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TMXONR · 05-23-2006, 03:54 PM

I am trying to find a way to keep air in my tires. I like the way they perform with just air in them. I know there was someone on here who made a way to inflate LST's. I have the Moab XL's on the narrow Cheyenne Bead-locs. I filled in the vent holes and tightened the loc rings down all the way, my problem is they still leak. My rear tires keep their air for a while, but the fronts loose their air in about 30 min. I thought it might be the extra weight of the battery causing this, so I took it out and let it sit, and they still lost air. I can't find a hole in the tires either. Does anyone have a solution.

BIGFOOT E-Maxx · 05-23-2006, 03:58 PM

go to the bicycle store or walmart and buy green slime(the brand name is Slime) stuff. you put it in your tires and it will find the holes for you. Once it does a chemical reaction occurs when it reacts with the air, aka it plugs the hole and you can now hold air in your tires, it works wonders on atv's and bicycles...and it worked for my air filled tires (clodbuster rims and v treads)

TMXONR · 05-23-2006, 04:00 PM

Sweet, how much of it do I put in each tire? How do I get it into the tire with out letting it touch air?

Mad Scientist · 05-23-2006, 06:46 PM

Never thought of using Slime in RC tires. You could mabye make a hole in the wheel that you could plug after you have squirted it in. Squirt some in, roll the tire around a bit, and let it set up. See if that does it. If not, add some more. You don't want to fill it up too much, though.

BIGFOOT E-Maxx · 05-25-2006, 10:15 PM

The guy abov me is right, maybe fill the bottom half of the tire, if you pretend the @ sign is a tire, and the inner A is the rim, draw a line from the bottom of the rim across the bottom of the tire and fill it up, then you spin the tire around and the slime will coat the inside of the tire. Don't worry about the Slime hardening quickly like superglue, it takes time to seal, but when it does, it DOES and that hole is SEALED... I hope it works for you, and by the way how are you filling your tire with air, a basket ball valve, or a 1:1 wheel air valve?

Mnster · 05-25-2006, 10:52 PM

Is it just me think or would Slime make the carcass stiffer. You know because of the extra sealant on the other side?

Shoe goo works get for sealing off wheel holes.

EeePee · 05-26-2006, 03:11 PM

I believe the Slime needs the air pressure from inside the tire to force it's way out the hole to be plugged.

TLTCrawlin · 05-26-2006, 04:52 PM

I think so too, but it might still plug the wholes, but not like it would on an 1:1. RCs dont weigh that much so if it plugs it barely it should hold!

TMXONR · 05-26-2006, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BIGFOOT E-Maxx

and by the way how are you filling your tire with air, a basket ball valve, or a 1:1 wheel air valve?

I am using the Proline Bead locs, so I just sealed the holes, and put the loc rings on. I like the way the tire performs with no forced air in it, just what normally would be in the empty space, I have since drilled a hole in the rim, and tapped it and put a screw in it so i can take it out and let the tire naturally fill up, instead of having to take one of the loc rings off.

I haven't been able to get any slime yet, but thanks for the help guys.

CRAZYRT · 05-26-2006, 07:17 PM

Tire Slime is NASTY stuff if you ever have to replace the tire!!! Just dunk the tire in a bucket of clear water and look for the bubbles.

smokinubyrc · 06-09-2006, 10:02 PM

yeah well i gave him this idea to use air filled tires becasue my red rocks performed nice with air in them instead of foams

PaloAltoK5 · 06-12-2006, 11:03 AM

Have you tried a little bead of RTV around the beads? I would think this would seal the bead quite well, but if you have punctures in the tire itself, that's a different problem...

TMXONR · 06-12-2006, 11:32 AM

Well I found out what the problem was, there was a verry micro size hole that i never woulda found but i was messing with the tires and found a couple in each, I put a drop of CA on the holes and it solved most of the problem. I haven't had time to get any Slime in the tires, I was gonna get some yesterday when I saw it at Home Depot, but forgot to pick it up.

