[net.cycle] Seal and Balance

gary@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (gary w buchholz) (04/26/85)

  I put a bottle (really 1.5) of a product called Seal and Balance in the
tires of my 83 Nighthawk 750.
  Its supposed to seal punctures up to 1/8 inch as thet happen.  This 
particular product seals by viscous action as opposed to other products
that seem to seal by "melting" about 1/16 in layer of the inside of your
(tubeless) tire.

  I wonder if anyone out there has had any experience with either of these
products "in action".  Some have told me to stay away from the latter type
of product as it will eventually "eat" your entire tire from the inside out.
  I await a puncture with my "Seal and Balance" tires ... always carrying a
can of tire inflator/sealer just in case.  (I guess thats like wearing a
belt and suspenders).

  In any case, do these "seal as they happen" products work ?
 
  Gary

ralphd@teklds.UUCP (Ralph Durtschi) (04/29/85)

> 
>   I put a bottle (really 1.5) of a product called Seal and Balance in the
> tires of my 83 Nighthawk 750.
>   Its supposed to seal punctures up to 1/8 inch as thet happen.  This 
> particular product seals by viscous action as opposed to other products
> that seem to seal by "melting" about 1/16 in layer of the inside of your
> (tubeless) tire.
> 
>   I wonder if anyone out there has had any experience with either of these
> products "in action".  Some have told me to stay away from the latter type
> of product as it will eventually "eat" your entire tire from the inside out.
>   I await a puncture with my "Seal and Balance" tires ... always carrying a
> can of tire inflator/sealer just in case.  (I guess thats like wearing a
> belt and suspenders).
> 
>   In any case, do these "seal as they happen" products work ?
>  
>   Gary

I don't know about the stuff your talking about but I have repeatedly tried
some stuff called AUTO SEAL in the rear tire of my yamaha 250 yz dirt squirter
and the tire keeps going flat.  This is probably a worst case application for
the product though, because I only run about 10 lbs of pressure and I'm sure
there is a lot of scrubbing action on the tube.

bye,

Ralph

shelby@rtech.ARPA (Shelby Thornton) (05/01/85)

>   In any case, do these "seal as they happen" products work ?

I am a member of the "Over the Bars" club and know from personal
experience that those type of sealers work.  After my accident, my
front rim looked like a half-moon, but the tube actually sealed itself
and retained most of the air (it contained one container of "Seal
and Balance").


					Shelby Thornton
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