Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:05:31 -0700
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Cross Country Travel Tips Wanted
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hard to believe tires are heated or rims still welded on while tire is in
place...
a mechanic lost his life in BC in the last couple of years (date unknown)
welding on a rim with inflated tire in place... tire exploded and the flap
of rubber
struck his head against the wheel ...
force enough to remove brains from head...
but before we make this yet another tire thread ...
let us return to the posters original question
cross country trips
yours
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Allan Streib <streib@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:
> Looks like maybe it's been reformulated.
>
> http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3092/is_7_38/ai_54397909/
>
> I think they [used to?] use propane or butane as the "inflation" gas.
>
> I do know that my ususal tire shop has a sign up that says they will not
> work on tires that have Fix-A-Flat in them.
>
> Allan
> --
> 1991 Vanagon GL
>
>
> On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:23 -0700, "Don Hanson" <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
>
> > Yeah, I never heard the "explosive-flamable..blow up workers..burn up
> > workers" allegation either. I don't see how the Feds would let something
> > like that be widely sold. If you had a blowout with Fix a Flat (and I am
> > sure many of these have occured) wouldn't the wheel rim, sparking on the
> > pavement' cause a big explosion if indeed it was highly flamable? Never
> > heard of any 'grenading flat tire" incidents, either. It is messy. I've
> > never had a tire changer turn down the work of changing a tire because of
> > it
> > though...and I tell em up front about any tire I've used that stuff in.
> > Don Hanson
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 11:16 PM, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > > 5 years at a front end shop and I've dealt with a lot's of fix-a-flat
> > > tires. Never had one blow up, never even heard that story before but
> > > that crap is messy to deal with.
> > >
> > > Rob
> > > becida@comcast.net
> > >
> > >
> > > At 4/16/2009 05:27 PM, Allan Streib wrote:
> > >
> > > The problem with Fix-A-Flat and similar products is that some tire
> shops
> > >> will refuse to touch your wheels because the stuff is explosively
> > >> flamable and tire shop techs have been seriously injured removing
> tires
> > >> that are full of Fix-A-Flat.
> > >>
> > >> Allan
> > >>
> > >
>
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