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This past weekend at Haspin I aired down to around 17ish psi and was very happy with the way my BFG MT's performed.

However every time I air down and am in any type of mud I end up getting small rocks/debris in my beads and thus leaking a bit of air. I walked out today and I had 2 flat tires from this (the third was at 12ish psi). Jack her up and get out a screwdriver and removed several small rocks from the beads.

So the question is this, how do I prevent that from happening? I am not breaking beads, so I don't know if beadlocks would help prevent this or not (I'm sure it would help). Is it my tires specificly, or my rims? It just gets a bit annoying, trying to get them all cleaned out everytime I wheel so they don't leak.

Anyone have any thoughts??

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might try overinflating them when you air back up like you would when seating a bead.  otherwise i've got nothing.  i have never had this problem with either of my steel wheels.  the only time i've had leaks after wheeling aired down is when i bent the crap outta the bead on the wheel and had to take a big hammer to it to straighten it back out. 

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Yeha i had the same problem I have 2 flat tires and I cant even deal with them yet

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Maybe its an Aluminum wheel thing

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Well Jeff my stock steel wheelies did it also. I got a call from my mom saying you have two flat tires.  And how did you clean yours Adam? Take the screw driver when its still deflated or when its inflated?

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Well I took a screw driver when it was deflated and pryed out as much as I could. I've got 2 of them fixed, the 3rd I can't seem to get it fixed.

I guess I'm going to take it to the tire shop in the morning and have them remount it for me. I'm not sure what the deal is, but the debris is to far in the bead for me to get at I guess....

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This is why I didn't air down.
I always have this happen (I have always run steel wheels).

Sometimes it doesn't even happen for weeks, then I'll come out of work ready to go home and have to deal with a flat tire...

I have a Tire changer I bought from harbor freight for $35 that will break the outside bead off the tire (that's the bead that gives you trouble) and then I clean the tire/rim there and usually there's a LOT of sand looking stuff and sometimes pebbles in there. Then I just pop the bead back on with an air compressor.

I would have to say it's a rim issue, but I don't know which type of rim would be better at keeping muck out...

For reference:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=34542

-- Edited by jfiscus at 08:12, 2006-04-26

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I have to agree with jason, i have had this problem on four wheelers and my fullsize truck, i was pretty happy with how mine did at 35psi

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