JD Seller said: (quoted from post at 05:20:12 04/22/13)
Another why in the world put old tubes in new tires??? You have them off, replace the tubes. on rear tires it costs more in labor than the tubes cost.
I put new tubes in new front tractor tires a couple of years back. After patching the junk new tubes a few times I put the old tubes back in. Probably 30 year old tubes and I've had no problems since. It was only $40 or so for those 2 new so-called tubes, and it warms my heart knowing some of my donation ended up in Firestone's portfolio, some went to "Korea" (stamped "Made in Korea for Firestone" or something similar) and I ended up with nothing but several dismounts, wasted time, and wasted patches for the privlidge. My old junk that I attempted to replace and should have been replaced was better than what was available to me new.
Yes, I mount/fix alot of my own tires. Local tire stores are too stupid/lazy to remove bar code tags from beads on tubeless tires (they shouldn't be there in the first place) and tags/stickers from inside of tires that take tubes. They must have found out in a tough economy they can get alot of repeat business fixing leakers.
Call me a tightwad if you like, but this isn't my first run-in with new "name brand" tubes being junk. Thankfully none have been in rear tractor tires yet. So long as my old tubes for smaller tires are servicable they are going to be reused.
Regular maintenance and service is essential.
Preventive maintenance is always good practice. Always look things over. Ignorance is not bliss. If something's going bad/getting worn, or looks out of the ordinary, do something about it. Ignoring a problem doesn't make it go away.
Replacing properly functioning quality that is paid for with crap that empties your wallet isn't wise.
Saving money on el-cheapo parts isn't savings at all. Sometimes aftermarket is equal to or better than OE parts in performance and/or longevity, though. Sometimes el-cheapo is all that's available any more.
Choose wisely. Do/use what works for you.
AG
This post was edited by AG in IN at 08:21:46 04/22/13.
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