Series steel wheel

[jhobbs]

Are you guys having to run tubes in your tubeless tires on Series rims or will they hold air fitting a tubeless tire?

Thanks

 

[lcater]

Depends on how many dings in your rims. If they hold air without, I run without. I have heard that they do generate heat.

 

[apg]

My original rims wouldn't hold air. It would leak out through the rivets. After I had 'em hot dip galvanized, they held air just fine and now I run tubeless....

Cheers

 

[antichrist]

Riveted wheels should have tubes and flaps both. You might get by without tubes, but if you run tubes, run flaps too.

 

[sean]

flaps? are there any tubeless wheels to be had other than modded 90 wheels?

 

[antichrist]

Tire flaps. The rubber liner that goes between the tube and the rim.
Not sure what you mean by modded 90 wheels. Wolf's come in tube and tubeless type both.

 

[sean]

modded= cutting out the center to fit the series hubs. ah, ok i know them as rim strips.

 

[jhobbs]

well hell. Guess I'll find out what I need when I replace tires here in a few weeks. The tires on my Series now are tubeless reinforced ATs. Wonder if they are running tubes in those tires or are the wheels just straight enough to hold air?

I'm assuming it is possible to use tubes in a tubeless tire? Can't say I've ever seen options for tubed tires.

 

[lcater]

Go with the wolfs. They look great, and have a slight offset that I can fit 33" up inside the wheel wells without any rubbing. The studs are a bit short and if you plan to travel the highways then you should pop them out and put in a longer stud.

 

[antichrist]

well hell. Guess I'll find out what I need when I replace tires here in a few weeks. The tires on my Series now are tubeless reinforced ATs. Wonder if they are running tubes in those tires or are the wheels just straight enough to hold air?

I'm assuming it is possible to use tubes in a tubeless tire? Can't say I've ever seen options for tubed tires.

You can, if you find the right size radial tube, but they tend to heat up and the tube will bond to the inside of the tire. I've had good luck using lot's of tire talc running tubes in tubless tires.

If you're running tubless now, then it appears you're fine with the rims you have.

 

[Dan Ratcliffe]

Go with the wolfs. They look great, and have a slight offset that I can fit 33" up inside the wheel wells without any rubbing. The studs are a bit short and if you plan to travel the highways then you should pop them out and put in a longer stud.

The wolf rims have really made a difference on the beast, my 88. They have an offset from zero (original 88 rims were not offset at all) of 2 3/4 and if some one has put 109 rims on your vehicle, they were only offset one inch, so that will still give you 1 3/4 The tires I run are 7.50/16, 32.20 inches tall, and they do occassionally smack the inside of the rear fender wheel. Tere is much better stability on side tilts and corners as well. The center of gravity changes quite abit. If you put them on, don't forget to adjust the steering stops.

 

[lcater]

The wolf rims have really made a difference on the beast, my 88. They have an offset from zero (original 88 rims were not offset at all) of 2 3/4 and if some one has put 109 rims on your vehicle, they were only offset one inch, so that will still give you 1 3/4 The tires I run are 7.50/16, 32.20 inches tall, and they do occassionally smack the inside of the rear fender wheel. Tere is much better stability on side tilts and corners as well. The center of gravity changes quite abit. If you put them on, don't forget to adjust the steering stops.

Steering stops? Oh you mean those broken off pieces of metal.
I run 33" on my 88, and with the parabolics on her I get absolutely no rubbing a full turning.

 

[stevenmd]

Can't you just use the spare D1 rims? They will hold a 33" and need no tubes.