Old 02-17-21, 09:11 PM
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I have only a little experience with the tubeless stuff. It was fine at first, but then the bikes hung on hooks for six or eighteen months, so I added a little sealant via the valve stem (minus the valve core) before I rode them again. But then a little sealant backed up into the stem and contaminated ("gummed up") the core. So I had a slow leak at the core, but once I replaced the core I had no problem.

Once I let the sealant dry out, so I used a scruffy pad to scrub the dried boogers loose. Didn't need a power tool.
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