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DryRob

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Leaky seam
« on: 14 July 2013, 11:37:17 pm »
I was giving my bike it's yearly bath earlier and noticed air leaking from one of the seams, can I reseat this myself or do I have to take it to a fitters?
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Re: Leaky seam
« Reply #1 on: 15 July 2013, 04:10:58 am »
Have you got an inflatable bike ?
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Re: Leaky seam
« Reply #2 on: 15 July 2013, 06:14:13 am »
Oops, should have mentioned it's a tyre seam
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Re: Leaky seam
« Reply #3 on: 15 July 2013, 06:47:07 am »
This normally is caused by corrosion on the rim. You might be lucky and let all the air out and reinflate but both times I have had this (gsx600f and once on the fazer 1000 before I power coated them) Its ment tyre off, sand paper it smooth and refit/ballance tyre.
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Re: Leaky seam
« Reply #4 on: 15 July 2013, 10:09:43 am »
Well that's not what I wanted to hear but thanks for the info. Any ideas how to do this myself or is it a garage job? I've seen a guy use a G-clamp to push the tyre off the rim when he fitted me a new valve...
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Re: Leaky seam
« Reply #5 on: 15 July 2013, 06:30:11 pm »
Took it off and went to a garage, serviced my back brake while i was at it. For £5 it wasn't worth wrecking a nearly new tyre
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Re: Leaky seam
« Reply #6 on: 15 July 2013, 10:29:55 pm »
when I've had car tyres leaking round the rim, the tyre fitters hit them with a very big rubber mallet, don't know if it's a good idea hitting the side walls of a bike tyre?
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Re: Leaky seam
« Reply #7 on: 16 July 2013, 12:38:58 am »
To be honest even if they were charging 4x more I'd still pay, I've not got any tools for tyres and I'd rather not mess one of them up
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