K miles (for new tires)
and the rim was as clean as the rest of them.
I'd blame you local gas station air pump first.
Most have no dryers in line so you're pumping moisture
into the tire.
Send that through a couple of thousand heat/cool cycles
from driving everyday...that's where the rust came from!
Paul Tegler wizardz@toad.net http://www.teglerizer.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Nolan Penney <npenney@erols.com>
To: HD883HUGGR@aol.com <HD883HUGGR@aol.com>
Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, September 02, 2000 12:11 AM
Subject: Re: Fix-A-Flat
>
>I must have missed that one! I've had to replace rims that were thoroughly
>rotted out from the water in some of the fix a flat type cans. I'm real
>positive the damage came from this because the rims were fine when I put
the
>tires on, and they were well rotted when I took them off the rim the next
time.
>Fix a flat was used in between the times.
>
>While the liquid whatever-it-is can seal a bead, it usually will not get
there.
>The rotation of the tire as you drive (as per can instructions) will fling
the
>goo up under the tread of the tire, away from the bead. You'd do better to
>break the bead and wire brush the rim.
>
>HD883HUGGR@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Oh Great Aerosol Mechanics -
>> There was a thread about Fix-A-Flat in a can a few months ago, and we
>> agreed that it works well and doesn't screw up the inside of the wheel
for
>> when you buy new tires. We also agreed we shouldn't buy the explosive
kind,
>> so potential customers should read the label before laying their money
down.
>> The one thing we didn't discuss is whether it will work on a bead
leak,
>> which is what I think plagues the RR wheel on Hobbs. Will Fix-A-Flat do
the
>> trick?
>> Thanks!
>> Scott (& Hobbs, 77 Spit, with a bad paw)
>
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