Tractor tire goo

[remington270]

I have a little tractor that I use every few months and always seems to have a slow leak, what is your favorite "tire goo" or other option?

 

[Jay4200]

I have a little tractor that I use every few months and always seems to have a slow leak, what is your favorite "tire goo" or other option?

Tubes.

JayC

 

[rekees4300]

Slime

 

[Mark Page]

Tubes if you want a permanant fix.

 

[remington270]

I have tubeless tires, can you just add tubes, or does that mean whole new tires?

 

[ttriff]

AmerSeal.com - AmerSeal Premium Heavy Duty Tire Sealant Stops Flat Tires Before Flat Tires Stop You

 

[remington270]

Ok how does this stuff go in? Do you have to remove the valve stem? I guess this would fully deflate the tire.

 

[ttriff]

Yes the valve must be removed

Depending on the size of the tire, it's either put in with a squeeze bottle or pump.

 

[BeeferMan]

Had a slow leak in the rear tire of the Gator, finally took it off to check where it was leaking. I found that the tire was leaking all the way around the circumference, right where the flashing from the press/mold was. Odd, never seen that before. I was going to to tube it, but decided to try a bottle of Slime instead. Never used the stuff before. So far, so good...

 

[KYDan]

I use slime in my front tires on my tractor, and in all of my low pressure tires, gator, aircraft, and it works pretty good. I only add the occasional amount of air. If you can access nitrogen it works better than air as it does not expand and contract as much as air.

 

[BeeferMan]

Wince... Waiting for the air vs. nitrogen debate to start.... :laughing:

 

[jonyyuma]

We had to buy the nitrogen tire plan with the car, it was already added to all of them. It had insurance for a year. We did have one tire that lost air and would set off the sensor on the dash. I would not just go out and buy this service, as i still had to add air or take it to the dealer???The window price was $90.00...

 

[wedge40]

Before I did anything, I would get a $0.99 pack of valve cores and replace them. I had a slow leak in one my tires, replace the core and haven't had problem since.

 

[pjbci]

I had a 1100x16 front tractor tire (tube type) that was full of red locust bush thorns. Every time I patched th tube a new thorn would work its way into the tube. I tried one 16 oz tube of ameriseal instead of buying a new tire. I never had a flat on that tire again. Excellant product.

 

[Soundguy]

for tubeless. remove valve stem.. add tube.. once you make sure there is nothing poking thru the casing...


soundguy

 

[Reg]

Ok how does this stuff go in? Do you have to remove the valve stem? I guess this would fully deflate the tire.

That, or drill a hole in the sidewall - THEN see if the goo seals it up (-:

It can help to jack up the axle just enough to take most of the weight off the tire, then deflate it.

 

[Soundguy]

most of the slime products I see for small tires.. you just remove the valve core after jacking up axle, and then slip hose over stem and squeeze- bottle it in.. add core.. inflate and drive to distribuite..

 

[Jay4200]

Wince... Waiting for the air vs. nitrogen debate to start.... :laughing:

Air IS nitrogen (pretty much)!

No it isn't!!

JayC

 

[ametcalf]

I have both tubes and slime in the front tires of our Allis 5040. We also have a lot of Osage Orange thorns in our area. Last summer one tire was flat and the culprit was a big thorn located right on the top of the tire as it was setting. I pulled the thorn out, jacked up the wheel, rotated the wheel so that side was on the bottom and the slime would run to the hole. I then filled the tire with air and let it set for a couple of hours. I haven't had to put air in it since. I am a firm believer in slime. Others may have more data on other products but slime has worked well for me for many years, even on bicycle tires.
A. Metcalf

 

[Soundguy]

if I lived in an oa area.. or locust area.. I'd either go with boots or radials or foam filled fronts.. them things are nasty..