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| | | | Joined: Jul 2016 Posts: 53 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2016 Posts: 53 | So I broke down the Rh5 wheels and tires from my 58 Viking. Sent the 4000 mile 1958 date coded bias ply tires to the tire recycler. The tubes and flaps look to be in really good condition. Can they be reused in another set of tires? Is it worth saving them or should I discard like I did the tires because of their age?
Rich
68 C30 CST dually flatbed dump
58 Viking 6500
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,774 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,774 | It's not only dangerous to reuse RH-5's- - - -it's illegal. Destroy them by cutting holes in the wheel parts with a torch, or do whatever it takes to disable them for any future use before scrapping them. You can reuse the flaps, but new tubes in new tires makes a lot of sense. Back when I was selling a lot of tube type tires, most new tires came with a flap included.
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 2,450 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 2,450 | viking 58 My 48 came to me with 90% rubber on widow makers,I have run it about 20 years that way. To top off tires I use a clip-on air chuck from back at the compressor, so far has worked fine and they seldom need it anyway. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 476 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 476 | I worked with a guy that was in the military in Germany. He had a widow maker on a large military truck that blew apart while driving on the highway! I've reused tubes and flaps in my 3 piece split rims (the ones you can see the lock ring on the out side of the wheel) and they have worked fine for years. But I would agree the true widow maker wheels should not be used!
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,774 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,774 | One sneaky trick when installing an inner tube- - -new or used- - - -is to dust the inside of the tire with talcum powder. It helps any wrinkles in the tube smooth out as the tire is inflated.
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!
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 5,096 Crusing in the Passing Lane | | Crusing in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 5,096 | I have 2 containers of talcum powder just for that, really helps.
Ed
'37 GMC T-18 w/ DD 4-53T, RTO-610, 6231 aux., '95 GMC running gear, full disc brakes, power steering, 22.5 wheels and tires.
'47 GMC 1 ton w/ 302, NP-540, 4wd, full width Blazer front axle.
'54 GMC 630 w/ 503 gasser, 5 speed, ex fire truck, shortened WB 4', install 8' bed.
'55 GMC 370 w/270, 420 4 speed, grain, dump bed truck from ND. Works OK.
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 2,446 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 2,446 | ... but may cause ovarian cancer ...
'57 GMC 102, Original 347 V8, HydraMatic, 3.08 rear gear, added A/C, disk front brakes, HEI, AFB carb, '98 Honda Black Currant paint. T-boned and totaled 10/12
'52 GMC 152 Stake Bed, Original 228, SM420, added A/C, HEI, disk front brakes, '67 Chev 3.55 rear gear. Gets used as a real truck.
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,987 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,987 | only if you have ovaries..... | | | | | Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 2,450 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 2,450 | Bill Hanlon Keep my ovaries way back...in fact clear in the house,however she did help check toe-in !! | | | | | Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 2,446 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2022 Posts: 2,446 | She sounds like a keeper.
'57 GMC 102, Original 347 V8, HydraMatic, 3.08 rear gear, added A/C, disk front brakes, HEI, AFB carb, '98 Honda Black Currant paint. T-boned and totaled 10/12
'52 GMC 152 Stake Bed, Original 228, SM420, added A/C, HEI, disk front brakes, '67 Chev 3.55 rear gear. Gets used as a real truck.
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 2,450 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 2,450 | Bill Hanlon Had her 50 years this summer,when we were young put her in the old 52 with no door handle on her side,got in accelerator stuck wide open,have not seen fear in her eyes like that since !!! We've had about 30 old AD's she liked the 54 Hydramatic the best great to haul flowers. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 2,450 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 2,450 | Bill Hanlon Had her for 50 years this summer !! | | |
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