All 4 new tires are leaking air pressure every 3 days
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 6:23 am
Hey guys, ive been having issues with the tires i have had installed since day 1 about 6 months ago. I purchased 9 mastercraft courserer axt tires from a place called burke automotive in burke virginia. For both of my ZJ's 1 tire was a spare. After 2k miles 1 tire blew and the cause was underinflated tire. This waso n the 4.0 which my mom drives. I took us over a month of fighting and calling cooper "the manufacterer" to have the tire replaced because how does a tire get underinflated unless it had a nail in it you know what i mean ? My blame was on the installer burke automotive for impoerly installing the tire or valve stem.
Finally cooper relented and gave us a new tire and burke refused to help. The last 3-4 months my 5.9 ZJ all 4 TIRES yes ALL FOUR have been losing air pressure.. every 3 god damn days i go from 40 psi to 30.. Normally i would inflate to 36 psi but i put em at 40 so i can drive longer without inflating. I called the place and they refuse to help. So brought it to another shop and they put my jeep on a lift and sprayed all 4 tires with a soapy solution all over and in the beads and valve stems and they couldnt find air coming out. The only thing i can think to do is have a shop put a tire in a dunk tank or something..
What pisses me off is how we have had nothing but problems with these tires or the install of them and this Burke automotive place refusing to fix their BEEPY install. Some people are blaming my rims corrosion.. yea okay bullcrap i never had this issue with my old tires which still had tread on em. And my rims dont have corrosion. the factory paint is still on the alloy rims and when i saw the tires off the rims looked brand new inside.
I looked closer at my valve stems and all of them on the rubber part have little slits on them like they used a clamp or some kind of wrench with teeth on it to pull on the valve stem when they installed it. And i suspect this is where the air pressure is being lost.
What should I do ? This place refuses to help and i dont feel like i am responsible for the $120 its going to cost to have a shop replace the valve stems. But im also tired of replacing the air every 2-3 days.. plus i imagine this is wearing my tires out unevenly
Finally cooper relented and gave us a new tire and burke refused to help. The last 3-4 months my 5.9 ZJ all 4 TIRES yes ALL FOUR have been losing air pressure.. every 3 god damn days i go from 40 psi to 30.. Normally i would inflate to 36 psi but i put em at 40 so i can drive longer without inflating. I called the place and they refuse to help. So brought it to another shop and they put my jeep on a lift and sprayed all 4 tires with a soapy solution all over and in the beads and valve stems and they couldnt find air coming out. The only thing i can think to do is have a shop put a tire in a dunk tank or something..
What pisses me off is how we have had nothing but problems with these tires or the install of them and this Burke automotive place refusing to fix their BEEPY install. Some people are blaming my rims corrosion.. yea okay bullcrap i never had this issue with my old tires which still had tread on em. And my rims dont have corrosion. the factory paint is still on the alloy rims and when i saw the tires off the rims looked brand new inside.
I looked closer at my valve stems and all of them on the rubber part have little slits on them like they used a clamp or some kind of wrench with teeth on it to pull on the valve stem when they installed it. And i suspect this is where the air pressure is being lost.
What should I do ? This place refuses to help and i dont feel like i am responsible for the $120 its going to cost to have a shop replace the valve stems. But im also tired of replacing the air every 2-3 days.. plus i imagine this is wearing my tires out unevenly
