So I converted my Surly My Other Brother Darryl wheels to tubeless. But the both wheels dont hold air. The rear is worse then the front. The Front I can go out and ride for 2 hours and its fine. But over a weeks time I am losing some pressure, about 1-1,5psi, not ideal but workable.
The rear however, is leaking moisture from the top and sides of the weld. It will look dry but as I run my finger over it, you will visually see darkening and spreading of the moisture. Additionally, it leaks air. I lost about 10 PSI over the course of 3 days. (To be clear, its not like Sealant is bubbling out, it did at the start and that stopped like expected, but now its just miniscule amounts of moisture)
I used DUKE racing 80mm tubeless tape. Sadly I already had to re-tape both wheels twice. The first time, my sealant got under the tape, so I redid it. I have inspected both wheels after the 2nd taping and a 2 hour ride. And the tape seems to hold up. I can't visually see any spots where sealant got under.
Sealant used is Stan's.
There are others that have had this issue it seems https://www.mtbr.com/threads/other-brother-darryl-issue.1033162/ . 1 Person mentioned swapping to Orange Seal, but that has also been countered by someone else.
The obvious solution is FattyStripper, I KNOW. But I was hoping to get tubeless tape working, So I can be more flexible in regards to swapping tires. Also seeing as I have now taped both wheels twice, I have kinda ran out of tubeless tape. So retaping is not really an option, If thats the solution which I doubt. I would go with the FattyStrippers instead.
So has anyone had this issue and been able to solve it?
by 1nsane_
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orange would probably help- it’s not moisture it’s the sealant you see coming through – but it could be a stripper is the best solution. That’s an 80 mm rim -what size tire and how much pressure are you putting that you could lose 10 psi. I never put that much in my tires in the summer, let alone the winter.
Running 7-8 psi typically in the summer 4.8JJ’s on a 70