Slime for slow leak?

[KML]

If the tire is otherwise in good shape I'd fix it right.

As far as a shop not wanting to fix a "sealed" tire, my local shop has a large sign that states they won't repair any tire that has been chemically sealed. It's getting more common and has more to do with liability than laziness.

Looking at it from the tire shop's perspective: They have no control over what chemicals were used, how they affect the tire material in the long term, and most tire manufacturers prohibit it. Puts them in a bad position if something were to happen down the line. It would be hard to justify taking on that level of liability for a $10 repair. I'm sure there are perfectly safe products out there by why would they take the risk.


It's like getting a sidewall puncture repaired. It's physically just as easy to do as anywhere elso on the tire but it's hard to find a tire shop that'll do it simply because the manufacturers say it's a no-no.

It's just the world we live in......

 

[Egon]

I use Slime type products with adaquate results on the tractor. Don't use it on road vehicles.

Perhaps the biggest problem with just injecting slime is that one really does not know the inside condition of the tire or if there is a puncture.:thumbsup:

 

[Soundguy]

i was under the impression that this thread was for some sort of off road tire.. not a road tire.

I'd never slime a road tire.. for one.. i imagine it may throw the ballance off.

i agree on the liability issue.. especially for a prohibited act.. like the afore mentioned sidewall repair.

soundguy

 

[George2615]

I've used fix a flat. It cleans up with water if you need to dis-mount tire from rim. For nail holes I have used a plug gun with great success.

 

[grnspot110]

Using "slime" as a general term, some liquid sealants can rust rims as bad as CaCl. I have a 420 JD (garden tractor) that had a front tire leak when I bought it. Took it off to find sealant in it with a badly rusted rim including a pencil lead sized hole! Cleaned it, epoxied the hole, repainted & used a tube in the new tire. Cured me of using liquid sealants! Just had a front tire on my 790 cleaned, patched & tubed today because of the stuff! ~~ grnspot

 

[EddieWalker]

what problems have you seen with this?

most slime products are 100% water based, ( with suspended particles ), and can be washed out, and then have the tire casing cleaned around the patch area with solvent.

I'v applied inner- patches to tubeles tire casings on many occasions after a slime product was used to limp it for a couple years.

after washing the casing out with soap and water and then dried, I cleaned the patch area with a solvent like hexane or 3m adhesive and wax remover.. makes a nice surface for a patch. used regular flat / round farm and or 'bike' style patches ( red backed ) that you use the can of rubber cement to stick them on with, not the adhesive backed patches.. etc.

have yet to have a failure of one of those patches. ( fingers crossed / knocking on wood now )

sounds more like a lazy shop running that line on you, wanting to sell you a new tire or something...

On tires that have seen the sealer / inflators that use the sticky rubbery gun.. it's more of a pita to clean up.. sometimes leaves webbing and other stuff.. on those, I clean the spot to be patched withthe 3m product, and then glue the patch on.. those usually require bead sealer to be applied to get a good seal.. I us ethe big can of balkamp bead sealer. not to mention the rim needs to be buffed down and cleaned up.. etc. usually replace the valve stems in those as well as they tend to stick..

then again.. I do my own tire work too.. that may be the difference... the worker, not the actual materials or product itself.

soundguy

I don't know enough to offer any more to what I've said other then I quit going to that tire shop and was told the same thing at the other tire shop that I've been using.

Eddie

 

[Egon]

Goodness Gracious; again I have transgressed and trodden on the path not allowed!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

How silly of me to mention that I, personally, did not use slime in road tires.:confused2::

The electrical, plasma storm that arrived today must have addled the neurotransmitter's and faulted the Synops process!:licking:

 

[Soundguy]

I don't know enough to offer any more to what I've said other then I quit going to that tire shop and was told the same thing at the other tire shop that I've been using.

Eddie

i still bet it's what someone else said.. liability issues.. etc.

and egon.. just clarifying what I thought the thread was about. IE.. off road, etc.. when it comes to slime.. etc..

soundguy

 

[Egon]

Soundguy, just clarifying where I use slim. Is that alright?:laughing:

 

[Bob77064]

For years I have used Slime in tubeless riding mower tires with good results. When the holes have been too big I have used plugs. But I would never use either repair on my truck.