One of the front tires on my JD 870 has a slow leak. The fronts on the 870 are fairly small, R-1, but loaded.
I've not attempted to fix a tire since I patched an bicycle inner tube 40 years ago, so need some advice.
I've found the leak - a small pinhole in the middle of the tread, between the bars. When I park it with the leak down, it leaks liquid, and when it's parked with the leak up just air bubbles slowly coming up through the wet hole.
I think it's tubeless. I remember I bought tubes when I got new tires a few years back, but as I recall when the guy came out to install them he found the originals were tubeless and decided to install tubeless again. That seems to agree with the observation that as soon as I park with the hole up the water stops. How can I be sure?
Assuming it is tubeless, I'm thinking a plug would fix it. That right?
How hard is it for someone with no experience to install one? Does all the air pressure have to be released to do it? Can I leave the liquid in if I release the air pressure?
I've not attempted to fix a tire since I patched an bicycle inner tube 40 years ago, so need some advice.
I've found the leak - a small pinhole in the middle of the tread, between the bars. When I park it with the leak down, it leaks liquid, and when it's parked with the leak up just air bubbles slowly coming up through the wet hole.
I think it's tubeless. I remember I bought tubes when I got new tires a few years back, but as I recall when the guy came out to install them he found the originals were tubeless and decided to install tubeless again. That seems to agree with the observation that as soon as I park with the hole up the water stops. How can I be sure?
Assuming it is tubeless, I'm thinking a plug would fix it. That right?
How hard is it for someone with no experience to install one? Does all the air pressure have to be released to do it? Can I leave the liquid in if I release the air pressure?
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