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Hammerhead

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Unlike some frustrated DIY guys, my beginners luck with the OUT-EX tubeless conversion has been holding out pretty well since first try. šŸ«°The front has never leaked a spoke, but the rim has since acquired a relatively minor wonk that was sufficient enough to cause heavy bead leakage. Iā€™m not talking trickles here either, that little ding was barfing air at the rate of fully inflated to pancake inside of a few hours.

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Ā  Enter the purple magic of Kleen-flo drive belt goop. For anyone yet to discover this stuff & struggling with nagging leakage, I would highly recommend giving it a go before you frustratedly resort to throwing that tube back in.
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Ā  Ā I just deflated, pried back the bead, locally sprayed in a generous gooping & pumped ā€˜er back up. Soapy spay & submersion tests quickly revealed the desired results. Abracadabra, both leaks gone! Kleen-flo 2, leaky rim-0

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Ā  Ā Judging by the gooeyness of this stuff & its intended use, Iā€™d be willing to wager it would also serve any tubeless setup very well to keep your rubber from slipping in low air situations too. Itā€™s now a new staple in my shop bag of tricks.

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On 2/9/2023 at 12:46 AM, katana said:

Is that a 140 rear?

No, itā€™s the front 90/90. With tubeless I stick to 150 rears

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  • 8 months later...

Another incident of verification, recently flipped reversible Ā the motoZ dual venture front to even out the wear after another bead leak developed & in the process used this stuff to solve the issue again. Kleen-flo - 3, bead leaks - 0

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So I've tried this trick as well on a repaired taco'd front rim converted to tubeless that would always leak no matter how 'true' I got it (radial runout 0.020")... 2 months on, still holding pressure.

I think I have Yamaha disease...

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