well its like this, the front tyre on the XB12R keeps going down, I have replaced the tyre, the valve yet still the bastard looses 10lb a week.
please tell me its not possible for the rim to be cracked leeking the air out?
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well its like this, the front tyre on the XB12R keeps going down, I have replaced the tyre, the valve yet still the bastard looses 10lb a week.
please tell me its not possible for the rim to be cracked leeking the air out?
cheers DD
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Definitely possible. Cast wheels can be a right bitch like that. Chuck a tube in.
Maybe even replace the rim.
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Entirely possible but quite rare without accident damageOriginally Posted by dangerous
You need a big tank of water to dunk it in, that should show it up easily
Did you replace the valve core or the entire valve stem?
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take it off...the whole thing...take the bearings out...disk off...and dunk it in a vessel of water big enough...and squeese the tyre with some vice grips to try get some air out...and observe
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never been crashed and yip replaced the stem
yeah a tube would sort it i asume you can do that with the rim... what worries me is a crack could turn in to the wheel colapsing, so yes replacment is safest but i dont... wana know what one of them is worth.
ohhh man, there goes the weekend... will have to do i spose.take it off...the whole thing...take the bearings out...disk off...and dunk it in a vessel of water big enough...and squeese the tyre with some vice grips to try get some air out...and observe
wonder who in town could crack test it?
cheers DD
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Waste of time crack testing it when a tank of water will tell you if it is the rim or not
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dunk it....or if you don't want to take it to the doctors and get in X rayed.
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More likely porosity than a crack.
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lots of early mags were pores, just give it a couple of good coats of enamel paint inside, if valve stem is sealing OK
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Una Storia Italiana
its a 2004 wheel... will look into dealing with it when I find the problem.
but it hasnt always done it... just the last year I spose and slowly getting worse.
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Firestone truck tyre shops have the tyre bath's.
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Surely you don't need to pull bearings etc and dunk the entire thing in one go - just dunking it in quarters in the bathshould show any leaks from a specific region on the rim & tyre. Obviously rotate it around.
Hell, I'd have a nice warm bath with it - just don't confuse your own bubbles with the wheels.
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So does just about any tyre shop and if it's losing 10lb a week it'll be easy to spot
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To be completely honest, if the wheel is porous, ditch it. Stress fatigue is an unknowable quantity and wheel failure on a motorcycle isn't pleasant.
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WTF has porous got to do with stress facture or damage ?????????? it is common place in even modern casting
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