Can't Find Tire Leak

[emp1953]

Hey Everyone,

I am embarrased to ask this. I have a slow Leak in a Rear JD D130 Tire. It takes 2 days to go completly flat. I've taken it off the mower. I can't see anything in it and I have gone over it multple times w/ soapy water and I still can't find the Leak. I also soaped up the valve stem and bead but nothing. Tire is in great shape. If I find the leak y thought was to use a plug.

Any other ideas? All the lawn shops around here won't repair will only replace the tire. I thought about filling the bathtub up w/ water and checking it that way, pretty sure the wife wouldn't like it but I'm losing ideas.

My last resort, which I don't want to do is add slime. Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks,

MIchael

I have a Cub Cadet that everytime my wife used it I would have two flats on the left side. There is abandoned barbed wire along our property line and she is very good at finding it. There is a tire dealer near me specializing in Agricultural (tractor) and truck tires. They fill smaller tires with a product called Tyrfil. It is a liquid they fill the tire with that firms up into a resilient foam. The tires will never go flat again. Just a suggestion.

 

[Gord Baker]

For those that do their own tire repair and have a drill press with a locking quill the D Press is a good way to hold the wheel down while the tire iron is being used .

 

[Gord Baker]

IMHO, far too much force on the arbour. Use a big vise with 5/8" rod vertical.

 

[slomo]

Just wanted to say hi. 13 pages for a tire leak is pretty gundy.

 

[Ozcub]

Do you know anybody with a swimming pool , there is your answer

 

[SeniorCitizen]

Toughest leak I had was intermittent. Might leak a little in a day or a lot on a few hours but not when stationary. Never showed bubbles in water or soaped on sidewall. I put some water inside the tire and saw where it tracked leaking out. I was a rim leak from a bad spot on the bead.

I've had a tire on a tandem disk leake because there was a bad weld on a 2 piece rim manufacture .

IMHO, far too much force on the arbour. Use a big vise with 5/8" rod vertical.

No reason to apply more force than a 3/8 or 1/2 bit drilling a hole in steel

 

[SeniorCitizen]

Does anyone know what a full boot for a tire is . They were common during the war and a few years after .

 

[eagle86801]

sometimes the rim rusts in a spot where air can escape , tire still good , remove tire clean up rust on inside of rim , repaint rim and ad a tube , bingo no air escapes

 

[jviews12]

rust on inside of rim where seats. Like all others submergs completely and place a weight on it. bubble will show. If rust, take off, sand clean and try mounting it again.

 

[MikeH62]

Break the tires loose sand and file down any rust and weld slag tits on the inside of rim. Make it smooth so when place the tube nothing will rub on it.. If you're not going with a tube then just break the bead on the tires sand down the lips real well to remove any rust and old sealer apply new sealer Bead locker whatever you want to call it these days and if you're tires aren't dry rotted or punctured you should be good to go, unless like others said you have a hole or crack in the rim or weld. I just spent almost 8hrs on two rear wheels for my sisters riding mower because she not only used slime, when that didn't work then she used flex seal, so I had major clean up to do before I could even think about placing Tubes inside. And using a tire spoon is a whole lot easier than using tire iron and screw drivers which will puncture the new tube if you're not real careful.