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My back wheel derubbered* yesterday in the middle of a rock garden. Rim picked up a few dings and a couple of gouges/burrs. I've bent the dings back into shape and filed down the burrs, all seems fine except the largest gouge. Structurally it seems fine but about 7mm of the bead hook shape is shot. I remounted a tyre and air is pissing out around this point. so any ideas for fixing? I doubt latex will seal it, pretty sure I've heard of people using sugru but I've never used it before. Is it worth trying a splodge of silicon sealant on the tyre wall where the burr is? Any other fixes?
*my fault, running a flow tubeless without a rimstrip, in my defence I've run it like that for 2 years no probs, new tyre obviously didn't like it tho.
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I had a tyre leap off at last years SITS and the rim got a couple of small dings (Stans Crest). I bent the rim back into shape with an adjustable wrench, filed the rough edges and it's been fine since. If the hook isn't salvageable then I'd try a generous blob of silicone. And crossing my fingers.
Good luck...
sillicone was my first thought but wasn't sure it would stand up to the pressure. Will give that a try.