droo Posted August 14, 2014 Share You can say that again. Truck rims are two-part affairs and it is quite common for them to separate upon inflation. Considering the high pressure these things require, it is a bomb in a workshop. Tyre workshops are supposed to inflate those tyres inside a cage of sorts. In the video I though the cage in the background was one and I wondered why he wasn't using it, until I noticed that it was a liquid container cage, not a tyre cage. People die from such accidents. That oke must have kneed himself a moer of a shot in the chin when that thing separated. And possibly needed to change his trousers before lunch. Edited August 14, 2014 by droo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V12man Posted August 14, 2014 Share While filling up my bakkie this morning I noticed that they use nitrogen now instead of the normal air. Sometimes when I put new stan's in tires I take it there tot inflate quick. Reason for asking. Thanks guys!Cheaper than buying a compressor sometimes...... TWT actually charge for it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeFconOK Posted August 14, 2014 Share They seem to have the little nitrogen boxes hooked up to airlines at allot of Engen garages now, no idea how they work but its free. Will nitrogen leak faster or slower than air?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cois Posted August 14, 2014 Share Will nitrogen leak faster or slower than air??Slower. Or that is what I found with my car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted August 14, 2014 Share You can say that again. Truck rims are two-part affairs and it is quite common for them to separate upon inflation. Considering the high pressure these things require, it is a bomb in a workshop. Tyre workshops are supposed to inflate those tyres inside a cage of sorts. In the video I though the cage in the background was one and I wondered why he wasn't using it, until I noticed that it was a liquid container cage, not a tyre cage. People die from such accidents. At a certain bike shop (no names mentioned) there is a toilet right near the workshop, the 'mechanics' are known to place the wheel in there and close the door as far as they can before inflating the tubeless wheels 'remotely' ....... apparently one to many wheel 'explosions' and trying to remove Stans from eyebrows and hair! Johan Bornman, RichieT and Vangar 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted August 14, 2014 Share They seem to have the little nitrogen boxes hooked up to airlines at allot of Engen garages now, no idea how they work but its free. Will nitrogen leak faster or slower than air?? Should leak less, in theory nitrogen particle is larger and harder for it to pass through porous rubber. However if the bead or valve or some other form of large leak is present it won't make much difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted August 15, 2014 Share At a certain bike shop (no names mentioned) there is a toilet right near the workshop, the 'mechanics' are known to place the wheel in there and close the door as far as they can before inflating the tubeless wheels 'remotely' ....... apparently one to many wheel 'explosions' and trying to remove Stans from eyebrows and hair!Like so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimpleDom Posted August 15, 2014 Share By that theory, if you never remove your tyre, and keep topping it up, you'll eventually tend towards have a very high concentration of nitrogen in your wheels anyway. ???? Long Wheel Base 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floatfox Posted August 15, 2014 Share Get rid of stans..try ps2 tyre fluid..nothing could seal my continental x king tyres..struggled for around 2 weeks until i found this stuff..and at only R120 for 500ml..absolutely fantastic. If it can seal a conti it can seal anything. Capricorn and KonaMTB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capricorn Posted August 15, 2014 Share Get rid of stans..try ps2 tyre fluid..nothing could seal my continental x king tyres..struggled for around 2 weeks until i found this stuff..and at only R120 for 500ml..absolutely fantastic. If it can seal a conti it can seal anything. had a squizz at their website. sounds like pretty hardcore stuff... aramid fibers.. oooo.but keen to give it a whirl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flowta Posted August 15, 2014 Share Get rid of stans..try ps2 tyre fluid..nothing could seal my continental x king tyres..struggled for around 2 weeks until i found this stuff..and at only R120 for 500ml..absolutely fantastic. If it can seal a conti it can seal anything. Where do you get it from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floatfox Posted August 15, 2014 Share I bought it from big red barn..went for a ride there and saw it on the counter..thought to myself that I have spent so much on sealant and nothing worked, whats a R120..put it in and went for a ride..after my second ride the wheels sealed perfectly. And this stuff will not dry up like stans.. Capricorn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droo Posted August 15, 2014 Share By that theory, if you never remove your tyre, and keep topping it up, you'll eventually tend towards have a very high concentration of nitrogen in your wheels anyway. True story. Then you can sell it back to TWT when you change tyres... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankman Posted August 16, 2014 Share Normal Bombs and Stans = Snot BallsOnly if you bomb like a tjop! Keep the valve at 9, 12 or 3 o'clock and you wont have any snot balls. But if you keep the valve at 6 o'clock, you are blowing that Co2 directly onto the snot boll forming sealant, tjop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johan Bornman Posted August 16, 2014 Share Only if you bomb like a tjop! Keep the valve at 9, 12 or 3 o'clock and you wont have any snot balls. But if you keep the valve at 6 o'clock, you are blowing that Co2 directly onto the snot boll forming sealant, tjop! Hmmmm. The old "CO2 freezes Stan's into balls" myth all over again. It's a chemical reaction that causes the latex to crash from the solution, not a thermic reaction. johannrissik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizkit031 Posted August 16, 2014 Share Like so? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds17MDRB2DEBliksem looks like a rag doll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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