So reasonably experienced at mtb tubeless. Been running road tubeless for 3 months and thought I’d check and top up sealant ahead of big ride. Set up was piece of pee last time.
The tyre is in the rim well and nothing will pop it onto rim. Compressor, airshot, soapy bubbles, strap around tyre. Grrrrrr.
What’s the trick for getting most of the tyre bead engaged with the rim? Struggling to see how to do it with tyre levers.
Fairy liquid, neat works for me when this happens, Airshot with valve removed 👍
Make sure tyre and rim are completely clean. I have had a total failure reseating a tyre that seated with a track pump when clean and new. My advice is don't unseat them unless you are putting a new tyre on just blob more sealant through the valve.
I agree with not unseating the tyre to check sealant - but have a related question as I’d like to avoid it more than I currently do.
How do you check the amount of remaining liquid sealant without unseating the tyre? The shake and listen test doesn’t seem very accurate.
Best time to check is three hours before your wife is taking her bike to a triathlon.....that will guarantee everything goes smoothly.
Dipstick
Milkit system
To measure goop level without unseating. Rotate wheel to position valve at 6 o'clock and let settle. Remove valve core. Use a marked syringe and narrow tube to draw up the goop through the valve. Read volume of goop on syringe and re-inject or replace, depending on state of goop.
I like the dipstick approach although wouldn’t the whole thing get wet via touching the side of the valve?
Would this work? Valve at bottom, core removed. Using a narrow transparent drinking straw insert in to the valve core until it bottoms out. Finger over the end and remove (so using it as a pipette). The trapped sealant in the tube shows the level. All it needs is to know how much is enough (easy enough to do it on first fill where you know the right amount is in?)
Orange Seal comes with its own dipstick, in all honesty I've never actually used it!
I just top up 'periodically' until I switch tyres, never really thought about it that much...
e2a: Just had a quick look, there are some shallow ridges moulded on the end, I guess they encourage the sealant to stick there giving a better reading?