AncientAviation
Well-Known Member
Picked these up a little while ago but needing to now actually use them - and I guess needing some advice please.
No holes in the rims anywhere for the tube valve to pop out of.
Was going to blow up a tube, test drill a bit of scrap to figure out hole size, make it a thumb-suck bit bigger and try drill that size it in the wall of the rims.
Clean up with a dremel sander to nice and smooth.
Then split the rims and insert tube and tyre and bolt the rims together again, blow up the tyre and it should all work... I hope...
Real pain to split the rims as there are 7/16" bolt heads and they are so close to the wall.. but putting a long socket in the lathe more or less worked.
Is there any guidance on what hole size I would need or is just making it a bit bigger about as scientific as it gets?
Thanks
No holes in the rims anywhere for the tube valve to pop out of.
Was going to blow up a tube, test drill a bit of scrap to figure out hole size, make it a thumb-suck bit bigger and try drill that size it in the wall of the rims.
Clean up with a dremel sander to nice and smooth.
Then split the rims and insert tube and tyre and bolt the rims together again, blow up the tyre and it should all work... I hope...
Real pain to split the rims as there are 7/16" bolt heads and they are so close to the wall.. but putting a long socket in the lathe more or less worked.
Is there any guidance on what hole size I would need or is just making it a bit bigger about as scientific as it gets?
Thanks
