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Sealing the tyre to the rim with a Tubeliss system

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#1 ·
Sorry if this has been covered before but I never have any luck with the search function!

My rear tyre is loosing air slowly (but annoyingly) from between the tyre and the rim in many places, I haven't tried re-seating the tyre or cleaning up the rim yet but I was wondering what you guys used as a sealant. I have been fitting the tyres with diluted washing up liquid but was wondering whether a proper tyre soap would be better because it would fill in any small gaps between the tyre and rim.
 
#4 ·
With Tubliss the seal isn't between the tyre and the rim, it's between the red liner and the inner side of the tyre. Leaks are usually either damage on the lip of the red liner, damage on the inside of the tyre, or one I've had a few times, weapy valves. I ended up buying a bag of 20 or so valve inserts and changing them everytime I changed tyres.

Back to the other part of the question though, I'd say a tyre soap would help it seal, and I know a few guys on here have been using it. I just use slightly watered down silicone spray and it's always worked. One thing you could try, is to only pump the inner liner up to about 40-50 psi and then try pumping the outer chamber up to the same and it should start farting a bit of air out, it may help seat it all a bit better and squirt any lube in to any gaps.

If it turns out I'm speaky bollacks, I'm sure Pindie will be along soon to put us all right!