- 1. MGA wheels- safety or no? (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Eastman <william.eastman@medtronic.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 16:42:33 -0500
- Now that I have bored everyone with my opinion on the subject, it is time to air out the depths of my stupidity. Do MGA's have safety rims? I have to admit that I have never had a tire off my car (di
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01209.html (7,396 bytes)
- 2. Re: MGA wheels- safety or no? (score: 1)
- Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 19:18:40 EDT
- Have we ascertained what a "safety" rim is? I looked in the TD workshop manual and saw that the wheel profile was just the same as in the B literature, and the B was equipped with radials. Were they
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01220.html (7,897 bytes)
- 3. Re: MGA wheels- safety or no? (score: 1)
- Author: barneymg@juno.com (Barney Gaylord)
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 20:35:30 EDT
- Just plain smooth bead rims like most other LBCs. Having said that, I must also say that I have been running tubeless tires on my MGA for the last 10 years and 125,000 miles, and you know how I drive
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01224.html (8,446 bytes)
- 4. Re: MGA wheels- safety or no? (score: 1)
- Author: richard.arnold@juno.com (Richard D. Arnold)
- Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 10:26:17 EDT
- tire came loose from the rim before stopping ... I don't believe I have knowingly ever run tire pressures less than 25 psi, and I've never had one lose pressure from a bead separation ... never had a
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01257.html (7,604 bytes)
- 5. Re: MGA wheels- safety or no? (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
- Date: Sun, 19 Oct 97 01:47:12 -0400
- On 10/17/97 8:35 PM so and so Barney Gaylord said. (And I quote) Good point Barney, As one who used to mount wheels and tires (even on Big Cats (Caterpillers) ) I never understood the point between "
- /html/mgs/1997-10/msg01334.html (9,488 bytes)
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