[TR] OT? Replacing Temp spare tires? (tubes)

[Steven Newell]

FRED E THOMAS wrote:

>>Can you put a tube into one of the temporary  spares?
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>Yes you can and should put a tube in the spare, problem is trying to find 
>any tire outlet that sells T/R's size tubes, a very big surprise is awaiting 
>owners, major tire outlets do not carry our size tubes.  BTDT way too many 
>times, a lot of talk about this at VTRSE last week.  "FT" 
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I can find TR4-sized innertubes at local Pep Boys and CarQuest stores 
around metro Denver. Well, I should say, I usually find only one in 
stock at a time. The quality varies too; one thin-feeling CarQuest tube 
split on a seam within a week, in the first 1/2 hour of day one of a TSD 
rally it turned out. If I were planning to replace my tires all around, 
I would order a set of tubes from Moss or TRF and take them with me to 
the shop for mounting.

I might take Fred's good point a step further -- it's worth adding an 
inner tube to your travel spares kit, as when you run over a sharp 
pointy thing in Nowhere Close, Montana, there likely won't be a tube in 
your size at the nearest Discount Tire.

Steven Newell
Littleton, CO USA
'62 TR4 x 2