Re: (ET) E-15 pulley removal -> drive belt modifications

[Jim Coate <lists freerangeelectric com>]

On 2/13/13 10:23 AM, Christopher Zach wrote:
> I need to put some fix-a-flat in there to stop the normal slow
> leaks.

I consider fix-a-flat the option of last resort/emergency use.
Having to open up a wheel with the goop inside is a mess. And some 
limited evidence shows that when left in the wheel for a number of 
years, it will attack any exposed metal rusting out the wheel from the 
inside.

Remaking the wheel (cleaning the edge where the bead goes, adding bead 
sealer to rough spots, installing a a new valve stem, etc) or adding an 
inner tube are both higher on my list of fixes.


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Jim Coate
Free Range Electric
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