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Author Topic: Slime to stop a slow air leak in a tube????  (Read 3111 times)

Vegasrandall

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Re: Slime to stop a slow air leak in a tube????
« Reply #15 on: January 31, 2011, 06:16:38 PM »
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I use the valve caps that are used on my employers 737 aircraft, they are brass, with a recess in the rubber seal inside for the valve stem pin to rest in and not have a chance of depressing the pin .
SW airlines?  I think I saw one landing here in vegas with a flat tire today.
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Offline Bob_Roller

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Re: Slime to stop a slow air leak in a tube????
« Reply #16 on: February 01, 2011, 07:07:24 AM »
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I use the valve caps that are used on my employers 737 aircraft, they are brass, with a recess in the rubber seal inside for the valve stem pin to rest in and not have a chance of depressing the pin .
SW airlines?  I think I saw one landing here in vegas with a flat tire today.


Yeah, SW, every time you change a tire, you have to loosen the valve core to deflate the tire, so you can't put the valve cap back on .

End result, you get a tool box full of the caps after a while .

So I've got them on all of the vehicles .
'81 R65
'82 R65 LS
'84 R65 LS
'87 Moto Guzzi V65 Lario
'02 R1150R
Riding all year long since 1993 .
I'll give up my R65, when they pry my cold dead hands from the handlebars !!!!!

scottyintex

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Re: Slime to stop a slow air leak in a tube????
« Reply #17 on: February 05, 2011, 03:05:55 PM »
Well, thanks Bob.........guys....turned out it was the valve cap. My valve cap that shows red if the pressure drops below 32 psi. Replace the valve cap......problem solved. They do make a green slime just for tubes but glad I didn’t have to use it.