Tires floating?

Add water or calcium chloride

Why do we need to add water or calcium chloride to tires?

The answer is that we need to add weight to the tires to avoid tire slippage or floating. There are different ways to add weights to the tires.

Sometimes we have to fill water inside the tires and there are some ways which have to be followed to accomplish this process. In countries that have freezing point temperatures, the water cannot be put in tires easily. The reason is water gets frozen inside the tire due to very low temperatures. The alternative to water in cold countries is calcium chloride solution. The advantages of using calcium chloride are listed below:

·       It never freezes inside the tire due to low temperatures.

·       It has 30% more weight than water and obviously results in more final weight.

·       The solution does not have any harmful effect on the tire.

*If a Nacl2 solution is not available, then common salt can be used as an alternative.

Filling tire with water or calcium chloride? Follow these steps.

1. Firstly, you should jack up the wheel and then remove the valve from the tire.

2. Deflate the tire pressure.

3. Try to turn the wheel in such a way that valve is on top position.

4. Using a special adopter (I've seen these on Amazon) the hose should be attached to the body of valve

5. After this step, turn on the water source and allow the water to flow inside.

6. The water should be allowed to fill up to the upper rim level. (only fill 75% then the rest with air)

7. After the water has been filled to the desired level, the adapter should be removed, and valve should be replaced.

8. The air should be filled to the normal working pressure levels.

9. The air inside the tire is important as it facilitates cushioning effect and absorbs any shock.

10. The valve should be checked for tightness and leakage possibilities.

There are some precautions that you need to follow: The tires with water in them should be checked more frequently as compared to air filled tires. Also, the pressure should only be checked when the valve is in top position.