I need some tire related info gentlemen

[grumpyvette]

I need some tire related info gentlemen
Ive got a couple new steel rims and new tires , once I get those mounted, on the rim, the rim too tire seal leaks with a micro leak that lets the tire go soft in about 4 days, if I soap the rim /tire bead I see a steady stream of micro foam like bubbles so I assumed there was a bit of sand or a scratch on the rims inner seal surface, so I took off the tires and carefully cleaned the rims and tire bead, inspection shows no obvious reason, so is there a spray sealant or other normal product or method of sealing the rim to tire bead, that I,M ignorant of currently, obviously I could get creative here but ID like to do things correctly , yes I could obviously use some gasket cement and easily cure the issue , but theres bound to be a product designed to do this job.

 

[grumpyvette]

so far Ive seen these responses I posted below
thanks the info's very useful, and much appreciated
I don,t generally have tires leak and I usually just have the local tire store mount tires but I was in a hurry so I decided to do it and check the results and found the micro leaks.

Yes sir...there are tire bead sealer chemicals available in many brands; it's a brush-on gooey paste.

Probably some at your nearest (real) parts house. The local tire shop (a large brand name chain) used some on a spare tire of mine recently and it's held up great.

You could also try "Slime" brand sealer, the green gritty looking stuff in the squeeze bottle. I've had good luck with it on old wrecker dolly tires, and even the low pressure tires on my hand truck, which I expected it wouldn't do any good - but it worked fine. Slime is at pretty much all parts stores and you squeeze it in through the valve stem.

EDIT - I just re-read and saw you have both new wheels and tires; did you use any kind of compound on the tire's bead during installation? Seems the waxy lube stuff the tire shops use is not just to ease the tire onto the wheel, but also helps seal up extremely minor leaks and much of it is designed to help prevent rust, too.

Richard

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/MYERS- ... Pid=search

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/RNB-9-655/

 

[grumpyvette]

heres a few useful low budget tire tools
http://tireplugger.com/
this is by far the best tire plug tool Ive found

these gooey rope seal plugs in the common tire plug kits found at most auto parts stores ,
are cheap and easy to use,
but not always as effective as the plug gun above in my experience

 

[grumpyvette]

I always appreciate feed back, so I,m guessing you may also,
I went by NAPA and got a pint of tire rim to wheel sealer, for $19.98 , it got applied with the brush in the can lid, to the inner wheel rim lip, and the matching tire bead area, and then the tire was assembled on the rim and the rim seal leaking problem seems to be solved, with a good application of the sealant