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[oletrucks] Re: Split rims GOOD/BAD????

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Subject: [oletrucks] Re: Split rims GOOD/BAD????
From: Dave Quirt <quirt@sk.sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 09 Apr 1999 09:57:51 -0600
Listers:

Now for the question: which later model one-piece rims will fit the
larger AD (and TF?) trucks like the 2 and 2-1/2 tons??

Dave Q.
'52 Chev 1314 3-window half ton (acreage worker)
'50 GMC 9414 5-window one ton (which was the water hauler)
'53 Chev two ton (which is the new water hauler and which also needs
tires!!)

>From John Dorsey: 
<snip>
>The heavier split rims are what are called "center locks". The rim is in two 
>halves that have a raised lip that locks together. They were a bad plan to 
>start with and every time the tires get changed it wears the lip
some and rust takes it's toll with age. I don't know of ANYBODY who
works on these anymore.<
>I would suggest getting some later model rims with lock rings or one piece 
>rims for it.<

>>From Chris Dillon:
>>A friend of mine has a '54 2 1/2 Ton Grain Truck that had been run on a farm 
>for a long time and the tires are all rotting and he wants to know what he can 
>do about the split rims,<snip><<


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