I hit a huge fucking pothole about 2 weeks ago putting a nice dent in my rim. Good thing they're 3 piece so I just ordered the lip to replace. I've been monitoring the pressure of the tire ever since and all has been good.

I saw it really low this morning and I knew I was screwed. Filled it back up to around 32 and it dropped to about 25 within the day.

My question is, do I have to get a NEW tire??..the Nitto's or is there a tube in there like bicycle tires?? Notihng is punctured or anything..no nails. I've had a few flats on the Benz but never paid attention because the SOS people just came and handled it. Well thanks in advance for any input.

 

You might need a new tire if you damaged the cords inside the tire.

But more likley is that when you bent your rim, you broke the seal (commonly referred to as the "bead") between the tire/rim on the flange of the rim.

If its not punctured, but still leaking, you probably will not be able to re-seat the tire on that bent rim.

[ 07-08-2001: Message edited by: Tom2 ]

 

Excuse me if I misunderstand but did you ride on the tire when flat?

 

we all have tubeless tires

 

Nah it was totally inflated to normal psi. Checked it after I hit the bump and every day thereafter and there was nothing wrong up until now. So I'm thinking a small leak??