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DIY TIRE REMOVAL 3?
on the way I discovered why slime is slimey - for the first timer the
slime's slime holds the liner on the tire's tread whilst the user learns to pull tube down and toward the user snagging the liner with a finger, nail, or tool and pulling upward - ya can pull both down and out together - works god to raise the liner. using crc silicone 0n the insides as a talc substitute is a learned slime liner users operation fersure. In fact, i'm looking backward to opening the tire up so as to see if the liner is in on the tread 100% |
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DIY TIRE REMOVAL 3?
after 300 miles-
inspecting the rim/tire intersection at rim wall, I found a free space, 1/16th, between CRC rubber conditioner film sprayed on rim's braking surface (see 'brake prep' in tech archives) and the overspray on the tire sidewall - possible evidence of up/down movement over the intersection giving the wear I'm trying to eliminate here thru silicone on the sidewall: this movement tore the **** outta the conti tt cafe racers' sidewall. the pasela messenger is HD! not slippery, not negative handling from an superb carcass: and not conti tt fersure - the messenger is an excellent rear tire choice for loaded riding - a 35c rear with a 32c front mounted with conti tt is quality reliability. http://www.lickbike.com/productpage.aspx?PART_NUM_SUB='1766-28' I rotated the rear pasela messenger to see what inside after spraying the insides with CRC silicone not talc or cornstarch and found - the slime liner was perfectly centered: silicone allowing liner's sliding into position not sliding out of position. the specialized thorn proof tube was dented by the slime liner overlap short of the level needed to start my teeth grinding over the liner cawsing a surface cut in the $8 tube - a major slime liner problem - i count 3x more tube blowouts (walmort-bell) from the liner doubling over than from glass. http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCEqS...EquipTubesRoad the tube, liner, tire insides were cleaned and repositioned on the rim. I, a second trial learner, wiped the sidewall down with a rag, and experimentally off course squirted finish line dry lube wax with Teflon onto and into the sidewall/rim wall intersection then pumped erup. The FL did the job - removing the dirt I left in the sidewall grooves so with a glance at the heavens I dismounted the tire, got out the 5 gallon pail, washed and brushed the tire clean with dishwasher detergent. and remounted: did not allow the FL to dry: result? FL squirted out the next day no rear brakes - rewiped the sidewall with acetone, Next time - again rotating tube past the slime liner overlap, I'll try a scuba suit zipper lube of silicone and wax in stick form for lubing the t/r intersection. The stick should form a useable cove of lube over the rimwall's top and give another chance to slide under the bus. with the intersection lube, the paselas' sidewall looks undamaged from the HD commuting, a bit of rubber shingling only, no circumferential rubber rupture above the TRI |
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DIY TIRE REMOVAL 3?
the quantity of dirt on the sidewall at the sidewall/rim is amazing - i
don't do dirt tho the path has construction dirt here and there grumble about chain cleaning!! here yagot an expensive tire with the same problem - grinding compound in the works rotating and washing the tire every 300 miles??!! |
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