If it is the wheels, there area couple of easy fixes. One is go to an
autoparts store and buy some Slime (or equivalent) tire sealant. It's
also available at Wal Mart under a different name, but does the same
job. This is not the same as the Fixa-Flat that comes in the aerosol cans.
A second option would be to go to your local tire store and have them
put in some inner tubes. note, radial tires do require special tubes ,
but they are available.
Matt Trebelhorn wrote:
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> The tires lose air pressure pretty quickly. Tires are new, valve
> stems are new. Wheels are 30-year old steel fiat wheels. They're
> old, but they don't look banged up.
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> The guy who owned it said that the wheels themselves leaked -- like
> there were cracks in the rim or something.
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> So, a few questions: while I've heard of wheels cracking around the
> studs, I don't think I've heard of cracks out at the rim. Does this
> seem odd?
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> How would I go about checking this? It takes a couple of days to
> lose ~10 lbs pressure -- is that too slow to do a soapy-water test?
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> Thanks,
> Matt
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--
John
another one of them
*.?-!.* cub owners
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