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no bubbles anywhere in the tire. That’s what I checked when I took the wheel off.Good to know. I do have metal stems. Will have to bring the wheel to the shop. Guess I need some jack stands!
Try squirting around the rim also. Maybe a crack. You can also try filling your bathtub (or similarly sized vessel) and dunk The tire in whole or in sections looking for the leak.
Might be a good idea to over inflate a bit to exacerbate the leak.
Built and installed new rear end links. Changed some things up from the original diy that was posted on here. Used 3/8 hardware rather than m8 because I didn't like the amount of slope, the original hardware is m10 and 3/8 is just a tiny bit smaller. Wasn't able to fit all the conical spacers with the 3/8 so I sanded them down enough so they would fit. With m8 hardware
New headlight lenses, spark plugs, rotor caps and wires. I found that the previous owner did not change ANY of the top spark plugs, only the bottom 6 plugs were changed!! Ugh!! Nothing worst than a dishonest auto mechanic.
Last edited by Cheekybird; 12-02-2018 at 08:54 AM.
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Try squirting around the rim also. Maybe a crack. You can also try filling your bathtub (or similarly sized vessel) and dunk The tire in whole or in sections looking for the leak.
Might be a good idea to over inflate a bit to exacerbate the leak.
Did you check the inside barrel of the wheel? I had a similar issue on my Toyota truck wheel and come to find out, there were pinhole leaks throughout the barrel of the wheel...
The root cause of the issue, was me.
About 6 years previously, I had put some Fix-A-Flat into that wheel and forgot about the issue since the Fix-A-Flat worked its magic. Come to find out, the Fix-A-Flat compound actually corrodes and eats alloy wheels! I wish I had saved a photo of the wheel so I could post it here. It wasn't pretty.
11-21-2018, 09:29 AM
