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Hey, Old, Draining Fluid From Rear Tire

super99

super99

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The rear tire on my 1850 is leaking fluid. I got an adapter from Napa to use to remove the fluid.
There wasn't enough room so I had to add a hose between the adapter and the valve. I hooked it up,
aired up the tire some and opened the valve and started draining it. Had to add air a couple of
times, but got fluid out to the level of the valve stem. How do you get the rest of the fluid out
or do you just have to break it down with that much left in the bottom? I released the valve on
the jack to let the tire go down flat but the jack is loose and the tire is only down a little,
not sure why it didn't go on down and get more fluid out. Any way to get a small tube thru the
valve stem to suck more out of the tire?? Chris
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Fluid stopped coming out and the air came out and the tire is still standing like this. I thought
it would go all the way down. What do you use to clean up the rims? Just water or something else
to get rid of the calcium?
 
About the only way to get the rest of the fluid out is have the stem at the bottom and slowly with no air in it and use something like a drill pump to pump most of it out being flat puts the fluid up higher in the tire but does not let it pump it self out so you have to use a pump. And you still will not get it all
 
It's not easy but I have done it this way. Break down the tire and pull the top half of tire over thr rim edge.Get three 2x4s about 4 inches long. Pull tire out from rim and put them 1.5 way between tire and rim. Put a big wrench on 2x4 and rotate 90 degress. You now have 3.5 inches between rim and tire to reach in and pull top of tube out of tire. Rotate tire slowly and fluid will run into the tube that is out side the tire. I Know it sounds odd but it worked for me.
 
I've taken out the stem and inserted a short length of tubing. I used a piece of brake line. Roll the stem to 6 o'clock. You can suction it out or blow across the end of the tube with an air gun. Just don't breathe the mist.
 
i wire wheel the rims then prime them . plus with that setup not a lot you can do. when the tires are junk they can also be sliced open. with he actual diaphram pump it will collapse that tire in flat.
 
Used a thin wall piece of brass pipe that fit through the valve stem. Believe I got the pipe from Hobby Lobby or a hardware store, anyway I adapted bigger using rubber hose to bigger tube/pipe making a catch jar from a clear half gallon pickle jar with in and out rubber hose on the metal lid. Then I hooked up to a small shop vac to provide the suck. It only left a couple of cups in the tube.
 
5 gallon pail with the garden hose glued in to the lid. I go in where the breather hole is.
Shop vac in the larger end and suck it into 5 gallon oil pails.
 
I just put a block under the tire and let it down will squeeze most of what is left out then drain into pail after tube is out will only be about 2 gallon left. The tire will squash down with the jack out. I also use air in the tire to make the chloride move out.
 


tgrasher has a workable solution. That thin wall brass tubing is available in various lengths ad diameters at hobby shop for model construction.
 
As far as cleaning up the rim- after trying various methods, the only thing that seems to really get the salt out of the pores is my scalding high pressure washer. Same as removing grease, just the high pressure alone doesn't do it.

Of course any scaling should be removed mechanically first. Hammer, wire wheel, any of several tools can do the rough stuff.
 
Naval Jelly removes rust and rust can hold CC under/in it. I used it years ago on rust, worked really great, and if you can find some (haven't looked lately) would be worth a try. (opinion).
 
That's a great idea and tubing size can be selected to fit in the fitting on the tire, especially with the double section valve assy where you can remove the Shrader Valve section for a larger hole.
 
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