[Healeys] tires

Oudesluys coudesluijs at chello.nl
Tue Mar 10 04:37:21 MST 2009


Patrick,
You should not because it is not legal (in many countries), and in case 
of a blow out plus accident you may have issues with the insurance 
companies.
Of course there are plenty of examples where all is well. If your 
tubeless tire happens to be smooth on the inside and if the spokes are 
properly covered there will usually not be a problem technically, 
legally is a different matter.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL


Patrick and Caroline Quinn schreef:
> G'day
>
> Sorry can't accept that tubeless tyres should not be fitted with tubes.
>
> While my Austin-Healey has solid wheels I have owned a series of Jaguar
> saloons fitted with wire wheels with tubeless tyres and tubes. My previous
> Austin-Healeys were fitted likewise.
>
> It was recommended that tubes be fitted along with tape and a wide rubber
> band that covered the internal portion of the spoke nipple. In 30+ years I
> did not have a single puncture nor any movement of a tyre or tube.
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
> Sydney, Australia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Oudesluys
> Sent: Tuesday, 10 March 2009 5:35 PM
> To: TERRY COLL
> Cc: austin healey
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] tires
>
> Tubeless tires should not be fitted with tubes, as the tubes may fail 
> through friction. This friction may also raise the temperature  which 
> may lead to tube failure but it is probably not enough to cause initial 
> tire failure.
> Tubes do not make the tire walls stiffer as tubes are rather supple and 
> they do not contribute significantly to the stiffness of the tire or 
> alteration of the handling.
> In case of an accident you may expect insurance issues if one of the 
> tires fails.
> Kees Oudesluijs
> NL
>
> TERRY COLL schreef:
>   
>>  
>>
>> All,
>>  
>> I bought Kumho Power Star 758 tires (165-80R-15) for my Healey a 
>> couple of months ago but have not yet installed them.  I 
>> never considered tube vs tubeless tires and do not recall it being 
>> discussed in this forum.  So today I just finished reading the April 
>> Popular Mechanics and in it Mike Allen (auto columnist) strongly warns 
>> about putting tubes in tubeless tires:
>>  
>> 1.  tubeless tires are ribbed inside and not finished to accept a tube 
>> which can wear out the tube
>> 2.  tube will stiffin the sidewall of the tire giving a poor ride and 
>> altering handling characteristics
>> 3.  tubeless tire with a tube will run hotter and potentially fail.
>>  
>> So down to the garage I went and found out that yes, the tires 
>> are tubeless.  Anyway, I'm thinking of calling Tire Rack and see if 
>> they'll take them back.  Any thoughts?
>>  
>> Terry Coll
>> '64 BJ8 (with 60 spoke wire wheels)
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