Tire Leaking Where Weight Was Placed to Balance Wheel

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I bought these tires (new) late last year, no issues until this month. It's a slow leak that appeared to stop once the shop (that mounted / balanced these originally) removed the weight and replaced with a sticky weight on the back of the wheel. 24 hours after being mounted back onto the truck it's low again. I'm getting mixed responses on this, including:

1. Your rim is corroded
2. Tire has a barcode on the bead that may be fixed if you pull off the sticker
3. You need to rebead / Add bead seal and remount
4. They placed the weight on backwards (this reply doesn't make sense according to most people)

Any recommendations on where to go from here?

I plan to go back to the shop tomorrow (6/17) and see what they can offer. If possible, I'd like to avoid having to purchase a new rim/tire while still remaining reliable.

 

Remove it, it's such a small weight, it will have very little effect on balance.

We see this on some rims, but most often its due to corrosion. The TRD Sport 17" rim is famous for corrosion/oxidization, especially in humid regions.

 

Could be those things, but also check the entire tire for any random small punctures, and check the valve stem/core. Very unlikely those would randomly start leaking just within 24 hours of other tire-related work, but easy to check & eliminate.

 

It was removed - the tire continues to leak.

 

Dang, yea needs to be dismounted and cleaned.

 

Do the same check as the one posted. Inflate to 40 psi and see if it's in the same spot as before. At that point if the shop insists that it's the rim then rotate the tire on the wheel and see if it stays in the same spot on the rim or if it follows the tire.

Sometimes dudes reuse and reuse and reuse wheel weights to the point where they get jagged edges and cause a pinhole in the sidewall.

Again, check the sidewall of the tire

 

Any shop worth a shit should happily pop the bead, dip thier lube/soap brush, run it around the rim and tire and put it back on. It'd take buddy tire guy 8 minutes. Buy your tires elsewhere next time.

 

As others have said, you are gonna have to break the bead and see whats up on that spot of the tire and/or rim. I have had an issue on a tire before that had a barcode sticker on the bead that caused a leak so it might just be that

 

Yeah, tru this.

It's about 100x easier for a shop with a hydraulic tire machine to de-bead/re-bead a tire compared to any DIY method.