mudguppy
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All,
I'm posting on the 5T+ side since there might be more experience with these HEMMT wheels than on the Deuce-mod side, but dunno.
Anyway, one of the tires on my deuce has been a little low and I neglected to top 'er back off. Well, the other day I came home and it was flat. So when I jacked 'er up to apply air I find that the outter ring has come loose off of the o-ring on the outside of the wheel. I'm guessing that the air pressure got low enough that the sidewalls pulled the outter ring off and broke the seal.
These are the older HEMMT wheels, not the current bolt-together style. With the tire low on air (and still mounted on the truck), I can't get the outter ring tight enough against the o-ring to seal and hold air. That and my standard air compressor just isn't moving enough air to blow it on, keeping ahead of the escaping leak.
My thought is to dismount the tire and lay it over a bucket - I was hoping that this would put enough weight on the outer ring to seat against the o-ring and re-seal.
In the first pic below, you can see what 'normal/sealed' looks like. In the second, what I have now - you can tell that the outter ring is pulled inward and the locking ring is out of its groove slightly.
Am I anywhere near the right track? Anyone have any other tips for this style wheel?
Thanks.
I'm posting on the 5T+ side since there might be more experience with these HEMMT wheels than on the Deuce-mod side, but dunno.
Anyway, one of the tires on my deuce has been a little low and I neglected to top 'er back off. Well, the other day I came home and it was flat. So when I jacked 'er up to apply air I find that the outter ring has come loose off of the o-ring on the outside of the wheel. I'm guessing that the air pressure got low enough that the sidewalls pulled the outter ring off and broke the seal.
These are the older HEMMT wheels, not the current bolt-together style. With the tire low on air (and still mounted on the truck), I can't get the outter ring tight enough against the o-ring to seal and hold air. That and my standard air compressor just isn't moving enough air to blow it on, keeping ahead of the escaping leak.
My thought is to dismount the tire and lay it over a bucket - I was hoping that this would put enough weight on the outer ring to seat against the o-ring and re-seal.
In the first pic below, you can see what 'normal/sealed' looks like. In the second, what I have now - you can tell that the outter ring is pulled inward and the locking ring is out of its groove slightly.
Am I anywhere near the right track? Anyone have any other tips for this style wheel?
Thanks.
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