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Aug 30, 2017 11:29:37 GMT
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Hi all
I've got a set of steel wheels for the acty, all with old tyres that need replacing due to age.
I'm thinking of changing to them instead of my alloys to suit the derelict look of the van more but I'm wondering if the sole reason the tyres don't hold air is because of the tyre age or whether the steels themselves might need their barrels painting / sealed?
I remember the alloys on my dolomite had got to an age / state that cause the tyres to deflate but didn't know whether the same can happen to steels.
Just planning whether i need to get tyres removed from steels in advance and treat them or whether I can take them and my alloys with tyres and get them swapped straight over?
I'd rather avoid having to pay for tyre fitting costs twice.
Cheers in advance
Phil
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mk2cossie
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Aug 30, 2017 12:32:44 GMT
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from the various wheels that come in at work for punctures/loosing air, the wheel material makes no difference to the tyres loosing air. Alloys turn to dust underneath lifting paintwork and steel wheels just corrode away  It could just be the tyres in your case, but we would wire wheel and apply a coat of bead sealer to the beads on either type of rims for the sake of not getting a customer back in whinging  |
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from the various wheels that come in at work for punctures/loosing air, the wheel material makes no difference to the tyres loosing air. Alloys turn to dust underneath lifting paintwork and steel wheels just corrode away It could just be the tyres in your case, but we would wire wheel and apply a coat of bead sealer to the beads on either type of rims for the sake of not getting a customer back in whinging Cheers that sounds good to me, let's hope that's the case.  |
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mk2cossie
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Aug 31, 2017 12:30:45 GMT
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Sorry, but what is bead sealer? Its a rubbery type substance that is painted on the rims around the bead, to hopefully stop the air escaping between the tyre and rim. Not all places clean up the rim and just slap on the sealer. Trouble then, is that the grot or whatever was causing the leak isn't removed  |
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Aug 31, 2017 12:42:17 GMT
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Sept 2, 2017 11:11:31 GMT
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Put tubes in the tyres. End of question.
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squonk
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Sept 2, 2017 12:15:49 GMT
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Put tubes in the tyres. End of question. A potentially dangerous thing to do if the tyres arn't made to have tubes. The inside of the carcass on a tubeless tyre can be coarse and chafe against the tube causing it to burst. |
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Sept 2, 2017 12:34:39 GMT
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Along with corrosion on the rim beads I have also come across the occasional porous steel rim - this is normally where the rim is centre welded or banded with air finding it's escape through a weld pin hole
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Sept 10, 2017 14:12:17 GMT
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A professional tyre fitter who values his work and his job will not fit tubes in tubeless tyre for the reason given by Squonk.
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