Which type glue to use for slicks?
Which type glue to use for slicks? I will be making a new rim/slick combo purchase next week and I do not want to screw the rims if I can get by without doing so. I have heard that there is certain type glue that you can use on the bead when mounting the tires that will replace the need for rims screws. Can anyone tell me what type glue, where to purchase it from and how to apply this glue? I searched many different posts but could not find a straight answer. FWIW I plan on going mid 10s this year on spray with approx 1.5 60ft times.
Thanks,
Andy
Thanks,
Andy
Last edited by Carter01; Jan 24, 2010 at 02:27 PM.
I will be making a new rim/slick combo purchase next week and I do not want to screw the rims if I can get by without doing so. I have heard that there is certain type glue that you can use on the bead when mounting the tires that will replace the need for rims screws. Can anyone tell me what type glue, where to purchase it from and how to apply this glue? I searched many different posts but could not find a straight answer. FWIW I plan on going mid 10s this year on spray with approx 1.5 60ft times.
Thanks,
Andy
Thanks,
Andy
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I have never seen someone "Glue" tires to rims and I have mounted and seen more than a few sets of slicks mounted in the last 23+ years that I have been racing. I can go into the 1.3X 60 foots with my car no screws, no bead locks, and not a whole lot of air pressure just tire on rim and have never slipped the tire on the rim. If you are worried about it line the valve stem up on one of the letters on the tire do the same on both sides and when you get back from making a pass and you are checking the car over you can just look down and see if they slipped. The other thing I do is I NEVER use Ru-glide (its the slippery stuff that is used to mount passenger car tires to make them easier to slip over the rim) And before I mount a tire I clean the bead of the tire and the rim with windex to make sure there is nothing there that would cause less than optimal seating of the bead.
Thanks for the reply Doughboy692, so you have a different view point and that is letting the tire itself lock in place without the glue. Is it very hard to get the tire over the rim without the slippery stuff? Not trying to be a smartA but how often did you check your slicks to ensure that they were not slipping? Reason I ask is the way I found out my ET Streets were slipping is I had marked the tire/rim so I could slow down the video to actually count he revolutions I was spinning and I noticed the marks no longer lined up after some hard launches.
Last edited by koolrayz; Jan 24, 2010 at 06:44 PM.
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you can use the lube on the rim to pop the tire on and then clean it off before setting the bead. To see if your tire is slipping just put some chalk on the tire where the valve stem is, if they aren't lined up anymore after a pass, it's slipping.
Thanks for the replies, I really hate to drill holes into my new rims/slicks so I will deff try some of these techniques. I mean all I'm shooting for is low 1.5s and some of you have hit 1.3s so I should have no problems at my power level.
Andy
Andy
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Thanks for the reply Doughboy692, so you have a different view point and that is letting the tire itself lock in place without the glue. Is it very hard to get the tire over the rim without the slippery stuff? Not trying to be a smartA but how often did you check your slicks to ensure that they were not slipping? Reason I ask is the way I found out my ET Streets were slipping is I had marked the tire/rim so I could slow down the video to actually count he revolutions I was spinning and I noticed the marks no longer lined up after some hard launches.
