Am thanking my lucky constellations that I did not sell my spare set of rims...

[Speedmaster]

today, as I was looking at this set, I noticed that one tire was flat. So, I broke out a large plastic tub, filled it with water, dropped the rim and tire in and proceeded to pump up the tire in hopes of finding the leak.

I did. It was coming from both the lip and the inner flat area of the rim. It was as if there was a pinhole in the metal. Little air bubbles were coming out. I have never seen this before and was blown away.

Have any of you ever seen this?

 

[93sebsilna1]

multi piece rims are sealed and with age and or hard impact(s) the sealant can let air out,find a quality wheel repair shop and they can re-seal them for you or if you are mechanically inclined you can do it yourself,you need the tire(s) off of the rim,do a web search there are plenty of videos on the net on this subject,good luck!!

 

[Speedmaster]

multi piece rims are sealed and with age and or hard impact(s) the sealant can let air out,find a quality wheel repair shop and they can re-seal them for you or if you are mechanically inclined you can do it yourself,you need the tire(s) off of the rim,do a web search there are plenty of videos on the net on this subject,good luck!!

Thanks for that, Sebsilna. It is a one-piece Oz Racing rim. It is out at a shop now. I am sure they can fix it. Once done, I will put those rims on (17/18) and store my OEMs (I am now long three sets of OEM rims! What was I thinking?)