[Fot] Mounting Hoosier Speedsters on rims

[timmmurphh at gmail.com]

I had called Hoosier twice last Thursday and again twice on Friday.  I had to leave a message on voice mail for a call back but never got one.   I had better luck this morning and talked with Jeff at road racing customer support.  He said they have not had reports of this problem and that the bead construction had not changed to his knowledge.  He did say that sometimes Engineering makes some changes and the information does not get passed on to Customer Support.  So that is a possibility and he is looking into it.  Being and engineer who has worked in various engineering departments I can understand that.  The engineering change notices tend to pile up on the engineer’s desk until management cracks down to get them out!  There always seemed to be more important things to do than the paperwork😊

 

Thanks for all the feedback.  The other thing he suggested is a different set of wheels.  We will probably get a set of Panasports for the car.  What is a good source for the Panasports?  Anyone with some experience lately purchasing a set?  It’s about time to have some extra wheels for the car to go with the ancient Revolutions. 

 

Tim Murphy

#317 TR4 

 

From: timmmurphh at gmail.com <timmmurphh at gmail.com> 
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2018 1:51 PM
To: fot at autox.team.net
Subject: Mounting Hoosier Speedsters on rims

 

I just had a new set of Hoosier Speedsters mounted on the Revolution rims we are using.  The first shop I took them to could not get them to seat on the rims.  They were limited as to much air pressure they were allowed to use to seat the tires on the rim.  The second shop also had the same problem and only got the tires to seat on the rims with 150 PSI air pressure.  He set the tire and wheel out side around the corner in case either exploded.  Fortunately, they didn’t.

 

We have been using the Hoosier Speedsters in 205/60R-15 on these wheels for about 10 years and this is the first time we have had this problem.  Did they change the design of the bead on the tires and has anybody else had this problem?  The second shop thought it might be the design of the wheel, but like I said, we’ve used these wheels for about 10 years with these Hoosiers.  I’d be interested if anyone has had a set of the 205/60R-15 mounted on the Panasport wheels and if they had problems.

 

For a while there it looked like we wouldn’t make the Kcup because we couldn’t get the tires on the wheels!  The tires this new set replaced were from September last year and they were also the same size Hoosiers.  No problem mounting them last year.

 

Thanks in advance for any light you can shed on my problem.

 

Tim Murphy

#317 TR4

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