Pickup truck tire is leaking at bead, right where weight was hammered onto aluminum wheel by dealer who mounted the tires. Not sure why it just started (or vastly increased) now, the tires are about 2 years old.
It started leaking a few PSI per day about a week ago, and today I found it's leaking at the bead right where the weight is attached. I can't imagine the hook on the weight actually did damage to the tire, so the location may be just coincidence.
I'm presently debating the hassle of taking it somewhere versus just popping the bead and spreading a little bead sealer in that area, before re-mounting. I don't have automatic tire mounting equipment, but I have tire irons and have set plenty of beads myself using a torniquet on the tire followed by air, all very old school.
Thoughts?
It started leaking a few PSI per day about a week ago, and today I found it's leaking at the bead right where the weight is attached. I can't imagine the hook on the weight actually did damage to the tire, so the location may be just coincidence.
I'm presently debating the hassle of taking it somewhere versus just popping the bead and spreading a little bead sealer in that area, before re-mounting. I don't have automatic tire mounting equipment, but I have tire irons and have set plenty of beads myself using a torniquet on the tire followed by air, all very old school.
Thoughts?