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Re: Any good way to fix a rim leak???



You have two choices. Put a tube in it, or buy a wheel.

First the tube. It is cheaper than buying a wheel, especially if you
have fancy wheels. They still sell tubes and for common size tires. 

Buying a wheel is your only other sane option unless you want to chase
your tail and go crazy. And you know it will go flat at the worst time.

Murphy's Law. lol.

There's something else we used to do in the old days when tubeless tires
first came out. And I'm only telling you about this because I am afraid
some old fool might recommend it. But don't do it!

When wheels were made of heavier steel, especially the older pickup
wheels, and we found the location of the leak around the rim with water,
we would take a hammer and beat it into place where it leaked. 

Believe it or not, that worked sometimes, and sometimes it didn't. 

But...... notice I said in the ~old~ days. Wheels now, aren't what
wheels used to be. So please, don't take a hammer to it. 

I only told you this because there is so much nonsense floating around
from nonprofessionals and the "Old Timers" who couldn't make the quantum
leap into the space age. 

Bottom line, buy a tube or buy a wheel. And for what you've spent on
garbage you've thrown into the tire, you probably could have already
bought a tube. 

Tire equipment and supply places (check the yellow pages), sell them.
NAPA sells them too. They come in several grades, but buy the
inexpensive one. It would outlast your vehicle.

These places also sell generic wheels, but of course, an inexpensive
generic wheel won't aesthetically match your factory wheels.

Also, some vehicles leak air out around the rim of the wheels because
they have rust and corrosion built up around the bead area where the
tire seals to the wheel, and when the tire installer places the new tire
on the wheel, he fails to check for, and clean off, any rust and
corrosion build up.

However, since your vehicle is a '95, I doubt that's your problem.
Probably your problem is a curb hit or bad hole in the road. In other
words a bent rim.

If you, or the installer marks the wheel and tire carefully, take one
side of the tire off,  insert the tube, and carefully put the tire back
in the same place, you shouldn't have to rebalance the wheel, and that
would save you some money.

Make sure the inside of the tire and wheel are CLEAN, if you go the tube
route.




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