I learnt the hard way - never use Stan's

[Jaws677]

I'm not an active hubber so I was not aware that Stan's will destroy Al rims.

 

After three months one of my new XT rims are ruined by Stan's, there should be a HUGE warning on the bottle

 

Luckily the rear one was not affected

[Pin-it]

Been using Stan's for a long time and never had any problems with the rim like that! You sure it's not something else?

[norm333]

Also had Stans in for years

 

Many many km's,never ever had that issue

 

Strange

[Stretch]

Yip.. my wheelset is 5 years old now... Never had a problem...

[VicanZA]

Err Stan's is king! Use it on all my bikes never had that happen, u sure u didn't top up with acid?

[TCRCARBON]

Used in alu and carbon wheels for ages with no issues at all.

[VicanZA]

U sure the LBS that sold u the rims didn't sell u used rims?

[Helpmytrap]

Definitely not Stan's, it is highly unlikely that anything would eat through metal in such a straight line without there having been a previous defect or damage.

[rouxtjie]

Not the Stan's bud....something else at play

[sutla]

Sorry bad rims

[Jaws677]

Was brand new XT rims bought of a fellow hubber , fitted new valves, filled with Stan's and rode for about three months, noticed a slow puncture on the front wheel. When I removed the tyre all the Stan's was at the valve, when I scraped the Stan's away I found the leak :-(

Edited April 21, 2014 by Jaws677

[Velloen bike]

The rims aren't really tubeless,

[Maximis]

I know this May have nothing to do with the problem, but what rim tape did u use?

[braailegend]

Cant see how it can be the Stans, all most all people riding tubeless swear by it.... and if it was the stans, I bet there will be A LOT more of these issues (XT rims with stans are a pretty common combo)

[Paul Ruinaard]

Hmm - are you sure you were using Stan's . There is no way an ammonia like substance like Latex can eat Aluminum alloys, so you have another problem. Maybe you need to investigate where that hubber that you bought from got those rims and what their provenance was....

[rouxtjie]

Was brand new XT rims bought of a fellow hubber , fitted new valves, filled with Stan's and rode for about three months, noticed a slow puncture on the front wheel. When I removed the tyre all the Stan's was at the valve, when I scraped the Stan's away I found the leak :-(

aren't xt rims tubeless ie no need for tape...what year model are they. Again, not the Stan's, it something else