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From: ralphd@teklds.UUCP (Ralph Durtschi)
Newsgroups: net.cycle
Subject: Re: Seal and Balance
Message-ID: <624@teklds.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Apr-85 14:36:15 EDT
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Posted: Mon Apr 29 14:36:15 1985
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> 
>   I put a bottle (really 1.5) of a product called Seal and Balance in the
> tires of my 83 Nighthawk 750.
>   Its supposed to seal punctures up to 1/8 inch as thet happen.  This 
> particular product seals by viscous action as opposed to other products
> that seem to seal by "melting" about 1/16 in layer of the inside of your
> (tubeless) tire.
> 
>   I wonder if anyone out there has had any experience with either of these
> products "in action".  Some have told me to stay away from the latter type
> of product as it will eventually "eat" your entire tire from the inside out.
>   I await a puncture with my "Seal and Balance" tires ... always carrying a
> can of tire inflator/sealer just in case.  (I guess thats like wearing a
> belt and suspenders).
> 
>   In any case, do these "seal as they happen" products work ?
>  
>   Gary

I don't know about the stuff your talking about but I have repeatedly tried
some stuff called AUTO SEAL in the rear tire of my yamaha 250 yz dirt squirter
and the tire keeps going flat.  This is probably a worst case application for
the product though, because I only run about 10 lbs of pressure and I'm sure
there is a lot of scrubbing action on the tube.

bye,

Ralph