Bob,
I did all the same things you did except I had my wheels powder coated.
After the tires were installed I found that I had leaks, but not around the
bead. The problems with these old rims is that they are riveted together
and they leak around the rivets. Not all of the wheels will leak but two of
mine did. I would recommend putting tubes in all of them to be safe.
Ron Olds
At 14:21 08/18/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>I swapped the bias ply tires on my '53 TD Mk II for Dunlop SP20 A/S 165R15's
>I sent the wheels out for sandblasting, primed 'em with commercial Metal
>Etch primer, sprayed with Rustoleum silver, then painted the fronts with
>Moss prototype silver wheel paint. I found a great guy @ Town Fair Tire, who
>owns a TR6, and he told me the wheels are so "nice", no tubes are needed
>with the new radials. I've heard that the antiquated rim design, combined
>with the stickiness of the radials, demands a tube be installed, in case
>they seperate from ea. other.
>Is this ano. Top Oiler-type story, where there is no definitive "right"
>answer? Will I soon be driving on my once-shiny silver rims on the
>Interstate??
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