Rusty rims
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Rusty rims
All - I have a 2003 Road King - last year in Neb I had a flat on the rear tire. I had just put on new tires before leaving VA. The fella (a wonderful Honda mechanic we found on a late Sunday afternoon and opened up his shop for us) who fixed it for me showed me the cause - rust build up on the upper portion of the metal interior rim which rubbed a pin hole in the tube (I have spoke wheels). The rubber band cover over the spokes was Ok - the rust was higher up on the inner rim.
He said this was not uncommon with spoke wheels since moisture is a constant problem. He sanded the rust spots down and then placed a couple of layers of "100 MPH" tape over them and reinstalled the new tube. Rode another 2500 miles with no problem.
Planning another road trip in the south west in April.
Short of buying new rims does anyone have a suggestion or some "work around" fix??? Would think there might be another fix out there besides sanding and tape.
Mike
He said this was not uncommon with spoke wheels since moisture is a constant problem. He sanded the rust spots down and then placed a couple of layers of "100 MPH" tape over them and reinstalled the new tube. Rode another 2500 miles with no problem.
Planning another road trip in the south west in April.
Short of buying new rims does anyone have a suggestion or some "work around" fix??? Would think there might be another fix out there besides sanding and tape.
Mike
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Each time my Indy changes my tires he cleans up the inside of the rims. So far doing this regularly at tire changes has spared me from the problem. I suppose it depends on how fast you wear out a tire. For me its an annual thing (hey, give me a break I live in MN with only about 7 months to ride).
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I haven't had that problem. I go through a back tire annually on both bikes and a front tire almost every two years. I don't know if this makes a difference because there are too many variables to draw a good conclusion. I never park my bikes on concrete in the garage. They are both parked on plywood. Someone told me a long time ago that concrete sweats and it is bad on the bottom of motorcycles/tires/rims. Like I stated I have no scientific proof this works or doesn't. But I have a 98 Wideglide and an 03 Heritage with three spoked chrome rims between them and haven't noticed an interior or exterior rust problem.
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