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Old 10-13-2011, 12:39 PM   #1
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My 30 year old Black & Decker 12 volt air compressor died yesterday Got my use out of it. I ordered this one today, I like it, no cords and I can check air pressure on all the TM tires before leaving the campground going to the next one. It has very good ratings. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Campbell-H...C2410/14234834 Never saw one like this, hope it lives up to what they say. Live and learn, new stuff out every day

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Old 10-13-2011, 12:50 PM   #2
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...and it does work, albeit slow if the tires are down around 50 psi and you want 60.

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Old 10-13-2011, 01:14 PM   #3
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It's like you were reading my mind! My new (9/2011) tires (Commodore 14") lose anywhere from 2-5# of pressure every week. Always check at cold temp. It's been driving me nuts and I've been worried that they would be dead flat by the time I take it out of storage again in April (just parked it for the winter on Monday). This little gadget is a bargain - I just ordered mine. Thanks for the link!
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Old 10-13-2011, 01:34 PM   #4
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It's like you were reading my mind! My new (9/2011) tires (Commodore 14") lose anywhere from 2-5# of pressure every week. Always check at cold temp. It's been driving me nuts and I've been worried that they would be dead flat by the time I take it out of storage again in April (just parked it for the winter on Monday). This little gadget is a bargain - I just ordered mine. Thanks for the link!
I got new tires in May and they loose the same amount of air too. I keep my TM in the garage so I am starting to put the scissor jacks down and give some cranks in all 4 corners to relieve some of the weight on the tires. I got that little (L) shaped jack gismo that goes into my Makita drill so the jacks are so easy to work now.

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Old 10-13-2011, 01:43 PM   #5
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Something doesn't sound right here. I replaced all my tires a month ago and when I checked for a trip this weekend, there were down about one pound which I attribute to 15 degree ambient temp change. I would check valve stems and valves ( make sure they are tight)
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Old 10-13-2011, 02:09 PM   #6
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As Bob says, tires should not lose pressure anywhere near that fast. Something is not right. If I were you, I would first mix up a soapy water solution, and paint it liberally on each tire valve. If it blows bubbles, you've found the problem.

If not, paint it liberally all the way around each tire where it meets the steel wheel. Outside and inside. Bubbles?

If not, your next step is probably to remove each wheel and immerse it (at least the tread) in a big deep pan of water. Look for bubbles coming from the tread. If you find 'em, you've found the leak.

A tire shop can repair any of these quickly and easily. If they remove the tire from the wheel, be sure to rebalance the thing after the tire is remounted.

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Old 10-13-2011, 02:29 PM   #7
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Thanks Bill I will do that. Now that I have some of the weight off the tires and we will not be 110 all the time plus the TM takes lots of heat in the garage. I will watch them as the winter months start now. We should be in the 70-80's all winter. Thanks again for the tip, that is why I like this site so much every little bit helps...
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Old 10-13-2011, 02:35 PM   #8
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I worked at a service station some time ago and we found that steel wheels would rust and the air would leak out through the rust.

If that is the case a good tire shop will take the tire off, grind off the rust and then use some goop that helps seal the tire to the wheel.

This would be a good time to replace the stems if they are more than a couple of years old.

Make sure they balance them. Mark which side is which so you can rotate them when you put them back on.
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Old 10-13-2011, 02:57 PM   #9
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Thanks Roger, and all that gave me information:

Both tires loose exactly the same amount of air, so I figure it is the extreme heat on these 14 inch tires with the weight on them. They are Good Year trailer tires so I guess they are pretty good got them in May. I will see what happens now with some of the weight is off them. Remember we live in Hot Hell for 4 months, then the rest of the year is wonderful. Our summer is your winter. That is why we have snowbirds, they get into the TM and work both seasons, we will start next summer.

I did look all over the tires and I did not see any lead for balancing, I assume they did not need them?

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Old 10-13-2011, 06:06 PM   #10
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FYI: When you get your tires balanced it saves on many things, I think...life of the tire, makes the ride even better as well as wear and tear on the TM. This is because it reduces the bouncing and consequently reduces flexing and how much the sheet metal screws back out etc. At least this is what we have read and also observe.

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