2N Rims

[Billt102]

After sitting up for awhile my right front tire went flat. Couldn"t get it to seal even after jacking it up and trying the old shot of starter fluid in the tire and lighting it up didn"t work,plus it seemed rather dangerous, so I halted after one attempt. so i took it off and took it to the tire shop, they got it to seal but not completely,still leaking at the bead.there"s a lot of rust, loose scale peeled off inside the rim. I was thinking about taking the tire off the rim and wire brushing it to get the surface rust off... don"t know how smooth I can get it. Any experience with when a rim is just too gone? (it"s not rusted through). I"d use a tube but too many thorns on my place, it wouldn"t last a week. If I do replace it has anyone used the "blanks" that you have the centers welded into?

Thanks.

 

[JMOR]

(quoted from post at 17:40:00 08/28/09) After sitting up for awhile my right front tire went flat. Couldn"t get it to seal even after jacking it up and trying the old shot of starter fluid in the tire and lighting it up didn"t work,plus it seemed rather dangerous, so I halted after one attempt. so i took it off and took it to the tire shop, they got it to seal but not completely,still leaking at the bead.there"s a lot of rust, loose scale peeled off inside the rim. I was thinking about taking the tire off the rim and wire brushing it to get the surface rust off... don"t know how smooth I can get it. Any experience with when a rim is just too gone? (it"s not rusted through). I"d use a tube but too many thorns on my place, it wouldn"t last a week. If I do replace it has anyone used the "blanks" that you have the centers welded into?

Thanks.

hen too pitted for wire brush to work, I use a right angle grinder with a carbide disk until I have shinny metal then paint it.

 

[r geiger(oR)]

I have to ask, Why are thorns harder on a tube in a tire than a tubeless tire?

 

[Billt102]

I guess that's a good question...Slime. Can you slime a tube tire? I didn't think you could, but maybe you can. Never been a fan of tubes, maybe I should try them.

 

[r geiger(oR)]

The slime thing was the only thing that I could think of that might make it better with tubeless. should work with tubes also I would think. Thanks for the answer.

 

[Dunk]

I don't see any reason you couldn't slime tubes.

No way would my '49 8N rims hold air tubeless.

I had to forge, and weld thin washers around the valve stem holes, before I painted them, the tubes were sneaking out the holes.

 

[OH Boy]

I wrapped my rusty rims with duck tape to protect the tube, and put a healthy dose of that green slime in the tubes to seal up the thorn holes. Works for me.

 

[old]

#1 sounds like you have tires mounted on those rims with out tubes in them that is a big no no in the first place since those rims are made to have tubes run in the tires and can be
VERY unsafe.
Take the tires off and clean and paint the rims then install WITH tubes NEVER mount them tubeless

 

[Dunk]

(quoted from post at 19:47:45 08/28/09) #1 sounds like you have tires mounted on those rims with out tubes in them that is a big no no in the first place since those rims are made to have tubes run in the tires and can be
VERY unsafe.
Take the tires off and clean and paint the rims then install WITH tubes NEVER mount them tubeless

Come on now, old.

How is it "VERY unsafe"??

3 to 10 mph....

Now if we were talking 45 - 70 mph.

 

[old]

Very simple answer to that question. Thorns in a tubeless tire sit in the holes they make and seal the air from leaking out but in a tube type the thorns poke holes in the tubes but do not stay in the holes they poke in them so air leaks out. Works the same way when you get a nail in a car tire and it will hold for days or weeks till the nail comes out of the tire because of cintrifical force

 

[trucker40]

You want to clean all the rust off of the wheel and tire.Then paint it.Tire shops used to have some liquid black stuff they put on a wheel for a bead leak that would seal them up.I think it was liquid rubber maybe.If you can get the rust off and paint it and its smooth it ought to seal.

 

[Gaspump]

If you aren't using a tube then you had better not be using the original 2N hat rims. They won't even hold water!

 

[Clelle]

I have both of my 19inchers Slimed to the hilt on the front on my 8n, as long as they have some air in them and are spinning the slime does the rest. No complaints here, an I have to deal with lots of mesquite trees and BIG wooden thorns!!!

 

[r geiger(oR)]

sounds reasonable! Thanks

 

[Anonymous-0]

I sandblasted the inside of my rims and then filled in the heavy pits with 'All Metal" bondo, sanded them smooth and then painted with a good zinc based galvaninzing primer.