front wheel is straight but tyre isnt

mar_k
mar_k Posts: 323
edited February 2012 in MTB workshop & tech
How can I cure this? I have tried over inflating the tyre and then letting the pressue out but it still seems buckled.
I have taken the tyre off to check the wheel is true and it is deffiantely the tyre.

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    Try refitting it. And work on the low part.

    Some lube may help.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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  • mar_k
    mar_k Posts: 323
    Ok thanks, There is a white line round the tread which I suspect is partly to blame as that may not be straight
  • 386ka
    386ka Posts: 479
    Are they Schwalbe tyres?
    A much loved, Giant Trance X3 2010
  • mar_k
    mar_k Posts: 323
    386ka wrote:
    Are they Schwalbe tyres?



    Yes they are mate
  • 386ka
    386ka Posts: 479
    The lines on the tyres are off. Try to see if the tyre is straight not the lines :)
    A much loved, Giant Trance X3 2010
  • mar_k
    mar_k Posts: 323
    Yeah, I have, the lines are deffinately off but the outside of the tyre also seems to run out when you spin the wheel
  • omegas
    omegas Posts: 970
    edited February 2012
    washing up liquid watered down brushed around the rim and tyre and over inflate to until you hear it snap into place.

    Can you see the tyre edge moving out evenly as you inflate the tyre?
    http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/1844902/
    http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/1844919/
  • mar_k
    mar_k Posts: 323
    Brilliant Ill give it a go. I cant say I have noticed the rim moving out whilst inflating but ill check this time round

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