Okay so we did smoke the Deflated tires that were still installed on the
wheel.... Thereby rendering them totally unuseable for the Emergency spare
tire.... I see the Deal here...
But No Ed..... I didn't want you to admit you screwed this one up....Fessing
up nahhhh ....
Hey Have you had the Balancer Put Clip on wieghts to the outside of your
wheels yet ... so you coudln't put on your Fancy Duez'ed Disk.... ( yes they
require Stick on weights on the outside)
K
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Van Scoy" <edvs@uswest.net>
To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
Cc: <DrMayf@aol.com>; <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>;
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: Little screws and tubless tires
> AH HA! Thought you were gonna get me to confess to (another) screw-up! No
way,
> Jose......Jus so happened that I decided to change over to dzus fasteners
the
> same time I replaced the tires. Figgered it might be better to balance the
new
> tires with the extra weight I was adding to the wheel. I was gonna trash
the
> tires anyway so I just deflated them before I welded the tabs on.
> Ed (and yes, the screws were such a hassle I rarely checked the pressure
> either....)
>
> Keith Turk wrote:
>
> > I gotta be semi Honest here.... when I was using the little screws it
was
> > such a MAJOR hassle that I didn't like to check Tire Pressure more then
once
> > .... Now it's a Snap and I don't have to worry about them at all... they
> > just work... I think I have Two extra disc's that aren't set up yet... I
can
> > do that.. it's easy... takes me about 30 min to set up a Wheel...
> >
> > AND ED.... TELL ME TRUE... how do you know about burning the Bead? This
I
> > gotta here...
> >
> > K
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ed Van Scoy" <edvs@uswest.net>
> > To: <DrMayf@aol.com>
> > Cc: <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; <kturk@ala.net>; <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>;
> > <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 5:56 PM
> > Subject: Re: Little screws and tubless tires
> >
> > > I USED to have 6 8-32 screws holding my discs on (each). I drilled
holes
> > in the
> > > rim, tapped & threaded them, and used pan-head screws about 7/16 in
length
> > with
> > > small flat washers. They went into the bead, but not THRU it. Actually
> > they held
> > > the bead in place similar to drag slick screws. Never lost any air,
but I
> > did
> > > lose a disk - I guess 6 tiny screws wasn't enough so I went to the
Dzus.
> > Also it
> > > is a pain in the b*tt to put in 6 screws, and you have to paint index
> > marks on
> > > the wheel & disk or it will REALLY drive you nuts.
> > > Ed
> > >
> > >
> > > DrMayf@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > Ok, gang, I got up stupid today. Concerning the screws to hold the
> > moons, on.
> > > > If I am correct, don't the screws go into the wheel just above the
bead
> > lock
> > > > on the tire.? Keith, you had screws on yours didn't you? I know you
have
> > dzus
> > > > fasteners now. If you drill through the wheel and not through the
tire,
> > > > screws should work just fine! Tubes or no tubes. Or heck don't run
> > moons.
> > > > Look at John, Joe, and Lionel in their car - no moons. Record
holder...
> > > >
> > > > mayf
> > >
> > >
>
>
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