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Re: How to fix a leaking tube near the stem

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Colin Brown

04-07-2008 17:58:47




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Guys -
Thanks very much for all the helpful suggestions. Let me explain a little more about my situation and the kind of fix I'm looking for.

I don't live on this farm - it's 2+ hours from my home, so I basically get down there one or two weekends a month. Much to my frustration, it seems like every time I go there to work, something that I need that weekend is broken. I really need to get the tire to hold air without spending a lot of time and money on it. The tube is fluid-filled, so that just complicates the situation. I also don't have the right tools or a shop to work in, so I'm trying to do repairs in the middle of my field. Aside from that, I've got everything I need :lol:
I've thought about cutting a hole in a large patch, passing the stem through the hole, and cementing the patch to the stem and to the outside of the rim. Will the tire cement stick to the rim (probably not, since it's more of a solvent than an adhesive)? Is there some other adhesive that would work?

Another thought has been to fill the hole in the rim with silicone adhesive, basically packing the stem in silicone. Is this a possibility?

I'm open to any other suggestions at this point. If nothing else, I'll have to take a couple of days off from work and get the tire service out to fix it. Taking time off from work would, of course, be just a terrible thing to have to do :roll:
Thanks - CB

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iowa_tire_guy

04-08-2008 19:26:59




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 Re: How to fix a leaking tube near the stem in reply to Colin Brown, 04-07-2008 17:58:47  
I have seen many ideas tried to do what you want to do. Some are pretty interesting and inventive. I have never seen one work though. The problem is inside the tire/wheel and you have to go to the source to fix the problem. Do you have to take off work to get a service truck out to fix it? Do you have to stand around and give advice on how to do it right as some of my customers do? Or worse, jump in and try to help therefore causing me more work and time. Just wondered why you need to be there while it is being fixed.

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bradley martin

04-08-2008 01:30:44




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 Re: How to fix a leaking tube near the stem in reply to Colin Brown, 04-07-2008 17:58:47  
Anything other than a new tube is just wasting your time. Bite the bullet and get the local tire shop to do a service call(usually about $75. plus the cost of a new tube).



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Walt davies

04-07-2008 20:05:05




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 Re: How to fix a leaking tube near the stem in reply to Colin Brown, 04-07-2008 17:58:47  
Go to Harbor Freight and get their bead breaker then remove fluid in tire take a 1/4 in piece of plastic tubing put it in the tube stem after removing the smaller part of the stem. Air pressure in the tire will force the fluid into a handy tank. Break bead on the side of the stem and then remove tube. I would by another tube just case as I don't think that you can repair the one that you have.
Walt OH! take an air compressor with you.

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Bruce Hopf

04-07-2008 19:21:43




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 Re: How to fix a leaking tube near the stem in reply to Colin Brown, 04-07-2008 17:58:47  
Colin.
Sorry, I didn't read your whole post. I didn't realize that your tire had fluid in it. If posible, can you get the tire loaded into a pickup truck, or onto a trailer, and take it to a tire shop to get it fixed. That way you wont have to take time off work, while the fix your tire. Being that it has fluid, you might need to replace the tube. Also the valve stem is two pices. On outer, and an inner. Try and tighten them both up first. Posibly they are lose, and leaking at the joint. If not the problem, removal of the tire is the only way out to replace the tube.
Bruce.

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jose bagge

04-07-2008 18:59:21




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 Re: How to fix a leaking tube near the stem in reply to Colin Brown, 04-07-2008 17:58:47  
CB, there is no quick n' easy way around this- you need a new tube.



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Bruce Hopf

04-07-2008 18:38:36




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 Re: How to fix a leaking tube near the stem in reply to Colin Brown, 04-07-2008 17:58:47  
No Problem. Go to your local hardware store, and buy a patsh with a new valve stem already attached. Cut around the old valve stem, put new patch.



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dieselpaul

04-07-2008 18:29:06




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 Re: How to fix a leaking tube near the stem in reply to Colin Brown, 04-07-2008 17:58:47  
nope--sorry, but i see no way your repair ideas are gonna work. tube will have to pumped, removed to clean up & make repair or replaced.



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