Tire goind soft
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Tire goind soft
Seems I have a slow leak in the back tire of my bike. I fill it up to 40lbs and in about seven days of sitting it will be at about 10lbs. Do they patch bike tires? Sorry I have no clue if that even safe.
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Squirt some soapy water on it... and then on the rest of the tire, especially where it meets the 'mag' wheel (that's where the 'bead' is).
The valve stem has a thick rubber washer on the inside of the wheel and a metal washer / nut on the out side.
If you get bubbles around the out side of the valve stem tighten the nut a little. Not gorilla tight, just monkey tight.
Add a secound nut (if there's only one) as a lock nut. If there's already two nuts... un-lock em, tighten & re-lock em.
If bubbles appear from the center / inside of the valve stem tighten the valve stem core. If it’s already tight replace it (the valve stem core).
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Thank you very much much for the reply. I am going to check it out this afternoon. Spelling it out for me helped a lot. You guys are the best!
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Had the same problem. Filled the bathtub up with water, set the tire/wheel in the water, saw bubbles coming from the bead area. Let all the air out of the tire, checked the bead area and found a bunch of "debris" in the area of the leak. Probably came from a crappy tire change the last time I had tires put on at the local bike shop.
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Had the same problem. Filled the bathtub up with water, set the tire/wheel in the water, saw bubbles coming from the bead area. Let all the air out of the tire, checked the bead area and found a bunch of "debris" in the area of the leak. Probably came from a crappy tire change the last time I had tires put on at the local bike shop.
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