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Pete
10-07-2001 18:05:22
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Re: loaded tires in reply to 48-8N, 10-07-2001 05:52:29
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48, Sounds like calcium/water to me, if it is, and you level was high enoung(always covering the rim) you're better off if there was no tube; calcium/water won't corrode metal until air mixes with it, tubes allow a little condensation to pass through them due to temp changes and mix with lots of air, when kept at a proper level without a tube, air never gets to come in contact with the inside of the rim.
Don't mix it with windshield washer fluid, just dump it(it doesnt hurt the environment), hose off your rim, and refill with your choice of fill. We use winter formula windshield washer fluid (cheapest place by far to buy it is by the gallon at Wal-Mart). Get a garden hose, a 55 gallon drum, a water valve at NAPA, tell 'em what you are doing, they stock 'em, a cheap submersible pump and let rip. If you use tubes the displaced air will work itself out around the valve stem, if not, be sure to quit pumping every few gallons and bleed the relief valve on you water valve to let the air out. About 25-26 galllons per tire on 12.4x28, and add an 8oz bottle of waterbed conditioner to prevent algea and get back to work! Stop bt NAPA and buy a couple tire irons, and after ya break the beads, tires are easy. Best solution for breaking beads is to have a Farmall with a "fast hitch" around, back over the tire and put the drawbar down next to the rim, "bam" broken bead! Pete
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