Green Slim & tire dry rot

ivantherussian03

Veteran Member
I have been driving the same bald tires on my Honda ATV for ten years. I have fixed lots of slow leaks, and holes. A nail in a tire is no big deal; I fix it with a flat repair kit that allows the mechanic insert a sticky rubber pipe cleaner into the hole. I have also used the Green Slim periodically for slow small leaks I cant find.
As I said I have had success using the above two methods.

Now I am faced with dry rot cracks in my tires. One tire has failed and I am doubting I can repair it this time. The leak is sever and in one of these cracks. I can pump air in but it escapes quickly. The Green slim would only work if the tire could hold air 5 minutes, and I could fill the tire quickly to high compression, and then be able to drive around and complete the instruction process, and allow centrifical force
to work and fix my leak.

I am thinking this tire is done, unless someone has other ideas for fixing dry rot tire leaks.

Any ideas?
 

summerthyme

Administrator
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Yeah, I think it's done. If you've gotten TEN YEARS out of BALD tires... it sure don't owe you anything!

Summerthyme
 

Publius

TB Fanatic
What summerthime said and look for the major brand names and even Carlisle is good, but stay away from the chinese stuff as it does not last more than two years and your right back to tires cracking and leaking.
 

ivantherussian03

Veteran Member
I went ahead ordered two tires. Maxis brand, the come std on the new models. Just over 100 dollars a tire landed for the fronts, 120 for the rears landed. Now I gotta figure how to swap them out with minimal equipment. UTUBE is handy that way.

I gotta put some love into this machine: check the axel fluid, power wash the under carriage, change my oil, etc.
 

Publius

TB Fanatic
I went ahead ordered two tires. Maxis brand, the come std on the new models. Just over 100 dollars a tire landed for the fronts, 120 for the rears landed. Now I gotta figure how to swap them out with minimal equipment. UTUBE is handy that way.

I gotta put some love into this machine: check the axel fluid, power wash the under carriage, change my oil, etc.


Maxis are Chinese made and I hope you use this thing enough to get your moneys worth out of them.
 
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