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| | | | Joined: May 2021 Posts: 42 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2021 Posts: 42 | Hope this is the correct Forum for my dilemma. Had a left front tire come off my rim on my 1950 3100 original rims. Just wondering if a liner or boot would help secure the tube from slippage? I haven't had the problem again, but I am feeling somewhat concerned as to what happen. New-like (no pits) wheels, clean and painted, new tires and tubes but no liners. Tire inflation as recommended,40 psi, front end aligned, everything new on the steering and rack. It just failed on her first drive to a car show. Advice or opinion appreciated. No car show that day.
1950 Chevy 3100 PU all stock
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,886 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,886 | A tire has to go flat, or have extremely low pressure to dislodge itself from a rim. At 40 PSI, there are several TONS of thrust holding the bead of the tire against the rim- - - -no way it's going to separate unless it goes flat first. I used to have my auto mechanics students calculate the number of square inches in a tire sidewall and then multiply that number times the recommended pressure- - - -the resulting side thrust is a real attention-getter. I did that during a safety lecture about not reusing bent or cracked cast aluminum wheels.
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| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,186 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,186 | I would suspect the tire or installation first. I assume the tube slipped and broke the stem off the tube causing it to deflate first. A liner or boot (also called flaps) wouldn't help that. They weren't installed on 3100's in 1950. I have stock rims and tires with tubes and that hasn't been a problem.
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