Late last summer, I set up a new set of wheels to be my gravel wheels. I put some Maxxis Rambler 38's on some Hunt All-Season wheels. They rode well but I was having to add a lot of air before every ride. Didn't investigate too much before the end of the season and then they sat in the garage all winter while I did mostly indoor trainer rides. Getting them set up a few days ago for my first gravel rides of the season and before replenishing the sealant in them, I decided to soapy water them to check for any obvious leaks. What I found was that every place on the sidewall that there is a tiny nub of rubber (a production process remnant I presume), I have a leak. Yes, sealant should seal them but I also put sealant in them last year when I first set them up so they should have sealed then as well. I filled them with sealant and did a ride yesterday evening but I had to add about 30psi to them to get them to 50psi. I plan on checking them with soapy water again this evening, but was curious if anyone else has ever seen this or if this is something I could potentially ask Maxxis for warranty replacements?
Maxxis Rambler Tubeless-Is this normal?
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by BehindaLensinBigSky
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how many miles did you put on them after you mounted them? did you add more sealant after that? I’ve found that regardless of tire/sealant i’ll need to put 20 miles and about 4 oz of sealant total until i get a stable tire on my tubeless.
Changing sealant might help some. I’ve found I get less seepage using mucoff sealant in certain tires. Seemed to have more seeping using stans with maxxis tires. Just my personal experience.
I pretty sure it’s the sealant, refresh should fix it
I use Orange Seal because I had problems with Stan’s sealant seeping like crazy
I’ve heard good things about Orange sealant.
It’s only normal if you don’t have enough sealant
I put some glitter in my sealant it jams into the tiny holes so less sealant gets out before it seals.
my buddy at “goodguy” makes a good sealant