Wheel/tyre advice for idiot required

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Wheel/tyre advice for idiot required

Postby Little Dragon » Fri Dec 15, 2017 12:58 pm

I'm a newbie so feel free to flush my head down the toilet.

The Avon Rangemasters on my LWB rims are shot and require replacing. I'm looking at that sweet deal at ATS for aprox 90 quid a corner.

But before I hastily purchase, I require your jedi super skills. Can I only use tubes on my rims? The codes on the rims are...NRC7578, FV2000727. If not then why, godammit? What's gonna happen? Exploding tyre when I get the magic 52mph top speed?

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Re: Wheel/tyre advice for idiot required

Postby 22900013A » Fri Dec 15, 2017 5:01 pm

Hi,
The general view is that wheels of riveted construction cannot be used with tubeless tyres as basically the wheels are not airtight. This only changed on later coiler rims which were welded. Some photos might help us advise?
http://sebvehicles.blogspot.co.uk/
http://eblrs.org/
1966 IIA Swb 24125067C ex-SEB managers vehicle HMO968D
1969 IIA 1-Ton 22900013A ex-SEB NBK148G
1972 III 1-Ton 26600078A ex-SEB Cherrypicker VJT440L
1973 III 1-Ton 26600082B ex-SEB MRX287L

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Re: Wheel/tyre advice for idiot required

Postby muddyweb » Tue Dec 19, 2017 4:58 pm

The other issue is that tubeless rims have a shoulder around both sides which help to keep the bead of the tyre correctly located, especially if you lose pressure.

You can also be pretty sure that if the worst happened and there was an incident caused by a tyre failure, a canny vehicle inspector would pick up on it and your insurance would be invalid. Worse though, an incorrect match of rim and tyre has the potential to hurt people, so think carefully!

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Re: Wheel/tyre advice for idiot required

Postby Little Dragon » Thu Dec 21, 2017 12:21 pm

Copy that, many thanks.
Here's some pics of my rims, do they look like they're for tubed tyres only?
Or do you require internal rim pics, if so I'll get some spoons out of the kitchen drawer and pull a tyre off!
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Re: Wheel/tyre advice for idiot required

Postby 22900013A » Thu Dec 21, 2017 8:04 pm

They are riveted type, you can see them in the back shot.
http://sebvehicles.blogspot.co.uk/
http://eblrs.org/
1966 IIA Swb 24125067C ex-SEB managers vehicle HMO968D
1969 IIA 1-Ton 22900013A ex-SEB NBK148G
1972 III 1-Ton 26600078A ex-SEB Cherrypicker VJT440L
1973 III 1-Ton 26600082B ex-SEB MRX287L


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