Check this stuff out...you inject it in your tires then when you get a puncture it repairs itself!!! Anyone used this stuff?

Tire Slime

 

Looks like the same stuff I've been using in my mountain bike innertubes for years.

 

How do you get it in the tire?

 

>>Check this stuff out...you inject it in your tires then when you get a puncture it repairs itself!!! Anyone used this stuff?
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>>Tire Slime

Service stations absolutely hate this stuff. I was told by my local station they would charge me extra to repair a flat if that stuff was inside, because of the mess it makes when they open it up. I would talk to some people who actually repair tires about how they feel about it before using it.

 

Hey you need to get out more. That stuff has been around for a few years now. It does make a mess though and really pisses off the tire guys when you need new tires, its not easy to get off of the rims either. Some shops charge extra because of the mess it makes. Bottom line though is it works well.

 

>>How do you get it in the tire?

With tube and tire mounted on rim, remove valve stem and squirt in. Replace valvestem and fill innertube to desired pressure.

BTW, they've been selling innertubes with green slime already in them for at least a year now for bicycles. And for many years prior as something you could have your local bike shop add.

 

Slime makes it hard to balance, and very hard to clean up. I would tend to lean away!

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I have used slime in my Mt bike tires but much prefer tire liners. This stuff is gunky and a mess to get into the tire (you have to remove the valve completely, which means letting all the air out, then squeeze this gunk in and re-air). You're much better off carrying a plug kit and a 12V air pump. Also, if you do any racing at all, most track/autoX clubs will not let you race on punctured and repaired tires and they have that rule for a reason: Punctured tires are more likely to have a major failure than undamaged tires. With this stuff, how would you know if they'd ever been damaged?

 

I run my XC UST tubless _Mavic and Hutchenson. No flats and 1 dismount in 3 years~ my own stupid fault - it was time trial in the rain, and I dropped the pressure too low (I was thinking wet roots, not sandy ruts) A quick dismount and cleaning, and 2 co-2's later I was back in for a 9th pl finish. NO Slime! I love tubless.

For my DH bike I have not been able to find UST in the wider withs - So tubes and high pressures for hucking . Imho

Alex

 

>>Slime makes it hard to balance, and very hard to clean up. I would tend to lean away!
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>>Alex

I have a Cooper S with no spare - I travel in lots of places that don't have service stations (like Central Illinois) and every place that can fix a tire properly is open 9 - 5 M - F. What do I do when my "Run Flat" is flat Saturday afternoon?

1. Check into a motel until Monday?
2. Slime it?
3. Other suggestions would be appriciated

Bob Saville

 

has this" flat" been driven on?

Is it a slow leak, or a punture?

Where is the punture?

As a general rule, its usually a slow leak, I would check airpressure, and top up daily. You could bust a can a fix a flat inside, and appologise profusly to the tire mounters when they replace the tire.

Alex

 

I keep a plug kit with me. it is the same quality as the ones the gas stations use. I have plugged several leaks for "the weekend" until you can get to the tire shop. That and a little compressor or even a bicycle pump.