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Old 06-04-2010, 09:50 AM
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i was wondering if tire slime would temporarily fix a bead leak?
 
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I absolutely would not trust it to do that. The rim needs to be repaired, if possible.
 
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Is the bead damaged in any way or is it just leaking past the bead and tire? The reason for my question is I had a leaking bead so I broke down the tire and found that the aluminum had oxidized at the bead. What I did was completly sand down the bead area on the tire side of both inner and outter lip surfaces, hit them with a little spray paint remounted the tire and used a little bead sealer or Monkey Snot as we call it and have not had a problem with it since. Now I need to check the other three for oxydation.
 
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im actually not sure if the bead is broken or not my tires have been sitting on rims for completely flat for about 4 or 5 years and when i fill them with air they go completely flat within 5 days so the bead might be broken but i havn't taken the tires off the rims to check but if i can't do anything about this im just going to bring them to the Tire Warehouse thats 50 yds from my house so yah i mean id rather do it myself so i dont have to pay alot but if i have to i will but Tire Warehouse is guna charge me 25 bucks a tire to fix the bead on it.
 
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