Alloy wheel corrosion... fit tubes?

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Alloys on the disco are a but corroded round where the bead sits, so the tyres will only stay up at useable pressure for about a month, so are needing air put in quite regulalry.

I don't really want to go into getting them powder coated so I was thinking just putting some tubes into them, does anyone have any for/against comments?
 
Are you sure that it is from the bead that you are losing pressure? Mine was alloy corrosion around the valve core, whilst I was replacing the valves I put bead sealer around the edge of the rim and valve and have not suffered from soggy tyres since. Tubes fitted in tubeless tyres is an MOT fail. Barry
 
Got the tyres from Costco, Michelin all round, suspecting it was something they had done, we poped into the installers last weekend and told them what was happening they said it was corossion.

They mentioned the bead sealer as a fix but said it didn't last. But it went well on yours? GOOD.

I will possibly try this, as I could do it without actully taking the tyres right off etc...

Other thing I suspected was they might have put the wrong size valves in, I took my 90 to get some tyres swapped about to a one man band tyre place, when he went to valve them, the valve went it, but could be pulled through easily, so ended up not doing it because he didn't have bigger valves; and took 30minutes to get 1 avon rangemaster off a wheel...
 
yule have to break the bead which is best done with the machine, you can do it one at a time by running yer landy over them but thats best left fer emergencys...
 
I'll get the mobile tyre man to come and do them then... that way he can stip them while I put the sealer on then fill em up again...

Talking of such things, anyone got a road legal 235 75 R16 they don't want?
 
nope, but i do have a photograph of a cheese sandwich
 

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the powder coating on a set of megane alloys i had (car before the disco) did this.

my tire place did the following fix - it lasted for 8 months before they had to redo it for more bolloxed powder coating....

take the tyre off, wire brush the inside of the rim and give it a wipe to take any remaining dust off then put the rims back on with a bit of the bead sealant goop.

easy, quick and should last. the air on mine was escaping from between the powdercoat and the rim. NOT the rim and the powdercoat
 
jax13 said:
the powder coating on a set of megane alloys i had (car before the disco) did this.

the air on mine was escaping from between the powdercoat and the rim. NOT the rim and the powdercoat
Click to expand...

there's a difference??
 
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