Has anyone come up with a way to stop air leaks between the rim and tire bead ? The area I live in uses large amounts of salt through the winter months and it is not uncommon to start having air leaks between the aluminum rims and tire bead within two years of operation . What I was thinking is breaking the beads on the tires and using that forty year tub and tile silicon between the tire and rim bead in hopes that it will prevent the salt from entering the crack therefore preventing the corrosion . Does anyone see any problems that may occure from this ?


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They sell a sealer for this very purpose, but you can just squeeze this in there and think its going to do its job. You have to dismount the tire and use a wire wheel attachment on a die grinder or something to get the buildup of corrosion off the surface, apply the sealer (basically looks like black rubber cement) and then mount up the tire.. We do tons of these especially around here. Its not a real big deal..

They sell a sealer for this very purpose, but you can just squeeze this in there and think its going to do its job. You have to dismount the tire and use a wire wheel attachment on a die grinder or something to get the buildup of corrosion off the surface, apply the sealer (basically looks like black rubber cement) and then mount up the tire.. We do tons of these especially around here. Its not a real big deal..


What he said. Next up is corrosion arount the tire stem. If you seal thebead and there is still an air loss, check for a leak at the valve stem. The area can be fix by using bead sealant as well.

Well I never thought about the valve stem .But thank you both for your replies .

Ah, totally forgot about the valve stem! :) We use a chainsaw blade file to clean the rim for the new valve stem, usually we do this all at once to just save time and hassle of it all, and then of course rebalance..