Will these tires hold air (damaged bead)?

Q V · Post by **Q V** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 4:51 am

Has anyone mounted tires w/ damaged beads (similar or worse than below)?

The price is right on these if they will hold air...

Post by **Bill Schenker** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 7:56 am

I'll defer to those with a lot more knowledge, but I think they can...

Post by **Marshall Grice** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:50 am

they should hold air long enough to make it through a 60 second lap.

Mako Koiwai · Post by **Mako Koiwai** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:54 am

"Should" ... how often have I gotten in trouble with that word!

Eric Clements · Post by **Eric Clements** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:04 am

I would buy them. If they leak it would be small/slow. One of the tires on my work truck looks like those, I add air about one a week.

Steve Coe · Post by **Steve Coe** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:16 am

the first picture tells me no, the second says yes

Steve

Jayson Woodruff · Post by **Jayson Woodruff** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:47 am

Steve Coe wrote:the first picture tells me no, the second says yes

Steve

Well your a lot of help

. I think Steve just volenteered to mount them for you.

Jay W

Rick Brown · Post by **Rick Brown** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:51 am

Kinda depends on what you plan on doing with them. At the track with a replacement handy, probably. I had one like that on my SUV. Went quite a while with no problem. But of course when it choose to fail it was on Ortega highway (which has very few spots you can get off the road) in the pouring rain. And the back of the car was packed with my usual support stuff for the kart, so getting to the spare was not an easy thing.

Yes, Bill, you can say "I told you so."

Post by **Tom Berry** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 7:40 pm

I say they will work.
Try putting a little bead sealer on the bad spot.

Bob Pl · Post by **Bob Pl** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:55 pm

I am not a fan of the stuff, but if they start to leak you could always shoot some stop leak stuff in the valve. I bet that'll seal her up good.

Once you wear them out, you'll have to clean the mess off the inside of the rim.

Mako Koiwai · Post by **Mako Koiwai** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 11:04 pm

Does that stuff get to the bead though?

Jeff Shyu · Post by **Jeff Shyu** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 6:24 am

Mako to wrote:Does that stuff get to the bead though?

it goes to whereever the air is leaking through. but such a mess.

Q V · Post by **Q V** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 11:38 am

Thanks for the replies, everyone

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Just paid for the tires, they'll be on... well, when I finally get that orange 240sx running again, haha.

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