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| posted on December 17th, 2008 at 09:18 AM |
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Where do I get tubes from?
The tyres on my rims, although near new, they "shrunk" from sitting in the shed for few years so there is a big gap between the rim and the beads
& they won't hold air. Tried the Tyre Factory and Beaurepairs but they are no longer selling tubes, apparently been outlawed. Where do I get them
from in Melb?
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Raf
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| posted on December 17th, 2008 at 11:29 AM |
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How Odd
how odd, maybe try the bloke who sell the white wall tyres and stuff, he had a stand at the day of the volkswagen.
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| posted on December 17th, 2008 at 01:31 PM |
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bob jane has them i got some recently
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| posted on December 17th, 2008 at 01:39 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by karmannghia60
The tyres on my rims, although near new, they "shrunk" from sitting in the shed for few years so there is a big gap between the rim and the beads
& they won't hold air. Tried the Tyre Factory and Beaurepairs but they are no longer selling tubes, apparently been outlawed. Where do I get them
from in Melb?
Cheers
Raf
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illegal? that's garbage. I've 4 put inside different tyres in the last 12 months.
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karmannghia60
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| posted on December 17th, 2008 at 02:12 PM |
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Thanks, will try Bob Jane
Yeah, don't see why would they be outlawed, in fact if anything, they make tyres safer
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| posted on December 17th, 2008 at 02:56 PM |
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thats why i was thinking it was odd  , as you can get em in NSW
and the tyre guy wants you to use tubes in the older cars .
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| posted on December 17th, 2008 at 03:04 PM |
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YEP ILLEGAL MY BUM ANOTHER TALE SPREAD BY THE ILLINFORMED WHO HEARD IT FROM A MATE WHO GOT OF A FRIENDS WIFES BEST MATES GIRLFRIEND WHO HEARD IT FROM
THE JON SHE WAS SAERVICING THE SHIT YOU HEAR
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| posted on December 17th, 2008 at 04:09 PM |
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Nope, Bob Jane don't have them either
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| posted on December 17th, 2008 at 07:28 PM |
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You find them at Coles in the chip section lol
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 posted on December 17th, 2008 at 08:06 PM |
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strange...
Firstly - tubes are like safety glass windscreens
and they are now illegal - when a stone hits them -
the windscreen shatters and you cannot see where you are going... If You are travelling fast - the glass goes all over you... cutting Your face and
head ...
remember every car had this type of windscreen years ago
most beetles also had them - Mine is on My shed roof... lol
Secondly - Tubes are dangerous... When a nail etc punches a small hole in a tube... it blows just like a pin in a balloon... the tyre goes down
INSTANTLY - and if its an old tyre - it will split and maybe fall to pieces...
If You are travelling at speed - and a front tyre blows -
chances are You will end up off the road...
which happened to me last time i had a tube in a tyre.
but back before tubeless tyres , every car had tubes...
oddly enough, When I put New tyres on My chromed rims
there were tubes in the tyres..??
I think it may have been law years ago - to use tubes in retreaded tyres...
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| posted on December 17th, 2008 at 08:44 PM |
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I think you will find that safety glass was fitted to vehicles prior to laminated screens,when the stone hit the glass there was a section in front of
the driver that was a larger section even though the screen shattered,it was possible to drive with the glass intact until it could be replaced. (
depending on the size of the stone /rock/brick) which shattered the screen .i have fitted a lot of windscreens over the years and can not recall
anywhere that states that safety glass is illegal.Just think of the recalls that would be required.Obviously when a screen is replaced these days it
is replaced with a laminated glass.As for tubes being illegal I have not heard or seen anything to support this during my years in the trade. cheers
Les
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| posted on December 18th, 2008 at 11:46 AM |
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Hi Les,
Yes, in later years they had a safety zone You could sort of see thru just in front of the driver...
All the windscreens that broke while i was driving covered Me in glass,,, and in one accident I actually went thru the windscreen...
I was picking glass out of My head for YEARS...
I checked somewhere before My car was on the road and it said that tempered safety glass was illegal for windscreens... it had to be Laminated glass
unless it wasn't available...
this was getting a blue slip for My car which hadn't been registered for 10 years..
I doubt if many mechanics look at the windscreen etc...
Back to the Tyres...
I have NEVER heard of tyres shrinking...
just how old are those tyres..???
LEE
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| posted on December 18th, 2008 at 11:52 AM |
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hey Raf, have you thought about using a couple tubes of sikaflex?Guaranteed to never come off again
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| posted on December 18th, 2008 at 12:49 PM |
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Hi
Maybe not what your looking for but there is an American product called Slime that you can get from Mitre 10, it seals punctures etc but is not good
for high speed as it puts the tyres out of round.
Steve
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| posted on December 18th, 2008 at 12:50 PM |
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old crossply tyers must use tubes so any old car club should be able to steer you in the right direction i had them in my spoked wheels because they
would leak maybe
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| posted on December 18th, 2008 at 01:40 PM |
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Thanks All, found them at Beaurepairs in Kew. $18ea
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| posted on December 18th, 2008 at 05:01 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by greedy53
old crossply tyers must use tubes so any old car club should be able to steer you in the right direction i had them in my spoked wheels because they
would leak maybe
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Only VERY OLD crossplies as later crossplies were tubeless..
and early radials were textile...
only Michelin were steel belted radials... [Very Expensive]
ALL spoked wheels would need tubes to seal the spokes??
I shudder every time I see them on Jaguars...
and on old Hotrod wheels...
When You said they had shrunk....
We are only talking a couple of mm Right??
the tyres still have to sit on the wheel rim...
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| posted on December 18th, 2008 at 07:17 PM |
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Not sure about the illegality of tubes though.
Why would they advertise them so freely?
http://www.tyreandtubeaust.com.au/
http://www.hotfrog.com.au/Companies/Acetrak-Tyre-Tube
there are others.
I agree that the older windscreens may now be unable to be supplied, but that doesn't make it illegal to still have them, only to fit them in place
of one that has broken.
I doubt that tyre/tire (depending on your education/national background or brand) tubes are illegal though.
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| posted on December 18th, 2008 at 09:07 PM |
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sounds to me like the tyre glue wasn't used properly (hence the sidewalls popping back in). I can't remember the exact reason but I have been told
by several professionals in the industry that tubes in tubeless tyres and rims is a bad idea.
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| posted on December 19th, 2008 at 12:27 AM |
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I am not sure how tubes would be totally ileagal correct me if i am wrong but i thought all Lancruiser with split rims had tubes.
Derek
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