Darren
16-03-2006, 00:48
Last night I pumped my tyre up to 32 psi
I tested the pressure again about 30 mins later and it was down to 30 and left it overnight and its gone down to 28.
So, I've establised that it's losing air somehow 8)
The tyre itself looks fine, it's a decent Cooper racing tyre, I'm really worried that my alloy might be bent or something like that?
The style of the alloy is in a way good, as the spokes stick out meaning it's near on impossible to kurb the rim as the middle part of the spoke takes it all.
So there is no damage to the rim.
How hard is it to bend an alloy or basically ruin one?
I've been over a few kerbs and potholes - The car drives fine, I don't know if I'd feel it if it was bent?
I can't see anything in the tyre to cause it to deflate, and the tyre looks to be fully seated on the rim correctly, so I can only think there is a problem with the actual wheel or hopefully valve?
Oh, and should a tyre place be able to look at if for free?
I tested the pressure again about 30 mins later and it was down to 30 and left it overnight and its gone down to 28.
So, I've establised that it's losing air somehow 8)
The tyre itself looks fine, it's a decent Cooper racing tyre, I'm really worried that my alloy might be bent or something like that?
The style of the alloy is in a way good, as the spokes stick out meaning it's near on impossible to kurb the rim as the middle part of the spoke takes it all.
So there is no damage to the rim.
How hard is it to bend an alloy or basically ruin one?
I've been over a few kerbs and potholes - The car drives fine, I don't know if I'd feel it if it was bent?
I can't see anything in the tyre to cause it to deflate, and the tyre looks to be fully seated on the rim correctly, so I can only think there is a problem with the actual wheel or hopefully valve?
Oh, and should a tyre place be able to look at if for free?