flat tires

Million · 10-23-2008, 06:10 PM

My tires keep going flat. Have ben forever. is this a factory defect?
I called bell tire and the guy said that it is from the crome on the wheels cracking and the air
is getting threw the cracks. I'v seen four other HD truks with this problem. do i need new rims
or what?

joedpl · 10-27-2008, 01:12 PM

I saw this happen on a trans am with chrome wheels. The way they fixed it is they dismounted the rim and took a wire brush and stripped the inside of the wheel so that it was bare metal that the tire would seal against, still holding air to this day and that was 3 years ago.

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Million Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1 View this user's gallery iTrader: 0 / 0%	flat tires My tires keep going flat. Have ben forever. is this a factory defect? I called bell tire and the guy said that it is from the crome on the wheels cracking and the air is getting threw the cracks. I'v seen four other HD truks with this problem. do i need new rims or what? Last edited by Million; 10-24-2008 at 10:33 PM..

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10-27-2008, 01:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
joedpl #8658, 6/3/02 Paid Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Edmond, Oklahoma Posts: 2,552 NHTOC member #: 528 View this user's gallery iTrader: 1 / 100%	I saw this happen on a trans am with chrome wheels. The way they fixed it is they dismounted the rim and took a wire brush and stripped the inside of the wheel so that it was bare metal that the tire would seal against, still holding air to this day and that was 3 years ago.