I just keep 12oz of Slime in each tire. It will seal up to 1/8" in a tube type and 3/16" in tubeless. You never even know you have stuff in your tires, so you need to inspect them.

Dan burwink@fuse.net
-----Original Message-----
From: DHorn
To: airstream@airstream.net
Date: Saturday, February 06, 1999 12:17 PM
Subject: Re: [airstream] Let's talk about tires....

>Operating under the assumption that there are no dumb questions, just dumb
>questioners who want to get smarter, I need to backtrack a little on the
>split rim thing.
>
>What exactly is a split rim? Sounds like a 2-piece assembly that bolts
>together, thus requiring tube tires? How can I identify a split rim vs. a
>"conventional" one? I'm guessing my '65 Caravel with baby moon hubcaps has
>split rims, and suspect I might want to replace them, and likely the tires
>as well. Sounds like flats would be impossible to repair yourself, if
>they're that dangerous to work on.
>
>Speaking of repairing flats, which would be easier to repair on the road -
>tubeless tires or tube tires on a non-split rim? If you have tubeless
>tires, can you find the puncture, remove the nail or cactus needle*, insert
>a plug and re-inflate, without removing the tire from the rim? Can you just
>put a tube into a tubeless tire (again without removing from the rim) and
>use it as a temporary fix?
>
>Don
>donhorn@mindspring.com
>
>*(thinking of Baja here)