I remember reading somewhere that Tire Slime requires a minimal amount of tire pressure in order to work. In other words, it will only expand when passing quickly from a high to low pressure area.

Does it work well with tires that only carry a few pounds of pressure? Higher can pressures result in poor traction.

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I tried it on a trike. It made the wheel come off balance. The bead popped off the rim and sprayed my friend(who was riding it)with slime. The stuff works for tiny holes from nails and similar objects, but it won't work with larger holes or dry-rotted spots. You need to jack the vehicle up, put the slime in, inflate it, and spin it around for a while. Then it would seal it up good. After that you can air it down as much as you need.

 

go to highlifter.com they have (i hear) really good stuff specifically for atv tires

 

Actually, Dirt is pretty close. I used Cabela's Tire X-Tend on both our 'Cats, all you have to do is pull the plug, dump in the bottle, then air it up to desired pressure and go ride for like 5 minutes, it's good to go. I didn't jack it up or anything, just pulled all four plugs, dumped in all four bottles, aired them all back up, went off for a drive (like 50+, but still! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]) Anyway, the stuff saved my butt a few times. I poked a good hole in my stock 489's, had to buy a bottle of the "slime" brand (very expensive) to fix it. It worked great, but was pretty expensive to do all four tires. Cabela's is basically the same stuff, for $20, you get four bottles to do one full atv (one bottle per tire). I've had it in for over a year now, not had another problem with the stock tires on Dad's 'Cat at all, and haven't messed with air pressure since-it's remained at around 5 psi fairly constant. I put larger, more aggressive 27" Bi/Tri Claw magnums on my 'Cat, so I haven't needed to install the slime in those, but it's still working great on Dad's stock tires.

Best of Luck,

Mike

 

The slime seems to work good for nails and thorns and such. Not so good on cuts to the sidewall. Sometimes it seems to throw the tore off balance, other times not. I think maybe some brands are worse than others, but don't know which is which.

 

I used to run Slime, but now I use the fix-a-flat stuff. I havn't had a flat EVER (knock on wood), and I've pulled all kinds of stuff out of my tires over the years! Nothing short of a patch is going to fix a big hole though.

 

You need to be avoid using Fix-A-Flat. Yeah, it's handy on the trail, but it's water based and will rust out steel rims from the inside over time. I've always had good luck using Slime. It's designed more for slower speeds like on Utility ATV's, but does a great job of sealing your average puncture. It's definitely a great alternative to the overpriced Highlifter stuff.

 

I use Multi-Seal from High Lifter in my 27x12x12 blackwater xts.The stuff works great, way better than Slime. My rear tires would always go flat from small holes so I would fill them up with air every week, then one day a stick puctured the left rear tire and left a big hole. i had a can of fix a flat which did nothing but blow out the hole, so instead of replaceing the tire I used Multi-Seal. Now both my tires stay inflated with no problems. I thought using a 2lb bottle in each wheel would throw the tires off balance but I haven't noticed it one bit. Great stuff you gotta try it.

 

im done with the stuff. when i tried taking old tires off rims it was like they were super glued. i had to cut them off and it looked like insulation inside.

 

I bet your tires never went flat.