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| | | | Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 357 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 357 | Hi, I've been looking for a spare tire for a while. The ones I contacted said they don't sell "Split Rims." I don't know what split rims are. Also my truck is a 52 3600 and uses 8 lugs and is currently wearing tubeless radials.
Julian Carter
1970 Triumph GT6
1967 Triumph TR4A
1952 Chevy 3600
1948 MG-TC
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 32 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jan 2015 Posts: 32 | Split rims are typically found in medium to large trucks or heavy duty applications. To see what they are or how they work, just Google "split rim".
Thanks,
David
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,805 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,805 | A "split rim" wheel has one removable bead ring and must use a tube-type tire with a heavy rubber liner between the tube and the rim. Tubeless tires won't seal on a split wheel, regardless of the bead ring design. Someone has retrofitted your truck with aftermarket single-piece wheels suitable for tubeless tires. What size (rim diameter) tires are you running? Probably 16" or larger. If the rim size on the sidewall is a "XX.5" size such as 16.5, 17.5, etc., that's a special tapered-bead tire that requires a wheel that matches the bead shape of the tire. Regular full-inch bead diameter tubeless tires WILL NOT fit on .5" rims- - - -it's deadly dangerous to try to make that combination work.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 357 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 357 | Alright Thanks, So I'm looking for aftermarket Wheels. There are two picture here of what I have on her. http://s1376.photobucket.com/user/jlcjr/media/IMG_0842_zps4b600636.jpg.htmlI've found one guy with something the right size. Yet he want's was too much money.
Julian Carter
1970 Triumph GT6
1967 Triumph TR4A
1952 Chevy 3600
1948 MG-TC
| | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | Looks like a basic Ford van wheel. Should be common enough to find at any salvage yard.
Bill Burmeister
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Julian Carter
1970 Triumph GT6
1967 Triumph TR4A
1952 Chevy 3600
1948 MG-TC
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,805 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,805 | Another option would be the 8-lug steel wheels sold for trailers. They're "not DOT rated" for trucks, but don't worry- - - -they're plenty strong and lots of stovebolters with 8-lug 3/4 ton trucks are using them. Ditto on the Ford van wheel- - - -the only drawback is that the center hole does not fit the hub flange closely, so the weight of the vehicle is carried on the lug studs. Be sure to use a torque wrench when tightening the lug nuts to assure all the lugs carry equal weight. 100 ft/lbs. is a good number.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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