[Healeys] Tires

Jackson Krall jackson_krall at yahoo.com
Tue Mar 10 14:56:52 MST 2009


Yes, a sealant for the spokes in rim as the rubber belt alone does not do the job and I am speaking of Dunlop rims which are well known to need an occasional truing and I have replaced spokes on several of them. That said, a set of Daytons sounds like a wonderful thing.
Best
JK


--- On Tue, 3/10/09, Robert Blair <rnbmail at yahoo.com> wrote:

>> Jackson, I assume that the goop you mention is that goop in
> the wheel well - not the soapy fluid that the tire guys add
> to get the tire to spring onto the shoulder when fitting?
> 
> In this cae the goop is there as part of the wheel
> manufacture - Dayton.
> 
> Spoke adjustment is really a non issue with good wheels -
> unless abused on kerbs etc, in which case you have bigger
> problems.  I have never adjusted a sopke in my life - no
> need to do so.
> 
> Agree that over fat tubes that fold inside the tire are a
> NO NO....
> 
> Robert N. Blair  Yellow 65BJ8  rnbmail at yahoo.com
>      
> 
> > From: Jackson Krall <jackson_krall at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Healeys] Tires
> > To: "healeys at autox.team.net"
> <healeys at autox.team.net>, steveg at abrazosdata.com
> > Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 10:12 AM
> > The "properly sealed rim" has been the issue
> for
> > me. In order to properly seal, some sort of goop is
> going to
> > have to be used which will inhibit ones ability to
> make
> > future adjustments to the wheels. The only time
> I've had
> > tube problems was when I was trying to run a low
> profile on
> > a 15x6" ww. Tubes continually blew due to being
> of
> > higher profile than tire which causes tube to overlap
> on
> > itself and resultant friction causes blowout in short
> order,
> > no matter how much talcom is used. Searched everywhere
> for
> > low profile tube but not even Shelby Goodyear could
> help me
> > out so I went back to a higher profile radial w/tube
> which
> > was fine because a low profile looks stupid on these
> cars
> > anyway.
> > Best
> > JK
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Tue, 3/10/09, Steve B. Gerow
> > <steveg at abrazosdata.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > From: Steve B. Gerow
> <steveg at abrazosdata.com>
>> > > With a properly sealed rim, the advantage of
> running
> > tubes
> > > in tubeless tires is what, exactly?
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Steve Gerow
> > > Pasadena, CA USA
> > > BN6



      


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