Are the filled????

[Reg]

jack the wheel up. pull valve stem with it at top.. see if it's sealed tot he rim or loose..

soundguy

Doesn't that depend on the tire/tube/valve size and type ?
I think once you get to .... ( over some size or load rating ) they're secured through the rim with a nut.

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GENERALLY jack up the wheel, put the valve at 12 o'clock, remove the valve stem.
If liquid comes out they are FULL, like WAY FULL !
Rotate the wheel SLOWLY and note at what point liquid comes out, there was a table or formula somewhere that showed how to convert clock positions to percentage full.

Get a tiny bit of it on your finger and touch it to the end of your tongue, you will KNOW if it is CaCl - don't lick or swallow, just spit a few times (-:
I haven't done this with RimGuard, but if it is in fact beet juice residue I would expect it to be sweet tasting... ?

 

[willfick]

Doesn't that depend on the tire/tube/valve size and type ?
I think once you get to .... ( over some size or load rating ) they're secured through the rim with a nut.

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GENERALLY jack up the wheel, put the valve at 12 o'clock, remove the valve stem.
If liquid comes out they are FULL, like WAY FULL !
Rotate the wheel SLOWLY and note at what point liquid comes out, there was a table or formula somewhere that showed how to convert clock positions to percentage full.

Get a tiny bit of it on your finger and touch it to the end of your tongue, you will KNOW if it is CaCl - don't lick or swallow, just spit a few times (-:
I haven't done this with RimGuard, but if it is in fact beet juice residue I would expect it to be sweet tasting... ?

I don't mess around beets much, but antifreeze will be sorta sweet, too. One of the reasons it's dangerous to animals and small children.
I've got low(not non-)tox antifreeze mixed in the rears on my H. Not as much weight gain as calcium, but easy to deal with, non-corrosive, and a few gallons in each will prevent a hard freeze down to a temperature at which I'm not going outside no-how.
Wm

 

[Soundguy]

and you have some sort of a problem with pulling the outside retainer nut and seeing if the valve stem is attatched to a tub or just free hanging?

soundguy

Doesn't that depend on the tire/tube/valve size and type ?
I think once you get to .... ( over some size or load rating ) they're secured through the rim with a nut.

----------------------
GENERALLY jack up the wheel, put the valve at 12 o'clock, remove the valve stem.
If liquid comes out they are FULL, like WAY FULL !
Rotate the wheel SLOWLY and note at what point liquid comes out, there was a table or formula somewhere that showed how to convert clock positions to percentage full.

Get a tiny bit of it on your finger and touch it to the end of your tongue, you will KNOW if it is CaCl - don't lick or swallow, just spit a few times (-:
I haven't done this with RimGuard, but if it is in fact beet juice residue I would expect it to be sweet tasting... ?

 

[Reg]

and you have some sort of a problem with pulling the outside retainer nut and seeing if the valve stem is attatched to a tub or just free hanging?

soundguy

Errrr, No - no problem with DOING that.
I just have never had to do it and so don't know how obvious the difference is between a tube and no tube on those size/load-rated tires.
Do the valves really "just hang free" in a tubeless rim once the nut is spun back ?
I would expect some sort of a "taper fit" for effective sealing.
Can one EASILY push/pull on a valve and sense that there is a tube attached ?
Again, I would expect a taper fit of fairly hard rubber into a steel hole, not something that can easily be wiggled around.

My expectations are based on assumptions, such as these ain't just like auto or truck tires.
Of course, I could be wrong - I like to be wrong, it is how I learn (-:

 

[Soundguy]

there is no need for there to be an ultra tight fit for a tube tire stem into the rim.. it's not 'sealing' anything... a tubeless stem will have a seat and compression ring or fitting.. the tube stem literally slips into the hole in the rim..

soundguy