Slime in a tire

[lee alexander]

I developed a small leak in one of my tires. I run bead locks with 32 bolts so naturally I don't want to break it down. My question is, has anybody used the green slime that they use in bicycle tires? No, I don't want to use that stuff in a can. I heard it makes a hell of a mess inside the tire. I'm just looking to see if anyone has had any luck with the green slime.

[Bohunter]

I developed a small leak in one of my tires. I run bead locks with 32 bolts so naturally I don't want to break it down. My question is, has anybody used the green slime that they use in bicycle tires? No, I don't want to use that stuff in a can. I heard it makes a hell of a mess inside the tire. I'm just looking to see if anyone has had any luck with the green slime.

Never used it (except in my mountain bike, and it worked great there) but I've seen it sold for vehicle tires too...

[Washington_XJ]

It works well for an immediate fix but you'll notice a hell of a racket when driving free way speeds due to the unbalanced tire.

[lee alexander]

It works well for an immediate fix but you'll notice a hell of a racket when driving free way speeds due to the unbalanced tire.

Well that won't work then. I am running 36" Super Swampers. You should see the lead on my rims. Thanks, I'm just going to fix it right and get it over with.

[Billy 4 hp]

Used to be mandatory back in the day and I never had a balance problem with it, but back in the day we ran Armstrong TruTracs (anybody remember those?) so you felt lucky if you could see at 50mph... :eek:

[YGOHOME]

I used it in mountain bikes for the thorns that would get stuck in the tires/inntertube. My tires would look like a christmas tree wreath after a trail ride. but those pin holes were so small... to use it for a gouged or sliced tire (especially when they mostly occur in the sidewalls) doesn't sound like it would be any help.

[cactusdawg]

Should be fine. Old school Jeeping.

Tire must be balanced before using. Squirt in the "elephant snot", and use plenty.

It will actually help balance out the imperfections of the tire.

BUT

It will freeze. Cold morning driving will knock your teeth out for the first mile or so.

[Tom Jacobson]

I'll say proceed with caution. I have a rip in one of my sidewalls (36" Irok) that had been holding just fine with a couple plugs. Then one day I scrubbed the rip against a rock and made the rip a bit worse. (About then I was cursing myself for having been too damn lazy to breakdown the beadlock and switch the tire around so rip was on INSIDE sidewall). I've since replugged that damn thing a few times and tried the slime trick. Plugs WILL NOT stay in at 20psi...just migrate out. Road driving (heating sidewall) seems to cause the same thing.

I think some of this has to do with the slime. It works great in bike tires to prevent small pin holles, thorn punctures from running a tire flat. But if you're ever pinch-flatted (slice tube by compressing it against the rim)...obviously slime won't seal that...and I've NEVER been able to successfully patch a slimed tube. The slime just always seems to sneak into the bond line and cause an eventual recurrance of the leak.

Try plugging your tire. Defintely suck it up and break down the tire so the hole/plugs are on the inside. If that doesn't work, buy new tire or find a place to get it re-vulcanized. I'm going the latter route this week. Will let you know where I find to get it done, but am open to suggestions of where to take it besides Roberts Tire...already know of, and will likely try them first (closest to home).

Also got a recommendation to run a tube inside the tire. Might be an option????

Tom