Long story short I hit a stump or rock or something while offroading, and now my tire doesn't hold air. I can hear it escaping on a certain spot where the tire meets the rim. did I bend a bead or something? How much do you think it would cost to get fixed?

 

It depends on whats wrong. Wats it worth to you? Spend the money or get new or used. It should be reasonable though.

 

well i'm definately not spending 250 on a new tire haha, but i was thinking fixing it would be around the 20-50 range? or is that too low?

 

It could be that something wedged it self between the tire and rim. Happened to my wifes patriot on the turnpike when she hit a pot hole. I deflated the tire and cleaned out the area with a flat screw driver and reinflated. worked out great.

 

going to try that. righnow.

 

If its a small rim leak, u can put some tar on the inside bead and it will seal between the rim and tire. That's what we did for rim leaks when I worked at belle tire.

 

tire slime...works great
http://www.slime.com/

 

Don't use this. It sucks for people changing tires and hardly works.

 

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Take it in and have the dirt blown out of the bead. That is the proper fix for this problem.

 

thats why i pay some one to change the tire... if it were easy i would do it myself. i'm not worried about tire guy having a rough day if i have a flat on the trail and need to get home I'm slime ing away

 

I had a slow leak in one of my tires and used the slime...haven't had to put air in it for over 2 years...so thanks for your input

 

did it work?

 

ok.......it RARELY works. Is that better for you?

 

steel rim poss bent ,hit it with a hammer where air is escaping if it bent if not most likely trash got shoved into bead dismount and clean ahd remount air it up and go

 

lol...yes but honestly I've used the stuff in 2 different tires over the past couple years and it's worked perfectly for me