[T3] Tyres

[Mike Fisher]

I feel much safer with tubes in my tubeless tires, especially on curves!


On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 6:08 AM, Adriel Rowley <adriel_rowley at hotmail.com>
wrote:

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> 1971 Sunroof Squareback with F.I. - In the Process of Being Dog Wgn 2
> 1985 Mercedes-Benz 300TD-T - Dog Wgn
> Master's Student, A.S.U., living in north central Mesa, AZ
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> > From: dave at hallvw.clara.co.uk
> > To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> > Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 11:51:47 +0100
> > Subject: Re: [T3] Tyres
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> > If a tyre wall is badly crazed and crushed, and you believe it is badly
> > damaged, please don't take a chance with your car and your life by
> driving
> > on it. A tyre can 'blow out' even with a tube fitted if the wall gives
> way.
> > It isn't just my life, but now also the Service Dog I have had almost
> four years. She is the reason I can be in the Master's of Architecture! So
> I can't loose her! She also loves the Square back, too.
> If it blows out, the tube is of no use, even a hundred feet to pull to a
> safe spot?
> > If the tyre walls are crazed, that's not a problem unless the cracks are
> > deep enough to see the fabric (applies to cracks in the tread too).  The
> > tyre walls are what support the car,  not the tread.  The tread is there
> to
> > clear water away and improve grip on mud and snow.  Racing car tyres for
> use
> > in the dry have no tread (slicks), but simply a thick, smooth layer of
> > rubber.
> > I was told any crazing is bad, but good to hear where the tyre must be
> tossed. I can tell you the worst is no more than a couple millimeters at
> most and just where it creased.
> I understand the side wall does support. Thus why it bulges and if too
> much it's unsafe. I found the tires got low enough that the beads came
> unseated. I found it because I put soap water on the tyres before airing up.
> > Check the inside walls too - they don't get the sun, but can be damaged
> by
> > stones etc.
> > Interesting! Good to know! So if going on gravel reduce pressure a tad?
> > I used to run 'tubeless' radials on my Beetle with tubes, as it doesn't
> have
> > the 'humped' safety rims of the later cars. I've also had tubes put in a
> > repaired Golf (Rabbit) tyre after being punctured with a nail, without
> > problems, though I think the repair would have been enough anyway.
> > So one isn't supposed to run radials on non safety rims? Dad has driven
> thousands of miles this way! Though never drove over 45MPH even when
> traffic was going over 70MPH!
> Good to know that experience says tubes can be run. Further, it states for
> radials.
> > If the tyres are just to support the car while it is out of use, anything
> > that holds air is OK, but for driving you need safe tyres (even if you
> spell
> > them t-i-r-e-s!).
> > I figure if low speed short jaunts and I check them often, shouldn't it
> be safe?
> There was a tread about tires, and since I wasn't in my creative ability,
> just used tyre! ;p
> It was Webster and his dictionary that created American English language
> in the then anti-British furver. So not really our fault! ;p
>
> Thank you so very much!Adriel
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