weird problem with tire tube...

July 15, 2003, 1:16 p.m.

Posts: 1790

Joined: Feb. 15, 2003

So I bought a dh tube for my 2.35 kenda kinetic (2.35-3.0") IRC tube for 12 bucks at overtime.

Anyhoo… I installed the tube as following the instructions on the box. However, the edge of the tire where the valve is seems to stick out of the tube a bit. I'm talking about the edge of the the tire that's suppose to sit inside the rim. But it sticks up and it won't really go into the rim properly.

Is my rim too narrow or something???

I also tried to pump it up anyways. It did get a little better, bit that specific portion of the tire still sticks up.

July 15, 2003, 2:48 p.m.

eddiebrannan

Posts: 4439

Joined: Nov. 19, 2002

sounds like too narrow a rim, since you're running the tube in the narrowest tire that it's designed for. what rim is it?

http://www.somethinginthewaymag.com

July 15, 2003, 3:30 p.m.

bokinator

Posts: 1790

Joined: Feb. 15, 2003

it's an alex mx22

July 15, 2003, 3:40 p.m.

snow_homie

Posts: 3322

Joined: Jan. 4, 2003

haha exact same tube, rim, and tire as me .. just fiddle around with it, it'll come

took me a half hour though :lol:

July 15, 2003, 4:13 p.m.

bokinator

Posts: 1790

Joined: Feb. 15, 2003

Well there were two nuts on the valve. I took the first nut off, but I coudln't get the 2nd nut off because it was so tight. Is that 2nd nut suppose to stay there stationally, or can you actually take it off???

July 15, 2003, 6:17 p.m.

IFO

Posts: 14115

Joined: Nov. 19, 2002

the IRC tube can be a real bastard to get seated around the valve stem…

u need to seat the tire on the bead right at that area first….

it will work u just gotta play around with it….narrow rims make this alot harder then wide rims….

i just did the exact same thing with my IRC Dh tube inside a Michy 2.5 on a rhino lite… so i know it will work….

July 15, 2003, 8:33 p.m.

bokinator

Posts: 1790

Joined: Feb. 15, 2003

so the 2nd nut on the valve is suppose to stay where it is right? It can't screw off am I correct?

July 15, 2003, 9:15 p.m.

bokinator

Posts: 1790

Joined: Feb. 15, 2003

ok, I got the tire in fully

The trick was to partially put the valve into the hole first, and then shove the tire into the rim, and then push the valve into the hole all the way.

But I still haven't got an aswer whether the 2nd nut and its washer is supopse to come off or not.

July 15, 2003, 10:46 p.m.

FuManChu

Posts: 4054

Joined: Nov. 19, 2002

yeah you can removethe second nut. jsut use a wrench. i jsut installed a .243 tire and irc dh tube on a trail pimp and it was a fuckin bitch. i removed the second nut but it was still as hard as hell

msn messanger= [email protected]