[sidecarbod]

Is the rim damaged? I've never had an issue, but I do put slime in too (belt and braces).

The rim might have the odd scuff but I would not say that it is damaged, it is an old tyre that I've re-fitted. The leaks are very small but are in several places, I guess I could take 'slime' as the first answer to my question!

 

[sidecarbod]

I used Tubliss for years aand never found a tyre that was 100 % tight. All of them lost air, some quickly, some slowly. Even on brand new rims. Then I started to use slime and one day when I changed my MTB tyres to tubeless I found this:

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It made all my tyres air tight and it is water-soluble so its easy to clean up the mess when changing tyres. 180ml for a rear tyre.
In the meantime I use Michelin mousses and have no issues...

Cheers for the info!

Are you stating that you need 180ml each time you change the rear tyre?

 

[sidecarbod]

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Now you tell me! Last night I purchased a bottle of slime from ebay for twice the price of the stuff that you have posted a link to! Anyway there's always next time!

Thanks for the link

 

[sidecarbod]

I tried oko when fitting a new front tyre & tubliss , smeared some around the tyre bead & poured some in the tyre. I found it too sticky and had trouble getting the tyre to seat out on the bead. Not using it as intended obviously but it always worked spot on with slime so I went back to paying the extra for it

I was thinking of doing something similar, I was going to smear slime around the outer edges of the red tubeliss 'thingie' and then some between the tyre and the rim, hopefully that will create two sealing areas for the low pressure air so that it does not get a change to escape. I guess if some slime is then poured into the low pressure valve it would also act as sealant if the type got a puncture whilst in use.

 

[sidecarbod]

Thanks for all the replies guys, I was using diluted soapy water but I don't like the idea of that sitting inside the wheel for ages, the tyre was only going flat after about 3 days so it wasn't too bad but I just thought I'd ask on here to see if I could do anything better to hold the air in the tyre. The liner is in good shape as is the bladder, I'll clean everything up and try some slime.

 

[sidecarbod]

Update from my side.

I decided to go with slime, I ran a smear of the stuff on both sides of the red liner, I then fitted the tyre and ran another smear on both beads of the tyre, I did not use very much, just enough to make the red liner slippy and the tyre's beads slippy. I inflated the bladder to 100 PSI and tyre to 30 PSI, I tested for leaks using a container full of water and it's totally sealed!

I must admit that I was not happy with the thought of water slopping around inside my wheel, using this method there was no water involved at all apart from testing for leaks.