shadetree

Anyone ever put slime in a tire after you pinched the tube puting on a new tire? How long could I get away with it?

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twocoolgliders

I put slime in my electric scooter after a flat, it has lasted 4 years now...but it only goes 12 MPH.........

Pinched tube = new tube in my book

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flitecontrol

Till it goes flat, and there is no way to predict when or where that will happen. I'm with twocoolgliders. Time for a new tube. FWIW, I did the same thing on the first tire I mounted on the Reb.

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Jwlh001

This stuff is good to get you off the side of the road. Was this your first tire change or just bad luck ????

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cagie

What I understand sbout the stuff:

It will last two years before it is recommended by the mfr to change it out.
inside an innertube it will pool while the tire is at rest, but redistribute when the tire is rotated. IMO, tht would mean a posibility of rough riding until the stuff gets equally distributed inside the tube. Mfr even claims that it can effect tire balance.

Bottom line, I wouldn't want to use it in a motorcycle tire and would change the tube out as soon as I could. YMMV

Edit: They also claim not to use 'tubeless' tire sealant in an innertube.

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twocoolgliders

I think slime is better for a puncture.....like a nail hole or the like.....A pinched inner tube damages the tube over a fairly large area.......wouldn't trust slime there.........

Back in my bicycle riding days, they came out with a bike tire that had a slime like white liquid in the tire (tube)......it was supposed to be self healing.....never really caught on......

They also made tires with inner tubes that were so flexible that they would actually bend around nails and tacks without getin punctured......I saw these demonstrated...amazing.....innner tube looked like a condom.....this never caught on either.....

many WWII airplanes had self sealing gas tanks, to seal bullet holes!

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Fridgitator

I've never tried the stuff, but I don't think I'd trust it for a long-term fix on a bike tube/tire. It would be handy to get to civilization if the vultures were circling, but the possible outcomes of riding on it until it fails range from another flat to catastrophic failure at speed. I don't like to gamble at those odds.

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Guba

Tires that I slimed only lasted for a season or two.

I'm riding around on a patched tire now. I would prefer a new tube but they were out of them. This tube has a 1/2" slice in it. It's holding, but for peace of mind I'll be changing it. When you patch a tire, make sure it's clean before you scuff it up. After spreading the glue around on the area add the patch, but don't touch the side going on with your fingers! It has to be clean. Patches can hold for the life of the tube if done correctly.

When I rode my bicycle, the tire pressure was 90psi. If my patches can hold that, I don't have any problem with a Rebels tire pressure. The peace of mind comes in becouse it's harder to change out a Rebel tube than a bicycle.

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twocoolgliders

In a sense, the higher the tire (tube) pressure the BETTER the patch will hold. If you have 90 psi INSIDE the tube, then the tire has to press back with 90 psi also, so the patch is really "squeezed" in place!

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shadetree

This wasn't my first tire change but I was having a hard time centering the bead this time and some how got the tube. I did get the slime for tube tires though.

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