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KENNYLO
Junior Member
Username: Kennylo
Post Number: 11
Registered: 09-2005
Posted From: 70.50.231.94
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 01:49 pm: | |
My Bigfoot got a 4 inches crack at the side of the tire but it still run ok. Do I have to replace it? Can i put some glue on it?
Thanks in advace! |
liflod
Intermediate Member
Username: Liflod
Post Number: 54
Registered: 01-2005
Posted From: 151.201.211.103
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 02:38 pm: | |
I would put that cracke tire in the middle and keep on running it. It will recieve less stress in the middle and if it does fail, you won't notice it 
I just saw on the text classifeds, someone has a tire and rim for sale. That would be nice to put a new one on your machine and save the other for a spare. |
Fred Sowerwine, Montana's Max dealer
Advanced Member
Username: Fred4dot
Post Number: 102
Registered: 01-2005
Posted From: 216.166.168.53
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 03:57 pm: | |
Kenny, You can clean it up real well and use some black silicone sealant to glue it together. Might even try super glue first.
Lance's ideas above are also good. |
Jerry R. Nuss
Advanced Member
Username: Jerrynuss
Post Number: 132
Registered: 02-2005
Posted From: 70.106.212.6
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 04:54 pm: | |
Is it a crack from dry rot or is it a cut? If it is dry rot I wouldn't worry about it. If it is a cut do what the guys have said. |
KENNYLO
Junior Member
Username: Kennylo
Post Number: 12
Registered: 09-2005
Posted From: 70.50.231.94
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 07:50 pm: | |
Thanks for all your help and i will put some silicone in it. yes, it is a crack Jerry. Thanks again |
Philip Croff
Intermediate Member
Username: F14crazy
Post Number: 56
Registered: 05-2005
Posted From: 24.56.192.245
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 - 08:50 pm: | |
How about a patch over it? |
david berger
Senior Member
Username: Davidrrrd
Post Number: 212
Registered: 01-2005
Posted From: 172.166.50.88
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, November 23, 2005 - 09:14 am: | |
if this is a dismountable you can patch it inside and outside. we nead not worrie about afecting the ballence, lol
even with a tube inside it is a good idea to seal any cuts or cracks as even some dirt if it got inside could ruin a tube, ect..ect.. |
Rogersmith
Intermediate Member
Username: Rogersmith
Post Number: 74
Registered: 01-2005
Posted From: 4.244.174.90
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, November 23, 2005 - 08:17 pm: | |
David, this is what John Schwab drove on all Haspin weekend. Has a tube, unpatched  He brought a spare wheel and tire.. but why stop and change it if it isn't flat? 
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Rogersmith
Intermediate Member
Username: Rogersmith
Post Number: 75
Registered: 01-2005
Posted From: 4.244.171.129
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, November 23, 2005 - 11:51 pm: | |
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david berger
Senior Member
Username: Davidrrrd
Post Number: 214
Registered: 01-2005
Posted From: 172.130.205.14
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 09:44 am: | |
yah i had a few like it too, and even when they got flat i used em if i dident have a spair or time to chainge it, john probly has rawhideIII's my rawhid II's go flat easy, but i drive em anyway.
at least the water comes out of them when thay have holes you can stick your fist in. |
Sean McConnell
Member
Username: Bookm
Post Number: 34
Registered: 09-2005
Posted From: 69.159.216.86
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 02:19 pm: | |
When I was a teenager, I worked in a garage where we would "vulvanize-patch" radial tires on the inside. This entailed wire-grinding (wire wheel on drill) the inner surface around the hole completely clean, then applying a thick liquid to the cleaned area, and "SETTING IT ON FIRE!" When the fire burned out, we would apply the rubber patch, rolling it with a small toothed roller, and the repair was complete...
... Does anyone know if the fluid was just standard patch goop available at any auto parts place? Or was it a special formula for chemically bonding a special patch? I recently tried lighting some on fire on an old tire, and it seemed to burn down the way I remember, and the area felt tacky, too. But I'm still not convinced that this is really "Vulcanizing" the tire.
If regular, run-of-the-mill patching goop is OK, I would suggest patching splits on the inside in the above manner (using heat to chemically bond the rubber patch). Then fill the "wound" externally with Liquid Rubber, and let it harden. I was going to try this method "externally" on some old FatCats I have. Does this sound "do-able" or is there a better way? |
Larry Houghton (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
Posted From: 69.90.48.210
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 24, 2005 - 05:52 pm: | |
It was just the fact the glue is flammable. The reason for doing it was to dry it faster to put the patch on.Now you just wait a little and put the patch on. |
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