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10-22-2023, 02:00 PM | #21 |
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Labels inside of new tires
Ugh! I found a flat this morning. I drove the car 120+ miles yesterday without any problems. I’m guessing it’s a label inside the tire causing the flat. This is my second flat with all new tubes in 4500 miles.
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10-22-2023, 06:41 PM | #22 |
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Re: Labels inside of new tires
A couple of weeks ago I said I have not any flats. (Post #7). Well guess what? I now have a tire with a slow leak so I dismounted it.
Yep, sticker. Actually 3 stickers. (see pictures). Now I am going to have to check the other four. These stickers and the glue they used is not easy to remove. They seem to be made of plastic so they cut the tube. Coker needs to do something about this. I recommend anyone that has American Classic Tires check to them before you have a flat. And let Coker know!! Last edited by Y-Blockhead; 10-22-2023 at 07:24 PM. Reason: Added photo. |
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10-22-2023, 06:56 PM | #24 |
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Re: Labels inside of new tires
does lacquer thinner or Goofoff melt the glue and clean glue from tire?
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10-22-2023, 07:20 PM | #25 | |
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10-24-2023, 10:28 AM | #26 |
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10-24-2023, 11:38 AM | #27 |
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Re: Labels inside of new tires
Here is a picture of some of the debris I pulled out of two American Classic tires. Three more to go.
Check your tires closely. I was not aware of this issue when I mounted my tires the first time and didn't check closely enough. I have contacted Coker Tire. Their response, "This is Ruston at Coker Tire, reaching out regarding your Coker support email. Yes, some of our tires do have an inspection sticker on the inside of the tire. These stickers should be removed before install." Ruston Gunter [email protected] |
10-24-2023, 02:12 PM | #28 |
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Thanks for responses about Goofoff.
This might work on these labels: 50 years ago I had MANY customers who attached white sticky paper labels to the IBM2314 and IBM3330 removable disk packs and to the disk drive cabinets . After 5 - 10 years the glue on these labels hardened and became very hard to remove. Scraping was out of the question because it removed the paint and scratched the plastic on the disk packs. The best thing I found was to apply original GoJo Hand Cleaner (the original Oily version not the Citrus orange smelling stuff), let it set overnight and the hardened glue became soft and was easily removed. |
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By now I have had plenty of experience changing tires. I just had one where the valve I installed was leaking at the valve stem. I tightened the nut on the collar and it stopped, but I put a new tube with a factory installed metal valve stem in it just to be sure. Too much fun.
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