Tube filling

**mattsdragons** · 15th February 2012, 06:54

What compound would be best to fill go kart tubes to make them solid?

**jonny** · 15th February 2012, 10:26

Foam from old sofas, tornado used it

**blazerbotics** · 15th February 2012, 10:53

never bothered, just left air in mine, but use an innertube. Mighty Mouse had/has some sort of silicone rubber in his, but i seem to remember it being fairly heavy.

**mightymouse** · 15th February 2012, 11:58

Meggamouse has a jelly used in tyres for cherry pickers as their tyres need to be puncture proof. The jelly can be removed and fitted to other tyres. The ones on Meggamouse were on Velocirippa and are nearly 10 years old now, the hubs have been replaced many times but the tyres have all sorts of holes and still behave like a fully pumped up air tyre.

Downside; they are 3kg each, the jelly is injected as a liquid and baked for 24hours so has to be done professionally and is not cheap. 10 years from a set of tyres is pretty good value for money though in my book..........

**mattsdragons** · 15th February 2012, 15:27

anything that can be done at home thats just better than having air?

all im really scared of is axes, just something to either stop them deflating or at least prolong it till after a fight

**craig_colliass** · 15th February 2012, 16:03

I use garden hose

**mattsdragons** · 15th February 2012, 16:11

you can with those wheels, cant really try that on kart ones

**Anttazz** · 15th February 2012, 16:39

Scar has some sort of Silicone gel in its tyres, by the looks of it its been done through the valve. Maybe its the same thing Trev was talking about as they do weigh an awful lot too. Maybe you could get a bathroom sealant type thing and try doing the same? Maybe on a wheel that doesnt matter first though.