At 10:02 PM 8/29/2006, you wrote: >I bought some "tire talc" made by Desser >Tire and Rubber Company (www.desser.com) from AS&S or Wicks that lets the >tube out of the bind that pinches it, so one of these days I'll take them >off and talc 'em down and hopefully that'll be the end of it. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Baby powder works just fine to "dress" the tube. Inflate the tube slightly, dump on the baby powder, spread the powder around on the entire tube, nice and heavy. Check you wheel halves when they are apart for any burrs or sharp points that you may cause with tools. It doesn't hurt to powder the wheel halves also. Make sure you don't pinch the tube when securing the two wheel halves. Inflating the tube with just enough air for it to hold it's shape generally works best for me. After the wheel halves are secured, inflate the tube and let it totally deflate several times. This should help to eliminate any fold-overs, etc. that can pinch the tube and cause problems. If you're using the correct size tube, assembling the wheel should not be much of a problem. I've changed dozens of tires and this process seems to work well for me. The only flat I've had was on the Tripacer. I got careless and pinched the tube when assembling the wheel. The tire was going flat before I could move the jack to the other wheel. Larry Flesner
