My quad tires have some leaks in them and are totally flat and wont stay full. Iv'e tried a couple places but they dont fix quad tires. i live in washington, near seattle. Does anybody know what stores fix quad tires?

Please help

Im going on a quad trip in a week and need this leak fixed!!!

Thanks

 

If there are no holes in your tires then they might not be sealed on the rim right. I would try buying tubes for the tires and see how that works. It should fix your problem.

 

try les schwab or any ATV dealer

 

Do you know where they are leaking from? If you haven't looked, take some windex or something similiar and spray around the wheel and tire. If it bubbles, you've found your problem. One way to try and fix this problem, is to take a rubber mallet to the the tire and beat on it. I've done it to my wheels/tires before and it has fixed the leak. Also suggested it in a previous post, and it helped another member on his set-up too[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]


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I swear by fix-a-flat for small holes. I run it in all my tires from the day they are new. If I get a thorn out on the trail, it's no big deal because it will just seal itself.

If you have large holes, then you are going to have to plug them. You can use the car type cords, or better yet there are some ATV specific plugs available that are cone shaped and wide, and will plug a pretty big hole. I carry both types out on the trail, and CO2 cartridges to air the tire back up.

Sometimes you will get a bead that leaks, and almost nothing is going to fix that. I think it happens when they mount the tire and cut the lip a bit with a tire iron. I have a tire that will lose about a half pound every day, until it is flat. If I am on a trip, I just have to remember to air it up every morning.

 

so its called fix-a-flat ?

 

Available at every automotive store, like Pep Boys, Autozone, and the like.

Be aware that there is an issue of rim corrosion with these products. They are "wet", so your inner rim is always wet. I closely inspect my rims at every tire change, and have had no problems of any kind, either with steel or aluminum rims.

 

what do you mean? huh? wet? what does it matter if its wet?

 

Well, water will corrode steel. If the inside of the tire is wet all the time, and the paint on a steel rim isn't perfect, you could theoretically get some rust going on. Aluminum can sometimes corrode also.

 

oh my god, so your telling me i should use fix-a-flat then you tell me not to?