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Will these tires hold air (damaged bead)?
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 4:51 am
by Q V
Has anyone mounted tires w/ damaged beads (similar or worse than below)?
The price is right on these if they will hold air...
Re: Will these tires hold air (damaged bead)?
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 7:56 am
by Bill Schenker
I'll defer to those with a lot more knowledge, but I think they can...
Re: Will these tires hold air (damaged bead)?
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:50 am
by Marshall Grice
they should hold air long enough to make it through a 60 second lap.
Re: Will these tires hold air (damaged bead)?
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:54 am
by Mako Koiwai
"Should" ... how often have I gotten in trouble with that word!
Re: Will these tires hold air (damaged bead)?
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:04 am
by Eric Clements
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.
Re: Will these tires hold air (damaged bead)?
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:16 am
by Steve Coe
the first picture tells me no, the second says yes
Steve
Re: Will these tires hold air (damaged bead)?
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:47 am
by Jayson Woodruff
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
Re: Will these tires hold air (damaged bead)?
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:51 am
by Rick Brown
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."
Re: Will these tires hold air (damaged bead)?
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 7:40 pm
by Tom Berry
I say they will work.
Try putting a little bead sealer on the bad spot.
Re: Will these tires hold air (damaged bead)?
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 9:55 pm
by Bob Pl
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.
Re: Will these tires hold air (damaged bead)?
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 11:04 pm
by Mako Koiwai
Does that stuff get to the bead though?
Re: Will these tires hold air (damaged bead)?
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 6:24 am
by Jeff Shyu
Mako to wrote:Does that stuff get to the bead though?
it goes to whereever the air is leaking through. but such a mess.
Re: Will these tires hold air (damaged bead)?
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 11:38 am
by Q V
Thanks for the replies, everyone
.
Just paid for the tires, they'll be on... well, when I finally get that orange 240sx running again, haha.