Heard a new one today

[gtnsmlr]

Had a new set of tires put on the truck Monday. Checked the pressure today and one tire was down to 20psi from 65. Took it back to the dealer he said that the leak was due to the alloy wheel corroding at the bead, huh...factory wheels with only 100k on them, has anyone else heard this before? Me thinks they scored the wheel with the machine and don't want to fess up.

[MinnCamper]

VERY common.A good tire shop should have cleaned and applied bead sealer.

[Sam_Spade]

gsbrockman wrote:

old guy wrote:
if it is the wheel just put an inner tube in it and don't worry about it

Worst advice ever........

No it absolutely is NOT.

How about you provide reputable references backing up that claim ??

[gsbrockman]

old guy wrote:
if it is the wheel just put an inner tube in it and don't worry about it

Worst advice ever........

[drsteve]

TakingThe5th wrote:

donn0128 wrote:
Have them apply a dab of bearing grease all around the bead. Drive them and see what happens.

I would be careful with grease on the bead. A tire shop did that to my snow tires on steel rims to get them to seal (another story). On a very cold morning both tires went flat simultaneously as I backed out into the road. The grease had rotted the rubber bead.

This is the stuff to use...

Bead Sealer

[TakingThe5th]

donn0128 wrote:
Have them apply a dab of bearing grease all around the bead. Drive them and see what happens.

I would be careful with grease on the bead. A tire shop did that to my snow tires on steel rims to get them to seal (another story). On a very cold morning both tires went flat simultaneously as I backed out into the road. The grease had rotted the rubber bead.

[Sam_Spade]

fj12ryder wrote:
Lots of places/people advise against putting a tube in a tubeless tire.

And as usual, "a lot of people" would be wrong, in general.

Are you aware that NOBODY makes a tire specifically for a "tubed" type wheel anymore ? And that includes motorcycles. So what if your rims REQUIRE tubes because of the design ??

If you NEED a tube, use it.
It makes almost NO difference to the heat buildup or to the sidewall profile. If anything it flexes LESS not more.

[Dave_H_M]

hmmmm, maybe you ran over something.

I sure would not get my tire diagnosed on the computer.

Somebody is gonna have to figure out what is wrong.

[dodge_guy]

Very common her in the salt belt. However if it was that bad they should’ve cleaned it up and used beadsealer on the rim before they put the tire(s) on.

[mike-s]

gtnsmlr wrote:
Had a new set of tires put on the truck Monday. Checked the pressure today and one tire was down to 20psi from 65. Took it back to the dealer he said that the leak was due to the alloy wheel corroding at the bead, huh...factory wheels with only 100k on them, has anyone else heard this before? Me thinks they scored the wheel with the machine and don't want to fess up.

Discount Tire? They tried to scam me with the same BS, wanted to sell me new wheels. They hadn't even dismounted a tire before trying to tell me it was corroded wheels. Yea, sure. I'll take my business elsewhere from now on.

[time2roll]

He said what? My reply is 'show me'

[carringb]

Surfactants like Simple green can do this. So can corrosive compounds like mag chloride de-icer.

[fj12ryder]

old guy wrote:
if it is the wheel just put an inner tube in it and don't worry about it

Lots of places/people advise against putting a tube in a tubeless tire. Many different reasons: heat build-up due to the radial sidewall flexing, or the contour of a tubeless wheel won't allow a tube to be used safely. Personally I wouldn't do it.

Pull the wheel, clean the bead area thoroughly and reassemble. Usually that will take care of the problem. It has worked for me.

[old_guy]

if it is the wheel just put an inner tube in it and don't worry about it

[GeoBoy]

Krusty wrote:
Pretty common. They should've cleaned up the beads before installing new tires.

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