[Tigers] LAT 9 Wheels

[wseay]

Back in the day when radial tires were fairly new, I ran radials on my Tiger.  I also used a tube.  The tube was a heavy-duty (thicker) one that was made for radials.  I was told that the heavy-duty tube was needed because the sidewalls of a radial will flex and scuff the tube.  Don’t know if anyone makes a heavy-duty tube today or not.

Will - wseay at embarqmail.com
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From: Tom Witt via Tigers 
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 1:45 PM
To: tigers at autox.team.net 
Subject: Re: [Tigers] LAT 9 Wheels

A while back I recall looking into using a tube in a modern tire and the resounding answer was NO. Apparently the interior tire surfaces are coarse and abraid the tube. Which then leaves the question who would produce a modern type tire and have the interior constructed to suit a very small minority of drivers?  Anyway, this is just a “Safety First” FYI.  I’m not saying people haven’t used tubes and had no issues. I’m just restating what I read.

From: Jay Laifman via Tigers 
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 6:28 AM
To: Richard Bruner 
Cc: Tiger's Den 
Subject: Re: [Tigers] LAT 9 Wheels

That is the issue with both LAT wheels - as I understand it.  I think there is a description about it on the Sunbeam Specialties catalog.  The wheels did not have the groove on the inner lip for the tire bead to seat - or it was not as deep as more modern wheels.  That was one of the selling points of Rick's LAT wheels - he added a deeper groove.  So it sounds like people may put tubes in for that reason.

On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 5:53 AM, Richard Bruner via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:

  Are the LAT 9 wheels supposed to be tubeless?  I took the old tires off of mine, and they all had tubes in them.  I also need to refinish the wheels, and I was hoping not to damage the original bare machined surfaces with too harsh of an abrasive.  I was thinking soda blasting might be the best choice?  Any suggestions?

  Richard
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