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JrFuel Hayden:
One of the things I have to do with front slicks, is to trim the rubber flashing off the ID. The problem with mounting on wire wheels is to get the bead all the way seated. With wire spoke wheels I don't use my normal rubber rim strip to keep the nipples from putting a hole in the inner tube, because the rim strip gets in the way of allowing the bead to bead-up all the way. Which is not your problem with your Weld wheel.
So, assuming you don't have a bent rim, the flashing may be keeping your tire from sealing. If it was mine I would swap tires to see if it's the tire or the rim that is giving you the problem.
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Jon

BK:
Check to make sure the bead isn't broken. Work your way around the bead pulling out on it. If its broke you will know it. It will come out to a point.

JrFuel Hayden:
I find it hard to believe the bead is broken, there is allot of steel in the front runner slicks. Someone would have to be real abusive to break the bead wire. I've seen a bead bent, but not broken, and besides even a bent bead would not even get close to beading up.

Let us know what you discover.
Jon

BK:
If you flip it on the rim it will tell you if its the tire or the rim.

dreracecar:
I am assuming that you sprayed the rim with soapy water to identify the target area?  Try deflating the tire and rotate/spin it 180* and inflate again to check if the leak moved. if the leak moved, its the tire, if not, its the rim. if the leak is gone then the problem was it not being seated properly and you fixed it

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