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RE: Tire slime/disadvantages of tubes

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Subject: RE: Tire slime/disadvantages of tubes
From: robertrudolphi@netscape.net (Robert Rudolphi)
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 08:14:13 -0500
Just to add one item to a very long e-mail trail. There is what I consider a 
major disadvantage to adding tubes to a leaking tire/wheel. Normally if you run 
over a nail or something similar the tire just develops a slow leak. If a tire 
has a tube in it and your run over the same nail it goes flat right away. The 
reason for this is in a tire with a tube, there is no seal around the valve 
stem and the wheel. Having worked in a tire store for many years in my youth, 
we only used tubes as a last resort.

Why is it for everything that seems like an easy fix there are always 
disadvantages??


Respectfully

Robert Rudolphi
74 TR6


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