That surface has at least three angles on my Rostyles, none of them
parallel. However near the inner part of "where the bead seats, the outer
lips that keep the bead and side wall from expanding off the rim as it's
filled with air" but just above the radius where the side locator for the
bead becomes the seat for the bead, it is 5".
PaulH.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jon <a77mgb@yahoo.com>
To: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: Rostyle Rim Width (was Re: Biggest Tire Size)
> I'm interested in the measurement between the surfaces
> where the bead seats, the outer lips that keep the
> bead and side wall from expanding off the rim as it's
> filled with air:
>
> |<--A-->|
> -|.....|-
> .|.....|.
> .-------.
> ....|....
> ....|....
> .-------.
> .|.....|.
> -|.....|-
> |.......|
>
> Dimension "A"
>
> dots=air
>
> OK, I flunked art class...
>
> It's my understanding that that is the dimension that
> tire and rim manufacturers refer to as rim width, and
> that is the figure I'm after, not overall width as
> might be a concern for clearance. I just want the
> figure for buying new tires, like, "5 inch rim" or
> such.
>
> TIA
>
> jon
>
> --- paul.hunt1@virgin.net wrote:
> > Where do you wanna measure it?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Jon <a77mgb@yahoo.com>
> > To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 5:04 PM
> > Subject: Rostyle Rim Width (was Re: Biggest Tire
> > Size)
> >
> >
> > > OK, so how wide is the stock Rostyle rim?
> > >
> > > jon
> > >
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