Water in rims

winkywonky
winkywonky Posts: 228
edited July 2007 in Workshop
For the first time ever I found water inside my rims. Noticed it when I was cleaning it. How does it get in? Anybody else had this?

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  • Greenbank
    Greenbank Posts: 731
    It comes in where the spokes meet the rim and it's perfectly normal.

    There isn't space for too much water and it'll evapourate away eventually.
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  • winkywonky
    winkywonky Posts: 228
    I was out during a really heavy downpour.
  • farrell
    farrell Posts: 1,323
    winkywonky wrote:
    I was out during a really heavy downpour.

    ....or you could take off the tyre and tube and maybe even the rim tape ( the latter is a bit dodgy as you may have to replace it) and let the water drip out over night
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  • John.T
    John.T Posts: 3,698
    Just take the tyre off and drain it out of the valve hole. No need to remove the rim tape. Deep section rims are particularly bad for this on flooded roads.
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