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Subject: WIRE WHEEL PROBLEMS
From: "John Di Fede"<difejo@consumer.org>
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 97 11:12:19 -0500
     Has anybody ever expirenced this situation with their wire wheels?
     
     I've got a TR-6 with stock wire wheels.  It seems that the tires shift 
     slightly in relation to the wheel.  When this happens, the tube also 
     shifts.  The valve stem then gets pulled at an angle against the rim, 
     and it seems that the valve stem develops a slow leak.  This happend 
     to me a few times before I realized what was happening.  This most 
     recent time was with new tires and a new tube, after only about 80 
     miles of driving.
     
     The rubber bands on the rims are in good condition.  Also, when the 
     old tires were removed from the rims, the tire bead which contacts the 
     top of the spokes (outside bead) was worn from what seems like back 
     and forth shifting of the tire on the rim. 
     
     The tires are new BF Goodrich TA touring radials size 205-70-15, which 
     seem to be the recommended replacement size for the 185-15 originals. 
     
     Any help would be greatly appreciated!
     
     
     John
     
     75 TR-6
     73 MGB
     80 MGB (for sale)



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