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grandpa Love
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I used a bottle of bicycle tire slime in a cub front tire, 4 years later still good.
miner09
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It will rust rim. And if you put very much in it will get tire out balance. High speed it will go to one side.
Fordfarmer
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I've had mixed luck with Slime. I've had very good luck with Berryman's tire sealer, though... in both tubeless and tube type.
78 years old and been using the green slime ever since it hit the market and I have never seen any evidence of it crowding or rusting the rim. Any painted rim will be the same and rusted ones usually better, guess your experience is diffrent. Grandest stuff in the world for lawnmower tires. I hear folks say o my tire guy hates it , I have never had a tire shop refuse to fix a slimed tire. Advantages sure outweigh and disadvantages.
I would try to use as little as possible to avoid the stuff pooling/drying in one location. My wife's Jeep did not come with a spare, but a small compressor loaded with a can of Slime. I used it to get her car back home and all went well at the time. A few months later we hit a rut in the highway and we started to feel/hear a noticeable shake in the car, thought we had damaged a wheel or something. Took it to a tire place and they said we needed a new tire and a 4-wheel alignment. Paid the price and started on our way, still shaking, so we went home. Took it to dealer (still under warranty). They had it on and off for two weeks, each time thinking they had it fixed. They replaced tie rods, etc. - all under warranty. It ultimately turned out to be a slug of slime that had broken loose from the inside of the tire flopping around. Why this wasn't found when they did the alignment or when the dealer was looking into it before replacing parts they were sure was the issue - I don't know. I would recommend using it sparingly and then drive for a while to give the Slime time to set up (longer than just the time they recommend to spread it around the inside of the tire.
redforlife
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I'm very hesitant about using such stuff. My local tire shop really, really frowns on it. Not just because they miss out on getting that one tire repair when you chose to use it. But, they have to deal with it on a later flat, or when it comes time for you needing a new tire. Can't say that I blame them any. About the only thing they use it on themselves is a lawn machine that sees alot of thorns.
If it were me, I'd use the bad rim for a spare. If you got to change a flat, it's not much more of a headache to air the spare up before you put it on. If you have no spare, buy a new rim for the trailer, and then you'll have a spare (kind of).
If it were me, I'd use the bad rim for a spare. If you got to change a flat, it's not much more of a headache to air the spare up before you put it on. If you have no spare, buy a new rim for the trailer, and then you'll have a spare (kind of).
Geo-TH,In
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On lawn mower tires, I have broken the tire bead, cleaned the rust from the rim, applied a little slime to the tire bead and it worked. I didn't fill the tire with slime.
One time I cleaned the rim and applied silicone.
That worked too but when I needed to put in a new valve stem, I couldn't break the bead. Silicone acted like glue.
Had to take that tire to the tire shop.
One time I cleaned the rim and applied silicone.
That worked too but when I needed to put in a new valve stem, I couldn't break the bead. Silicone acted like glue.
Had to take that tire to the tire shop.
Geo-TH,In
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The tractor shop I use had no problem with slime.
They even install their own version. It's water soluble.
Air will also cause rust. Look at how much water comes out of your air compressor.
This old lawnmower rim had a tube in it. The rust caused my tube to leak. I cleaned up the rust and coated it with what my tractor shop
recommends.
Then installed a new inner tube.
They even install their own version. It's water soluble.
Air will also cause rust. Look at how much water comes out of your air compressor.
This old lawnmower rim had a tube in it. The rust caused my tube to leak. I cleaned up the rust and coated it with what my tractor shop
recommends.
Then installed a new inner tube.
Billy Shafer
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If you do. Get ready for a mess that doesn't work.
Dan in North Houston
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The valve stem on my tractor front was partially ripped off, and I found that it would take a week to get a replacement shipped in. I have never used slime before that, but figured I had nothing to lose. It held air like that for several years until I had to replace the tire due to it delaminating. I use it in all my off-road tires now.
Michael Soldan
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I put slime in the front tire of a flat rack wagon 25 years ago and that tire is still going strong. I have had good success with it in lawn tractor tires as well. It is messy to clean up if you have to take the tire off later, but it works !
rustred
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and when your poor you do things just to get by. many times its not correct. and yes this crowd always has overreactors and stuff keeps getting passed down the line. i always wonder if even half of some posters have even experienced what they post. then there is the ones that look up stuff before posting it,... well just because its online dont make it correct. lots and lots of that garbage on u tube.
Russ from MN
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I've had good luck with it in bicycle and 4 wheeler tires, I wouldn't put it in anything high speed that needs to be balanced.
RobCons
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- Central Alabama
I have used it with good success when the leak is in the tread area. I dont think it will work on the sidewall or bead.
Steve@Advance
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I've had mixed results, but mostly it has worked as both a sealer and preventive.
But I did have one strange negative. Zero turn mower, had it in the rears due to constant slow leaks. (Had replaced the fronts with flat free tires earlier.) One rear slowly got to bulging on one side, became out of round, began leaking, finally failed completely and had to be replaced.
