Front rims leak 3 piece

west coast · 06-21-2021, 11:31 AM

At the divisional I had both fronts leak, bad enough to get out of the lanes and go back to my trailer and fill one up. I took them off put them in water and found the rim to be leaking between the halfs. These are a 3 piece rims american racing wheels. I had taken them apart and had them hydra dipped. I put them back together and used a clear silcone between the halfs and ran a bead of silcone where they 2 halfs meet and smoothed it out with my finger. Is there there something better to use than silcone? could I put something over the silcone to stop the leak? Or am I starting to remove the silcone and start from scatch?

06-21-2021, 11:31 AM	#1
west coast Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Rainy Washington Posts: 610 Likes: 12 Liked 227 Times in 74 Posts	Front rims leak 3 piece At the divisional I had both fronts leak, bad enough to get out of the lanes and go back to my trailer and fill one up. I took them off put them in water and found the rim to be leaking between the halfs. These are a 3 piece rims american racing wheels. I had taken them apart and had them hydra dipped. I put them back together and used a clear silcone between the halfs and ran a bead of silcone where they 2 halfs meet and smoothed it out with my finger. Is there there something better to use than silcone? could I put something over the silcone to stop the leak? Or am I starting to remove the silcone and start from scatch? __________________ James Boyce 6052 K/SA Stock National record holder 2015,2018,2 times in 2022,2023