Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 15:27:46 -0700 From: "Sook" <nospam_sook1971nopsamail.com> Subject: Re: Slow flat - wheel cracked
"Paul Halliday" <pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:BACCD043.5751%pjghnopsamyonder.co.uk... > in article b86t1u$6qiic$1nopsam1386.news.dfncis.de, Sook at > nospam_sook1971nopsamail.com wrote on 23/04/2003 21:28: > > > On my 1999 9-3 Convertible, I have a really slow flat, it takes about a week > > before I have to re-inflate. > > I got the tire checked and it turns out that there's a tiny crack in the > > wheel itself. > > Has anyone had any experience in using something like Slime Wheel Sealant to > > ever fix a crack in the wheel and not the tire itself? > > C'mon man, everyone else has said it - get a new wheel. > > If you can afford a nearly new Saab, you can afford a wheel. It's one of > those things that's just not worth a quick fix. > > I buckled an alloy on my old Fiat Punto and balked at the price of new (when > a hammer could make it almost right), but I valued my life and had enough > respect for others around me to bite the bullet and get a new one. > > Paul > > 1989 900 Turbo S > http://saab.go.dyndns.org/ > Okay, thanks for the advice everyone, guess I didn't really understand how serious it was. A new wheel it is, but I'm not paying Saab prices, I think it's $245 for one of those, and I don't particularly like the design of it anyway, it's the 3 smooth fat-armed one. Maybe I'll go the custom route on all four instead, and stick with my Falken rubber. thanks again.
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