Slow puncture in rear tyre of my 05 'glide...

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...or so I thought.

The good news is that the rear tyre seems to be in good condition, unpunctured, and only halfway through its wear life.:beerjug:

The not so good news: according to my local tyre fitter ( and the evidence when he sprayed the wheel with liquid) there is air leaking from the valve area and around the rim. Seems like it's the effect of corrosion on the unpainted aluminium wheels which are the standard fitting.:blast

The proposed solution (and appreciate views from the wise folk on this forum, please) is to shot blast (?) the wheel and powder coat it, have it painted to protect against future corrosion.

Sounds like an excuse to buy a rufty tufty bike lift and finally start doing more work on the Hardly myself ( although actual tyre removal from rim, blasting and powder coating will go to those more competent and equipped than me :augie).

Welcome usual banter, and even some nuggets of wisdom from y'all and the likes of Steptoe who I see has in old age become a bit of a Harley guru :rob
 
Why not just take tyre off, take valve off, wet and dry offending area to get rid of corrosion and re-install. Presumably the offending corrosion is on the inside where the rubber seal pushes onto. Just do this at every tyre change and voila...I would have thought. It may even just be something like the valve seal being old and a bit hard and not sealing properly.
 
Not a bad suggestion, thanks.

I think the leakage runs a fair way around the rim of the wheel as well as the valve seat. So a first go with wet and dry might be in order but given likely recurrence of corrosion, suspect it needs a coating for the future.

Others may be in the Melch camp, of course!

Simon

Melch said:
Why not just take tyre off, take valve off, wet and dry offending area to get rid of corrosion and re-install. Presumably the offending corrosion is on the inside where the rubber seal pushes onto. Just do this at every tyre change and voila...I would have thought. It may even just be something like the valve seal being old and a bit hard and not sealing properly.
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I guess if it is leaking around the tyre bead as well then a proper fix would be to do as you suggest and get it powder coated.
 
simondippenhall said:
...or so I thought.

The good news is that the rear tyre seems to be in good condition, unpunctured, and only halfway through its wear life.:beerjug:

The not so good news: according to my local tyre fitter ( and the evidence when he sprayed the wheel with liquid) there is air leaking from the valve area and around the rim. Seems like it's the effect of corrosion on the unpainted aluminium wheels which are the standard fitting.:blast

The proposed solution (and appreciate views from the wise folk on this forum, please) is to shot blast (?) the wheel and powder coat it, have it painted to protect against future corrosion.

Sounds like an excuse to buy a rufty tufty bike lift and finally start doing more work on the Hardly myself ( although actual tyre removal from rim, blasting and powder coating will go to those more competent and equipped than me :augie).

Welcome usual banter, and even some nuggets of wisdom from y'all and the likes of Steptoe who I see has in old age become a bit of a Harley guru :rob
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Fuck it.
Take the wheel off, leave the tyre on.
Unscrew the valve core and fill it with expanding foam, put the valve core back in and sell thecunt on eBay. Buy another wheel only so somecunt doesn't do it to to you.
 
Now found a local company in Aldershot who do powder coating. They helpfully reminded me I need to remove the wheel bearing as well as the tyre before giving them the wheel.

Now to find a good lift so I can take the wheel off. Fancy the look ( if not the price) of the big blue lift http://www.on-bike.com/motorcycle-lift-eazyrizer-big-blue.htm

Simon
 
simondippenhall said:
Now found a local company in Aldershot who do powder coating. They helpfully reminded me I need to remove the wheel bearing as well as the tyre before giving them the wheel.

Now to find a good lift so I can take the wheel off. Fancy the look ( if not the price) of the big blue lift http://www.on-bike.com/motorcycle-lift-eazyrizer-big-blue.htm

Simon
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I've got a lift you can borrow if you don't want to buy one (it's what I used to lift my old Road King up with). I'm not that far from you.
 
Why do you need a bike lift ?
The side stand on a Harley is designed to take the weight of the whole bike.
Just shove a bottle jack opposite the sidestand on the bottom frame rail, have it to the front to lift the front wheel and have it behind to lift the rear wheel. A bit of wood between the jack and the frame rail to protect it.

Job jobbed.
 
I gave up in the end and had tubes fitted....
 
I'm near Portsmouth and have a rail lift that will hoist the whole bike up enough to remove both wheels at the same time.. You can borrow it if you like..
 
twizzle said:
I'm near Portsmouth and have a rail lift that will hoist the whole bike up enough to remove both wheels at the same time.. You can borrow it if you like..
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Is that the one you keep in the cellar with your other 'specialist' equipment?
 
Fucking unreal this place at times.

The norm is to simply rotary wire brush the corrosion off and apply sealing compound on refitting the tyre.

Ah well.....dum de dum.
 
Tarka said:
Fucking unreal this place at times.

The norm is to simply rotary wire brush the corrosion off and apply sealing compound on refitting the tyre.

Ah well.....dum de dum.
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Tried that about three times... The Glide wheels pit very badly....
 
Tarka said:
Fucking unreal this place at times.

The norm is to simply rotary wire brush the corrosion off and apply sealing compound on refitting the tyre.

Ah well.....dum de dum.
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Did that regularly on my old Airhead (i.e. every tyre change). Worked for about 2 weeks before starting to lose pressure again. But thanks for your usual ego wank input.
 
twizzle said:
I'm near Portsmouth and have a rail lift that will hoist the whole bike up enough to remove both wheels at the same time.. You can borrow it if you like..
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Thanks very much. Am thinking about options because I may take a couple of weeks to get the wheel blasted and powder coated. Will get back to you (Melch has also kindly offered, and suspect he may be slightly closer as I am NE Hampshire). Cheers :beerjug:

Simon
 
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