Flat Tire.....?
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razwrld
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Flat Tire.....?
I have a 2007 VTX 1800 with a Goodyear Eagle on the back.Unfortunately...it has a leak and I can not find it. I put it up on the jack,sprayed soap/water on it,pressured it up , no obvious leak...Aired it up last night...this morning....flat....not good....I want to ride...any suggestions on finding the leak ?
razwrld- Number of posts : 9
Location : Florence,Ms.
Registration date : 2009-01-14
Re: Flat Tire.....?
Did you try the soap/water around and in the valve stem? Quite often, tires will leak there. If no good, I'd remove tire and take it to a local tire shop or auto mechanic and have them look at it, or immerse it in a tub of water and look for air bubbles.
Re: Flat Tire.....?
If you lost air that fast over nite then you must be able to find it, just go slower and look closer.
VTXCarl- Number of posts : 7
Location : St Pete, Fl
Registration date : 2011-01-02
Re: Flat Tire.....?
Take the wheel off, press the tire up, fill the bath tub and dip the wheel. If the wife gets mad say to her; don't you let the kids play with their toys in the tub?
dbass- Number of posts : 14
Location : dbass
Registration date : 2011-12-07
Re: Flat Tire.....?
Soap your wheel too? Wheels can crack; spokes poke tubes. You got a bad enough leak to find pretty easily. If you can't make it leak on the sidestand,
have someone hold the bike over the other way and spray it again - it could be closing up from side pressure.
have someone hold the bike over the other way and spray it again - it could be closing up from side pressure.
quadancer- Number of posts : 1245
Age : 70
Location : Acworth, Ga.
Registration date : 2010-05-02
Re: Flat Tire.....?
Take off valve stem cap and take a little spit on the end of your finger and put on end of valve stem. If it blows a bubble, tighten the valve stem core.
coltergeist- Number of posts : 23
Location : Baton Rouge, LA
Registration date : 2011-05-04
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