How to top-up tubeless sealant?

[BlinkFan]

Hi,

 

What is the easiest way to top-up the sealant of your tubeless setup? Just deflate, pop out the bead, and pour in some more? Do you have to do the whole soap-and-water thing afterwards again etc?

 

Any quick fixes?

[baie-sukkel]

Hi,

 

What is the easiest way to top-up the sealant of your tubeless setup? Just deflate, pop out the bead, and pour in some more? Do you have to do the whole soap-and-water thing afterwards again etc?

 

Any quick fixes?

 

 

Not the cheapest, but I recon the easiest is to buy two small bottels of Stans and undo the vavle,empty the bottle , replace valve and inflate,that way the tyre was not un-done from the rim and inflating should not be a problem.

[Honkdonk]

Deflate tyre slowly. Remove valve core. Take a plastic syringe and fill up with sealant. Place syringe in end of valve stem and refill. Replace stem core and inflate.

 

Easy

[bassasdaindia]

Not the cheapest, but I recon the easiest is to buy two small bottels of Stans and undo the vavle,empty the bottle , replace valve and inflate,that way the tyre was not un-done from the rim and inflating should not be a problem.

 

+1

[SURFER]

What is the easiest way to top-up the sealant of your tubeless setup? Just deflate, pop out the bead, and pour in some more?

 

Yes, the way to go

 

 

 

Do you have to do the whole soap-and-water thing afterwards again etc?

 

No

[BlinkFan]

Cool, thanks for the replies.

[Motard660]

I know this was an old topic of discussion, but did a search yesterday and came to this one......and exacly what i was looking for. Thank you to everybody comments here that made a job that i dreaded to do so simple and easy. Thank you again!

[reteid]

i also do the deflate , remove valve core,inject,blow ritual.no problems after 5 years plus of riding tubeless.

[NotSoBigBen]

Must agree if the valve has a removable core I do it that way .... have a few non removable ones and those I do the 'break the bead' way.

[deanbean]

Get a 15 gauge needle and 20ml syringe, suck the sealant up through the needle, then you know it'll go back through, jab it through the tyre tread, inject and spin. This way you don't even need to deflate. Look for a duiweltjie hole, and you won't even be putting a new hole in your tyre.

 

I've only done this when I'm feeling very lazy or am in a hurry.

[Kranswurm]

Hi,

 

What is the easiest way to top-up the sealant of your tubeless setup? Just deflate, pop out the bead, and pour in some more? Do you have to do the whole soap-and-water thing afterwards again etc?

 

Any quick fixes?

 

Yes

Deflate

Open side of tyre

Pour in juice

Close tyre

Bomb till it pops

Ride

 

2-3 mins

[Gideondv]

What about the old stans in the tyre, does it not go hard after a long time?

[Kranswurm]

What about the old stans in the tyre, does it not go hard after a long time?

 

No...mine gets used up.When my tyre does not stay up anymore its time for a top up

[Hairy]

The same way that you got the stans in there the first time!

[Motard660]

Get a 15 gauge needle and 20ml syringe, suck the sealant up through the needle, then you know it'll go back through, jab it through the tyre tread, inject and spin. This way you don't even need to deflate. Look for a duiweltjie hole, and you won't even be putting a new hole in your tyre.

 

I've only done this when I'm feeling very lazy or am in a hurry.

 

 

I like this way even better!!

[andretraut]

Every 3 to 5 months I give my wheels a sealant - service. Remove the tyre, loose the old sealant, clean the rims and tyres, add new fresh sealant and off I go. The only way I get proper peace of mind. Works for me!