Hi Cullen
I needed a new tube for one of the 13" wire wheel on my wife's Sprite last
year and my local tire shop had one in stock no problem... ( pop. 20k with 5
tire shops including Wallyworld !)
Interesting story, though... She's had the car with those same tires for
many years and they probably had around 22-25 lbs. of air in them ( light
car! ) but last year I was topping them up and put in about 30 lbs. .
Shortly after, one went flat! I took it down to the local shop and the tire
guy pointed out a couple of issues. The first one was that there was a 12"
tube on the rim! The other was... upon close examination, there was a small
rough spot on the outside of the tube where it was leaking and he pointed
out that often a tire will have one or two small stickers on the inside!
Sure enough, there was a sticker ( paper thin! ) about 3/8" X 3/4" on the
inside opposite the tread and we are now surmising that the years of
abrasion on that sticker plus the overstretched 12" tube plus the slight
increase in tire pressure led to the failure !!
Who knew??
Jim
B382000446
-----Original Message-----
From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Cullen McCann
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 12:02 PM
To: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: [Tigers] Wire Wheel Tubes???!!!
Ok Team, I have a minor emergency and you are the first resource I think of.
I have a series V alpine that I sold and it has wire wheels with knock offs
on it. the tires are trash, and i assume the tubes are too because they go
flat in minutes. I have extra tires for the car but need tubes for a factory
sunbeam wire wheel. I havent called any of the local stores yet, but do you
expect any retail or shops in an average us metropolitan city to sell tubes
for a 13" wheel?
lastly, should I shoot myself now or later?
Thanks guys,
Cullen
1452 LROFE TAC 840
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