Fix a flat Green slime etc.

plowhand · Jul 20, 2019

Do these work or which is the best?

grandpa Love · Jul 20, 2019

Small front tire on the Farmall cub has bicycle fix a flat in it. It has been in there with no issues for 2 years.

JMOR · Jul 20, 2019

(quoted from post at 09:35:41 07/20/19) Do these work or which is the best?

y experience has been that many of such only serve to severely corrode wheels/rims! Never again!!!

fusion · Jul 20, 2019

Its a messy nightmare for tires shops later on when you need the tires replaced
my techs at my dealership hate it
its a mess to clean up when you brake the tire down

jm. · Jul 20, 2019

Hundreds of zero turn lawn mower tires running around with green slime in it around here. Folks run wire, nails, thorns and ever thing else in them , a good shout of slime and they are ready to go most of the time.

Tim in New York · Jul 20, 2019

I ran one of these products for years in one front tire of my JD lawn mower, until finally it just rotted out. Tire guy had no comment about problems with slime when he mounted a new tire. But maybe he upcharged me for labor.

Tim

Michael Soldan · Jul 20, 2019

About 20 years ago I ran over some thorns with the front wheel of my wagon , I put slim in and the tire is still going strong. I use the product and swear by it.

GordoSD · Jul 20, 2019

Slime corroded my Cub Cadet front wheel so that it wouldn't hold air. New one cheapest price $8- Finally found one in mower salvage yard online, $40.

SVcummins · Jul 20, 2019

I have a Rim that no tire shop can fix i slimed it and it now holds air

onefarmer · Jul 20, 2019

The left rear in my F250 had a slow leak nobody could find. I got tired of constantly pumping it up so I slimed it. Been up for two or more years now. Had a skidsteer tire the leaking hyd oil was rotting to sidewall out of. I needed a few more days until I could replace it. Added slime and lasted for a month until the side went completely bad.

Fordfarmer · Jul 20, 2019

Berryman's tire sealer has worked well for me. Even did a 16.9x28 with it.

Russ from MN · Jul 20, 2019

We have good luck with SLIME in bicycle tires, but I understand it's hard to keep a tire balanced with it inside.

jeffcat · Jul 20, 2019

This is what slime looks like after several years in the front wheel of my little JD 160 lawn tractor. Had to wire wheel the rim and give it a shot of Rustoleome paint. Had a little rust. The slime was like taffy. It does work but it is not forever. Sooner or later just put a tube in the supid thing. As another said about Zero turns with thorns and stuff like that....you bet slime is the wonder drug.

timcasbolt · Jul 20, 2019

I've used fix a flat and slime. Didn't notice that one was better than the other, but they both usually work.

Stephen Newell · Jul 20, 2019

The tire people hate it but slime works pretty good. I keep a gallon of it all the time.

HenryO · Jul 20, 2019

got new tires and wheels already mounted for my CC at Lowes, $40 each

504 · Jul 20, 2019

If I had to choose between a tire plug and slime, use the Slime. Neither are a cure but each my get you going again. I had a D-17 and I could not keep the front tires up from all of the thorns I picked up brush hogging. New tubes and Slime and I only had to air them up once a year.

r.w.b. · Jul 20, 2019

Im thinking about tak8ng some front tires and those pesky 2.50x 4 tires on my finish mower to a tire shop get em foam filled.they will last till the tire rots off

ClaytonBolen · Jul 20, 2019

I got like half a gallon of slime in a tire on my disk, i know the tire guys dont like it but it was a new tire that came home from the tired shop with so many bead leaks it would hold air for more then a few hours and i didnt have time to fix it myself. Been holding air very good since i put slime in it.

SVcummins · Jul 20, 2019

If the tire guys hate it so bad they can fix the leak

Blackhole49 · Jul 21, 2019

When I bought this mower new for the city I worked for, I ordered solid tires on it hoping to cut down on flats. After 1 year, we changed it over to pneumatic tires because the solid tires were beating it to death. After 15 years, we sold the mower when we replaced the tractor. That's when I bought the mower 12 years ago. I would caution foam filling unless your grass is golf course smooth. Small foam filled tires I've seen are rock hard.

grandpa Love · Jul 21, 2019

Ford farmer, did you have tubes in those tires?

Fordfarmer · Jul 21, 2019

Yes, tubes, but no fluid.

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