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I've got a few trikes with slimed tires that leak.
Also have a couple rims that rusted from the inside.
Bike shop guy HATES slimed tires. IS it because they are, well, slimey? or just a freakin' mess to deal with?
I guess the best thing to do is dismount, clean, dry and paint the inside of the rims? or maybe some rust reformer stuff?
I used to hate dead batteries, now I hate flat tires.
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Every wheel/tire combo I've taken apart and found slime in I also found rust in. "Rusted" clean through a couple of old aluminum rims I have. What a mess...
And it's just nasty to deal with and clean up. Gross. Like goose $h1t.
So, all the above.
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The tire guys around here charge extra if you have slime in your tires.Originally Posted by jb2wheels
Slime is not meant to be a permanent fix nor is it meant to be a "pump some in your tire and your flats will always be plugged right away" problem fixer, even tho they sell it to be both. It's meant to be used as an emergency fix to get you to a spot where the tire can be repaired.
Patches, not plugs, patches are the proper way to fix a punctured tire. Do it once and do it right the first time.
Patch kits are available at NAPA, other auto stores, and online. Buy A quality kit, you get what you pay for.
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http://www.slime.com/category/faqs/
•Can I use Slime Tube Sealant in a Tubeless Tire?
No. This formula does not contain the rust and corrosion inhibitors necessary to protect a wheel. We do not recommend or guarantee performance of the product in this application
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4 Wheels? Huh?
Tire Slime is a product that literally should be outlawed. Everyone puts it in as a temporary fix and then leaves it in cause it fixed the leak good enough to not think about it anymore, i can't argue that having some on hand on the trail can get you home if you also have a source of air to top the tire back off but as soon as you get back to civilization you need to tear that tire off, wash out the tire and wash off the wheel and fix it right. Usually when i have to deal with one thats been slimed i get the tire off and grab my power washer and load up the soap injector with some dawn dish soap, dont laugh it works and leaves everything nice and clean and degreased. Then patch the tire, not plugs as already mentioned, then back together. If you got a slow leak thats nagging you toss in a tube with a bolt in valve, i know some hate tubes and argue their durability, but if it gets you another season or two out of that tire or wheel its worth the investment.
Don't use any of that fix a flat stuff either, unless for an emergency. I do have to say though a can of fix a flat can be a life saver on the trail since it airs up and seals all in one, but you need to do the same clean and repair later.
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I absolutely hate tire slime! I used to do tires for a company. And It's suprising how many try to run that in vehicle tires with sidewall holes....We used to do patches on any tire and we used a plug patch combo. Where the pluf was attached to the patch. Things worked really great. Just drill it out a little bit vulcanize the plug and pull it through till the patch was tight to the ground area. No slime!
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I used slime once and it worked.. used it as the sealant to seat the bead, dish soap or grease woulda worked too lol.
I've had good results with fix-a-flat on my old mazda, tire still holds air 6 months later.
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slime works great, yes it can be a mess. I have tubless dirtbike tires, I changed a tire and found a surprise, 2 small nails in the tire, didn't even know they were there.
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i agree it should be outlawed. i have seen it rust rims and delaminate the inside of the tire. just huge areas of rubber peeling off. i hate the stuff and it is a messy, pain to deal with when dismantling the tire. i have also heard of it eating aluminum rims but never seen it personally. if you are stuck miles into the woods, fine, but get it properly fixed when you get home.
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Tire slim is disgusting, worthless and destructive.
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I've seen it. Ruined an aluminum rim that came on my 350X. Tire was full of that nasty stuff.
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4 Wheels? Huh?
I will have to dig around on the computer and see if i have any pictures yet from about two years ago, i friend of mine bought a 250ES that had slime in all three tires. We couldn't figure out why the beads on the wheels looked good, the tires looked good and held air fine no cracking. All three tires were flat when he got it, turned out to be rotted wheels from the tire slime, i washed the inside of the tires and he scrounged another set of wheels off eBay, put them on the new wheels and filled em up and two years later still no leaks. Best i can figure the previous owner put the slime in to fix a slow bead leak or just as a preventative measure that they thought was good. Ruined a really nice nearly NOS looking set of wheels, from the outside they looked awesome, but they were rust pitted and on the back side of them they had a few pinholes. He was going to run tubes but i took one off and stood on it and it crushed in one spot. Yikes!
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Guess I know what I'm doing today.
Thanks to everyone for the good info.
Tubes cost almost as much as tires that I've seen.
30 as opposed to cheap 50$ tires and the wrestling match that goes along with it
is better than a day at the gym.
There's some sort of foam that they'll fill my tractor tires with
but pretty sure it has no flex, like that spray foam insulation.
sheeze, even I can tell I'm procrastinating.
Least favorite job for sure.
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I do know there is a type of foam bead fill on the market. Certain companies do it.
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I've used slime in my tires for years and had zero problems. It is messy when dismounting tires but it cleans up easy enough. I put it in all of my 70 tires and in my 660 Grizzly, no rim problems or rust. one of my 70 rims was almost unusable from rust, I cleaned it up and painted it, and no matter what I tried it would not hold air for more than a day. I put slime in it and its been holding fine for over 2 years. My Grizzly wheels looked like new after hosing the slime off of them, it was in the tires for about 2 years also. A lot of the rust on the inside of a rim is from condensation or moisture from your air compressor.
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