[Tigers] Wire Wheel Tubes???!!!

[Cullen McCann]

Thanks Jim...what weird story. fun to read. Well even since I posted the
question, your right, a local shop said they could have them in stock by
tomorrow.... 15 bucks a piece. so...looks like a deal. I will check the
paper / protective layer on the wires, for sure!

Thank you!
Cullen


On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 3:13 PM, jim <jim at island.net> wrote:

> 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 at autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Cullen McCann
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 12:02 PM
> To: tigers at 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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