05-23-2006, 03:54 PM	#1
TMXONR Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bryant, AR Posts: 463	Keeping air in tires I am trying to find a way to keep air in my tires. I like the way they perform with just air in them. I know there was someone on here who made a way to inflate LST's. I have the Moab XL's on the narrow Cheyenne Bead-locs. I filled in the vent holes and tightened the loc rings down all the way, my problem is they still leak. My rear tires keep their air for a while, but the fronts loose their air in about 30 min. I thought it might be the extra weight of the battery causing this, so I took it out and let it sit, and they still lost air. I can't find a hole in the tires either. Does anyone have a solution.

05-23-2006, 03:58 PM	#2
BIGFOOT E-Maxx Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Location: Do any of us really know >WHERE< we live? Posts: 4	A solution for your problem go to the bicycle store or walmart and buy green slime(the brand name is Slime) stuff. you put it in your tires and it will find the holes for you. Once it does a chemical reaction occurs when it reacts with the air, aka it plugs the hole and you can now hold air in your tires, it works wonders on atv's and bicycles...and it worked for my air filled tires (clodbuster rims and v treads)

05-23-2006, 04:00 PM	#3
TMXONR Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bryant, AR Posts: 463	Sweet, how much of it do I put in each tire? How do I get it into the tire with out letting it touch air? Last edited by TMXONR; 05-23-2006 at 04:15 PM.

05-25-2006, 10:15 PM	#5
BIGFOOT E-Maxx Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Location: Do any of us really know >WHERE< we live? Posts: 4	Amounts The guy abov me is right, maybe fill the bottom half of the tire, if you pretend the @ sign is a tire, and the inner A is the rim, draw a line from the bottom of the rim across the bottom of the tire and fill it up, then you spin the tire around and the slime will coat the inside of the tire. Don't worry about the Slime hardening quickly like superglue, it takes time to seal, but when it does, it DOES and that hole is SEALED... I hope it works for you, and by the way how are you filling your tire with air, a basket ball valve, or a 1:1 wheel air valve?

05-23-2006, 06:46 PM	#4
Mad Scientist RCC Addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Saginaw Posts: 1,721	Never thought of using Slime in RC tires. You could mabye make a hole in the wheel that you could plug after you have squirted it in. Squirt some in, roll the tire around a bit, and let it set up. See if that does it. If not, add some more. You don't want to fill it up too much, though.

05-25-2006, 10:52 PM	#6
Mnster MWRCA'er Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Machesney Park IL Posts: 3,995	Is it just me think or would Slime make the carcass stiffer. You know because of the extra sealant on the other side? Shoe goo works get for sealing off wheel holes.

05-26-2006, 03:11 PM	#7
EeePee MODERATOR™ Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 18,928	I believe the Slime needs the air pressure from inside the tire to force it's way out the hole to be plugged.

05-26-2006, 04:52 PM	#8
TLTCrawlin I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Eastern WA Posts: 2,489	I think so too, but it might still plug the wholes, but not like it would on an 1:1. RCs dont weigh that much so if it plugs it barely it should hold!

05-26-2006, 07:17 PM	#10
CRAZYRT Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: SSF Posts: 63	Tire Slime is NASTY stuff if you ever have to replace the tire!!! Just dunk the tire in a bucket of clear water and look for the bubbles.

06-09-2006, 10:02 PM	#11
smokinubyrc I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Crawler practice! Posts: 2,104	yeah well i gave him this idea to use air filled tires becasue my red rocks performed nice with air in them instead of foams

06-12-2006, 11:03 AM	#12
PaloAltoK5 RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Saving for Nationals!! Posts: 1,696	Have you tried a little bead of RTV around the beads? I would think this would seal the bead quite well, but if you have punctures in the tire itself, that's a different problem...

06-12-2006, 11:32 AM	#13
TMXONR Quarry Creeper Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bryant, AR Posts: 463	Well I found out what the problem was, there was a verry micro size hole that i never woulda found but i was messing with the tires and found a couple in each, I put a drop of CA on the holes and it solved most of the problem. I haven't had time to get any Slime in the tires, I was gonna get some yesterday when I saw it at Home Depot, but forgot to pick it up.

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