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.