front tire leak help

[BlasterMaster15]

i have 2 maxxis deco tires in the front. when i got the blaster they were fully flat and he said i just need to pump them up. one pumped up fine but the other when i fill it air leaks slowly out around the rim unless i fill it to a really high pressure. i think from the tire being ridden on flats it may have messed up the bead. any ideas how to fix it?

 

[York Racing]

Remove the tire from the rim if you can and clean the bead really well. That's just about all I can think of. And make sure you don't use the Fix-a-flat. It makes a huge mess when you go to change tires.

 

[BlasterMaster15]

how do i take it off?

 

[blasterdemon7]

You don't have to take the tire off the rim. Just pop the bead off the rim and run a bead of clear silacone on the rim where the tire bead rests.

 

[BlasterMaster15]

how do you pop the bead off? do you do the fire thing to re set it?

 

[blasterdemon7]

Try taking the valve stem core out and see if you can step on the side of the tire to pop it off. You may get lucky. Alot of the time it's like there glued on. There's other ways to do it like the board method but I feel you run the risk of bending your rim. For me, if it don't pop off by me standing on it, I take it to a tire shop. The way I get them to seat is to put a ratchet stap around the tread and crank it down.

 

[bagds101]

to take them off, i take the valve stem out, use a sledge hammer and my body weight, (i am 210 so it helps) and a flat screwdriver. dont use a screwdriver if you dont want to scratch your rim. i ride my quad, not park it to look pretty so i dont care, but they sell things like at walmart to take bike tires off. not sure if they would be strong enough for that but try it. and to put it back on, i spray it with soapy water, and use my body weight again to get the tire back on. then air it up until i hear it pop then check the tire pressure and set it to what you feel comfortable riding with. or just break the bead and turn the tire 180* while its still on the rim and then air it back up. that might work

 

[piezzi]

Do a search on Youtube on how to break a tire bead to get some ideas on how to go about it.

 

[Sabin1269]

The board method works good but I always use it as a last resort, most tire shops will break the bead for you for a small tip and that's usually the route I take. If you get the bead broken the wire brush (I use on attached to my drill) to clean it off very well and then use a product called "Bead Seal" it's in a red and gray can at most auto parts stores and coat the heck out of it then re-seat the bead. My old set of tires did the same thing when I bought mine but after i cleaned and sealed them I never had a problem after that.