Front tire leak

[knothead]

Try screwing the plug all the way out of the compressor and see if its stop up with gunk...ive seen this more than once....

About once a month i drain the water from mine, i should do it more often but i dont....you can buy a inline air/water seperator off amazon or ebay to help keep the water from getting to ur air tools messing them up or air chunk when ur putting air in ur tires

 

[Jersey Big Mike]

Update - I took it to the same shop that re-mounted it last time, about 4 - 5 months ago. They didn't want to use the tube, but then agreed they'd look at it first and then go from there. They took it apart and showed me pictures of HUGE corrosion. They also showed me "after" pictures where they said they'd spent 1 1/2 hours cleaning, and even polishing, the rim, and cleaning the tire. They also used bead sealer, so they were confident it would work. I couldn't believe they did not charge me a dime.

We speculated the corrosion was exacerbated by moisture from my air compressor, since I had been re-inflating the tire so often. But I found the drain plug on it when I got home that night and not a drop came out. ???

I know air compressors attract moisture, and I've seen traps/filters on some. Not sure how they work or if I can do that with the rinky-dink compressor I have.

How do y'all handle moisture in compressors ?

Go to Harbor freight and you can get one of the anti-moisture things -- it goes right inline with hose. Reminds me, I need a new on for my small compressor.

 

[pauldeepsea]

Update - I took it to the same shop that re-mounted it last time, about 4 - 5 months ago. They didn't want to use the tube, but then agreed they'd look at it first and then go from there. They took it apart and showed me pictures of HUGE corrosion. They also showed me "after" pictures where they said they'd spent 1 1/2 hours cleaning, and even polishing, the rim, and cleaning the tire. They also used bead sealer, so they were confident it would work. I couldn't believe they did not charge me a dime.

We speculated the corrosion was exacerbated by moisture from my air compressor, since I had been re-inflating the tire so often. But I found the drain plug on it when I got home that night and not a drop came out. ???

I know air compressors attract moisture, and I've seen traps/filters on some. Not sure how they work or if I can do that with the rinky-dink compressor I have.

How do y'all handle moisture in compressors ?

In our diving compressors we use moisture separators , a filter that removes moisture and particulates in our air source.
in a standard air compressor temperature plays a big part in moisture. We always (purge) blow down our air lines air lines before connecting them to get moisture out

 

[Brent Herridge]

I'll get the in-line water separator. But the REALLY good news is the axle went in without issue this time. It was the 5 minute job it should be.

It still had 40 PSI today, and seemed OK on a test ride, so hopefully it's finally fixed.