[AT] Sealing a tire to a rim

[Steve W.]

http://www.safetyseal.com/store/chemical.htm is the stuff I use. I get
it at the local Parts Plus auto parts store. But I have seen it at NAPA
and a couple tire shops. I paid 14.50 about 4 years ago for a can of the
flammable stuff (works much better than the nonflammable version) that
I'm still using....  It brushes on like the old permatex and fills the
voids between the rubber and the rim, it doesn't bond them together
though like a glue would. It does bond to the rubber though and when you
dismount the tire it will stay stuck to it so if you want to put them on
a different rim or reuse them on the current rim you almost have to buff
it off. (or just put another layer on which is what I do). The spray
would probably be easier to use though.

They also carry mounting lube, plug kits, tube patch kits and other tire
repair items.

Steve Williams
Near Cooperstown NY


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil E Monson" <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 6:46 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Sealing a tire to a rim


> > Steve where do you find that stuff?  Tire store,  auto parts, ????
> >
> > Charlie
>
>
> Charlie, I have a continuing problem with golf cart tires and
> other small ones on several wagons that I use for gen sets or small
> engines. It seems to me that clean rims and good tires do not stay
> sealed for long. I suspect the rubber dries out and then the leak
> starts. I take the golf cart wheels to the local golf cart guy and
> he uses a bead sealer on them and that seems to stop the leak for
> good. He has a can of it and uses a small paint brush to swab the
> rim before seating the tires.
>
> While I was at Le Sueur I asked the Miller Tire guys if they
> had anything in the way of a bead sealer but they didn't have any with
> them. They told me they were sure they carried it at the store.
>
> I am going to do as Alan Riley suggested and try NAPA but I
> have a feeling if I really want to stop the leaks I am going to have
> to buy tubes.
>
> Cecil
> -- 
> The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to wonder
> what you said.
>
> Cecil E Monson
> Lucille Hand-Monson
> Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole
>
> Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment
>
> Free advice
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