When I took the tire off, the inside was rotten goo! Never seen that before, could literally pull globs of simi-liquified rubber out with my fingers.
I only replaced that one, the other never failed, still on there years later when I sold the mower.
Was it the sealer? Don't understand why one failed and the other seemed to be unaffected.
But I did have one strange negative. Zero turn mower, had it in the rears due to constant slow leaks. (Had replaced the fronts with flat free tires earlier.) One rear slowly got to bulging on one side, became out of round, began leaking, finally failed completely and had to be replaced.
When I took the tire off, the inside was rotten goo! Never seen that before, could literally pull globs of simi-liquified rubber out with my fingers.
I only replaced that one, the other never failed, still on there years later when I sold the mower.
Was it the sealer? Don't understand why one failed and the other seemed to be unaffected.
DMartin9N-2N
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Good evening, Mike M and all: I think I understand that slime (or similar product) comes in a sort of rattle can, with a nozzle that screws into or onto the tire's valve stem. How does the slime affect the valve core? Can you still add or remove a little air as needed over the years?
BTW, I have a product called Fix-a-Flat in a pressurized can, is this equivalent to Slime? I don't know where/when/how I got it....
Thanks for any info!
Dennis M. in W. Tenn.
BTW, I have a product called Fix-a-Flat in a pressurized can, is this equivalent to Slime? I don't know where/when/how I got it....
Thanks for any info!
Dennis M. in W. Tenn.
tn terry t
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slime is not in a aerosol can its in plastic bottles or jugs you squeeze or pump in in through the valve stem you can get it bout everywhere walmart tsc rural king ect
I have had good results in many high and low speed tires with the tubeless and tube varieties of slime.
I learned the hard way to follow the recommended amount for balanced tires (it will throw the balance off at highway speeds)... I had to get creative to remove the overage from the tires on the better half's minivan when I overdosed them a few years ago.
Have also had good experiences with the bead sealant in the the brush can.
A trick I employed on an old truck was to put about 2-3 oz of straight green ethylene glycol antifreeze in each tire. It solved a moderate leak that would flatten both front tires inside of 10 days. These had like new tread but had a weather checked area mid-tread that leaked. Went from adding air every week to checking about once a season. Got rid of the truck several years later and they were still holding air... YMMV
When I was younger I tried the Fix-a-flat. Once. Never again
Talk about a glue mess.
Carl
Well that didn't work as planned. I let the remaining air out of the tire to screw on the pressurized can. The tire came loose from the rim on both sides. The only way to reset the tire on the rim was to use starting fluid and blow it back on the rim bead. I didn't want to do that with that stuff in my tire. I put the slime in the front tire of my JD with a slow leak. I ordered a new tube for my trailer tire. I just wouldn't have a spare tire tomorrow for my mowing job. Stan
My experience with Slime and similar products is that they are like Seafoam- sometimes they work great, and sometimes you wasted your money. I'd take having to work on a wheel that's been Slimed any day over having to work on a wheel that's been loaded with calcium for 20 years!!
caterpillar guy
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there is a bed sealer that you just brush on just before airing the tire up it seals the bead leaks by filling the void after it is blown up and hard. I've used it in old wheels and rims to seal bead leaks several times with good luck . Finding a tube that will last longer than it takes to put in is a wonder anymore. Most of those Asian tubes will split at the seams after a little bit and leave you with a flat tire.
Carlmac 369
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Put a tube in it. Forget the slimy mess.
This post was edited by Carlmac 369 on 01/27/2022 at 05:09 am.
BarnyardEngineering
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Pressurized can?
That's a "fix-a-flat" type product that is meant to get you going on the side of the road. It would not do what you wanted it to do anyway.
The Slime that seals tires comes in a squeeze bottle or a gallon jug with a pump on it.
There are much better products than Slime, though. Slime, being water based, has to be kept moving. If you leave it sit it will settle to the bottom of the tire; if the hole is on the top, it opens back up and leaks.
For a while Tractor Supply carried a product called LiquiTube. That was a polymer that cured on contact with air, so it would coat the inside of the tire, work its way into the leaks, then cure and stay put.
Right now I like the Berryman's. Tractor Supply carried it for a while too but I think you can still get it at Autozone. It seems to stick and cure as well, unlike the Slime.
Well you can put diesel engine oil on the list and no I'm not a troll, I experience it every time I go to the auto section at wallyworld these days. On the word troll, I used that word when fishing: Put a bait on your line, have your boat running at some slow speed, drop the bait over the side and hope some fish it dumb enough to bite it!
BarnyardEngineering
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- Rochester, NY
Means pretty much the same thing on the Internet.
Carlmac 369
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That's the exact definition of a troll.
This post was edited by Carlmac 369 on 01/27/2022 at 10:00 am.
I have used bead sealer for years, works good. Recently the wheel barrow tire was broke down from the rim and the bead sealer and big compressor was at the shop. I couldn't get it to air up with the small compressor. I found a can of flex seal spray and sprayed around both beads and it aired right up.
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