[F500] Question about wheels?

[Jim Libecco]

Bryan
You will be suprised what the rain tires will mount on.
I have my rains on a set of standard dry wheels.  The fronts look pretty normal but the rears are mounted on either a 7 or 8 inch wheel.  The sidewalls run up at about a 45deg angle but they work just fine-or at least they have gone fast enough in the rain for the last few years.  If I ever had a few left over wheel parts and could make narrower rear wheels, I would do so but the full width rears seem to stay together just fine.  I wouldn't run drys that way, but its okay in the rain.  
 
Give it a shot.  The worst thing is that you would have to get a few near rears.  I am a fan of Keisers, personally, but not everyone would agree with me.
 
jim

BRYAN POWELL <bpowelliii at msn.com> wrote:

Thanks Jeff,

One of the wheels was sealed with High Temp RTV when we took it apart

(Ops!). I was just concerned about the difference in width from the

old 5" tire and the new 6". Just looking at the tire it seems like
alot

more than 1". My rear rims are about 3" wider than the fronts so we

were a little concerned with stressing the side walls on the fronts.

Bryan
>From: Jeff Blumenthal 
>Reply-To: f500 at f500.org
>To: f500 at f500.org
>Subject: Re: [F500] Question about wheels?
>Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 16:40:06 -0400
>
>Bryan:
> You mount the tires on two-piece wheels the same as if they were
>one-piece (don't take them apart). My experience with the O-rings
>isn't good so I don't use them. Instead, I use a bead of RTV
>sealant (or similar silicone type) to seal where the two halves join
>together. You do not use an inner tube. If your front rims are 5"
>wide, you should be able to mount the 6" tires with no problem. Just
>do it carefully so you don't bend the rims. There are several wheel
>vendors that make 10" wheels. Douglas, Keizer, Kodiak, Real, are a
>few that many of us use. Websites can be found doing a Google
>search.
>Good Luck-
>
>-Jeff Blumenthal
>
>BRYAN POWELL wrote:
>
>> I'm mounting a new set of rains and noticed that my wheels are
>>Split
>> Rims (3ea) and
>> one is a One Piece. My other tires are all mounted on One Piece
>>Rims.
>> To compound this issue the rains I purchased are all 19 x 6 x
>>10 and
>> my Old Fronts
>> were 19 x 5 x 10. There is a significant difference in width
>>from the
>> Front and Rear
>> Rims.
>>
>> Just to clearify I'm running a 84' Zink 19 Solo II but looking
>>to go
>> to Solo I soon.
>>
>> My question is how to handle mounting on a two piece wheel
>>and are
>> there replacement
>> wheels available? We have some serious questions about the
>>internal
>> O-ring and where
>> to find replacements? Do you use a tube with these two piece
>>wheels?
>>
>> Any experience or advice you may have would be greatly
>>appreciated!
>>
>> Thanks Bryan
>> P3-Racing
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