Green slime in tubes

[Russ]

I've used variants of this puncture control goo for many yrs ( gyro ) ....the other day I dosed up my jab160....yikes, at about 50kts hurtling down the runway, things get nasty, whole machine shakes etc. my guess.....wheels getting grossly out of balance at high speeds.

 

Tomorrow's task.....replace all tubes, no goo. Hope this helps folks.

 

 

[Guest Andys@coffs]

Shame you didn't use search Russ on this forum, if you had you would have seen your not the first and apparently won't be the last

 

Step 2 for 19 registered is to replace the 6 ply with 10'ply tyres.....problem solved

 

Andy

 

 

[Old Koreelah]

I've used variants of this puncture control goo for many yrs ( gyro ) ....the other day I dosed up my jab160....yikes, at about 50kts hurtling down the runway, things get nasty, whole machine shakes etc. my guess.....wheels getting grossly out of balance at high speeds.Tomorrow's task.....replace all tubes, no goo. Hope this helps folks.

I have had the same happen with my plane Russ (but not lately, which I cannot explain). Slime was originally marketed as having the secondary benefit of helping balance a spinning wheel. (I just accepted that, not understanding the mechanism.) I used it for decades in motorcycle tyres with no problems. Back in '78 I did some testing just before replacing the rear tubeless on my CX-500. I drilled a 3.2 mm hole in the tyre, then went for a ride around the block. I repeated that 15 times without losing pressure, until I drilled the last hole right on the edge of the tread, which the slime couldn't seal.

I suspect the quality of preseals varies, however. Some brands didn't prevent puncture in my bicycles.

 

 

[Russ]

Dosed her up as we are heading central Qld, bindy country couple of places.....bugger.

 

 

[biggles]

 

Step 2 for 19 registered is to replace the 6 ply with 10'ply tyres.....problem solved

Andy

Alright for you 6 cyl. blokes . Us little 4's are struggling to get off now ! ...... Bob

 

 

[Russ]

Too right Bob......FULLY loaded stinking hot, yea takes a while to coax her off.

 

 

[biggles]

Yeah Russ , one of the guys here ( brilinair ) put a 3300 in his 19 registered J160 . Goes like a rocket , and fits in a

 

'normal 'hangar ....... Bob