From: jonathon (jemery@execpc.com)
Date: Tue Sep 23 2003 - 07:13:14 PDT
>Do I take the tire to a truck tire shop that is willing to deal with the
>lock ring type rim and have them patch or replace the tube? What should
>I anticipate for the cost of repair?
I would recomend that. A friend of mine does this kind of work and has the
proper equipment such as a bead breaking hammer, a cage, a long clip on type
air chuck, etc. As careful as he is he had one blow up once, very loud, his
hand was near the edge of the tire, it blew the hair off the back of his
hand. For the little split rim tire work I do I prefer to take them to a
truck stop tire place or there is one tire dealer around here that still
does tire work like this also.
>Is just putting a LOT of tire sealant into the tire as an alternative
>fix a bad idea? I'm not a big fan of tire sealant, and as a rule don't
>use it, but I fear the charges for this tire repair.
No, fix or replace the tube.
This summer at the Iola WI show we got word that one of the vendors had a
trailer with some old split ring wheels. The tire was low but not flat, he
pulled in to some service station on the way to the show to air it up, some
old guy came out and insisted that this was his job and took over the air
chuck, a few seconds later the ring blew off. First reports (rumors that is)
was that the guy died but I guess later report came that he is alive but
seriously injured. Someone said after that incident, that proper proceedure
(who's proceedure?) when these kinds of tires get low even, (what was the
rule? 25% or 25psi down? forgot) you do not just air it up but break it
down and start over.
later,
je
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