Sumner wrote:
"Those 1963 rims were never made for tubeless tires -- they used tubes
in those days. Even if you are able to seal around the edges with the
sealants used today, my experience has been that the tires will
gradually lose air. After going through what you are going through, I
simply added tubes. Problem solved.
Sumner Weisman
62 TR-3B
Previously 70 MGB-GT (same problem)"
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OK, all you tube proponents. What's different about these rims?
They're made of steel, the shape seems the same (but maybe not...),
they don't have spokes, and these cars were available with radials,
so, what did people do who wanted to use tubeless tires in 1963? Did
they all say "Well, we aren't really ready for tubeless yet, so we'd
better use tubes, our rims aren't sophisticated enough?" I really
thought the world had moved to tubeless already; am I in error about
this?
And, do all you TR3 owners have tubes? I always thought tubes were for
tires that were getting kind of old, or spoked wheels that were leaky.
Sumner: please don't take this as a shot at you personally; I've had
several comments such as yours and just want to get this clear in my
mind.
For the record: after bead-blasting, my rims are like new. There is no
rust around the perimeter at all, and the surface is smoooooth.
My apologies if this sounds overly aggressive. It isn't meant to be.
Regards,
Jim Wallace
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