Lanier,
Fix-A-Flat is very dangerous to use when it is suspected that wheel might
be cracking. If it fills the crack, then the leak goes away until the
wheel cracks further. The process goes on until the wheel cracks enough to
fail totally. You did the right thing by verifying the problem quickly,
but I just wanted to make the warning for others. If you don't think it is
the tire that is leaking (ie nail), don't use any type of leak sealant in
the wheel. It will only mask the problem making a total wheel failure much
more likely.
Zak
>Confirming the horror stories on the non-radial wheels with radial tires -
>when I left Jim Bounds' the other night en route to MB, I developed a front
>tire leak requiring a stop for air every 40 - 50 miles - tried fix-a-flat to
>no avail, at MB went to tire plaace and found wheel separating at weld about
>half-way around. Took 11,000 miles to develop but I won't try another 11,000
>or even 1100 without proper wheels.
>FWIW
>Lanier
>
Fix-A-Flat is very dangerous to use when it is suspected that wheel might
be cracking. If it fills the crack, then the leak goes away until the
wheel cracks further. The process goes on until the wheel cracks enough to
fail totally. You did the right thing by verifying the problem quickly,
but I just wanted to make the warning for others. If you don't think it is
the tire that is leaking (ie nail), don't use any type of leak sealant in
the wheel. It will only mask the problem making a total wheel failure much
more likely.
Zak
>Confirming the horror stories on the non-radial wheels with radial tires -
>when I left Jim Bounds' the other night en route to MB, I developed a front
>tire leak requiring a stop for air every 40 - 50 miles - tried fix-a-flat to
>no avail, at MB went to tire plaace and found wheel separating at weld about
>half-way around. Took 11,000 miles to develop but I won't try another 11,000
>or even 1100 without proper wheels.
>FWIW
>Lanier
>
