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27th July 2012
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Battery acid on tire
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Some dirty chrome, a little duct tape and lots of rust
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yowch, that sucks....
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27th July 2012
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Has it wrecked the tire? or is just a cosmetic mess. Rub a little black shoe polish on it and ...
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27th July 2012
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I washed the tire (and bike) right after. Hoping all is okay.
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Tire will be OK.
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Baking Soda neutralizes acid if you ever need it.Yeah my drain tube let acid on my back whl once.
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I just washed it off, no baking soda and I have been out of town all week.
So there should be no long term effects of acid on the rubber?
I blew a battery up once (that will scare the  out of ya). Got it all over my leather vest (cheap leather) washed it off and it seemed fine...until it literally disintegrated a week later. I really think it might be bad if my tire did the same. |
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sturgmachinist
...until it literally disintegrated a week later. I really think it might be bad if my tire did the same.
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Yeah! That might not be much fun... |
30th July 2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sturgmachinist
I just washed it off, no baking soda and I have been out of town all week.
So there should be no long term effects of acid on the rubber?
I blew a battery up once (that will scare the out of ya). Got it all over my leather vest (cheap leather) washed it off and it seemed fine...until it literally disintegrated a week later. I really think it might be bad if my tire did the same. |
It will do that to cloth, and it seems from your observation that it will do it to leather too, but not to rubber. It's a good idea to get some baking soda and mix it with water (lots of baking soda), and brush it around there, pour it, or spray it in the area. It will fizz up good where there is still acid. Good for the cable ends on the battery too. Then rinse it off and forget about it. Make sure the battery is closed when you do it, because you don't want any inside the battery. |
30th July 2012
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Well, got back in town today and first thing I noticed was how corroded the chain was on the tire side. Went to back up without the bike running and heard something catching on chain. Probably purely coincidental and nothing to do with battery acid, but here is what I had.
Not only that one but another one starting to crack
Like I said, probably not the acid, but odd timing. Also, I always keep my chain lubed and aligned, so I'm at a loss as to what might have caused it. |
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