small, front tire question

[Hustler27]

I've never worked with tire tubes before. Tire appears to be okay as best I can tell. Any information on how to replace a tire tube?

Thanks.

 

[Hustler27]

Follow up. I just watched a few videos about fixing the front small tire and none of them involved anything with the tube, just the tire. How do I know there is a tube to replace for sure? Maybe it is the tire itself?

Thanks.

 

[The Chairman]

Deflate the tire by removing the Schraeder valve core. Once all pressure is out, see if the valve is press fit into the rim or loose. Press fit and it's tubeless. Loose and it's a tube. You can put a tube into a tubeless tire.

 

[The Chairman]

Looking at your picture, it would help if you washed the wheel first and then took a closeup on the valve. As best as I can tell, it looks like a tubeless tire valve. FWIW, I run slime in both my front tires. It works great. Many tire fillers melt the inside of the tire, but slime appears to just coagulate in the hole. Easy to wash out when needed.

 

[Hustler27]

Sounds like there is a small tool to remove the valve core?

 

[Hustler27]

If it ends up being tubeless, I need to buy a new tire, but then it's basically just prying it off the wheel and prying the new one back on and inflating?

 

[The Chairman]

Sounds like there is a small tool to remove the valve core?

Cheap too.

 

[The Chairman]

If it ends up being tubeless, I need to buy a new tire, but then it's basically just prying it off the wheel and prying the new one back on and inflating?

If it's just a leak, then you just need to patch it or install a tube. What do you think is wrong with the tire?

 

[Hustler27]

Slow leak. Last fall I could inflate and it would be just fine for 2 or 3 hours of mowing, but a week later when I'd mow, it would need to be inflated again.

 

[Hustler27]

A bit of dusting off and it does say it's tubeless. 11x4.005 nhs

I don't see any visible issues (cracking, something puncturing it etc.).