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HELP! tyre bead damage

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HELP! tyre bead damage

Post by Challleng[R] »

Gday all,

im in a bit of hot water, after buying a set of 37" Wrangler MTR tyres, i have brought them to DAPCO to be told that they cant be fitted as they were not sealing due to tears in a majority of the bead which cam from when they were taken off.

Is it possible to fit tubes to these or get a earthmover/truck repair place to fix the beads?
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Re: HELP! tyre bead damage

Post by thehanko »

Running tubes should be fine.
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Re: HELP! tyre bead damage

Post by Challleng[R] »

So a simex tube would be the go hey? do they do tubes to that size of tyre tho..
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Re: HELP! tyre bead damage

Post by georgey »

I heard tubes were illegal?

Id be going back to the place where they were taken off and demanding them to be fixed or replaced.

Where did you buy them from?
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Re: HELP! tyre bead damage

Post by flexytj »

bin time especially if the cords that wrap around the beadwire are damaged .
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Re: HELP! tyre bead damage

Post by Challleng[R] »

i bought them off a member off the forum , he got them taken off and there are giant chunks missing off the bead, i would thought tubes would solve this, they are for my play car not daily driver
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Post by DamTriton »

georgey wrote:I heard tubes were illegal?
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Re: HELP! tyre bead damage

Post by georgey »

DAMKIA wrote:
georgey wrote:I heard tubes were illegal?
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Don't make statements you can't back up with FACTS.
Key word if you can read was HEARD,something to do with balancing issues and thats why why i worked at a tyre shop we wouldnt recommend tubes :finger:
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Re: HELP! tyre bead damage

Post by Gwagensteve »

Tubes. Tubes aren't illegal.

I own lots of tyres with bead damage from removal/refitting. Not sure I've seen any so bad I couldn't get the beads to seat though.

It's tubes or the bin I'm afraid.
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Re: HELP! tyre bead damage

Post by 80's_delirious »

Gwagensteve wrote:Tubes. Tubes aren't illegal.

I own lots of tyres with bead damage from removal/refitting. Not sure I've seen any so bad I couldn't get the beads to seat though.

It's tubes or the bin I'm afraid.
Dont forget good old Sikaflex :lol: I have had chunks broken out of beads from R&R of tyres. a bit of Sika flex before reseating the tyre and all good ;)
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Re: HELP! tyre bead damage

Post by Matt_85Lux »

georgey wrote:
DAMKIA wrote:
georgey wrote:I heard tubes were illegal?
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Don't make statements you can't back up with FACTS.
Key word if you can read was HEARD,something to do with balancing issues and thats why why i worked at a tyre shop we wouldnt recommend tubes :finger:

honestly it mustn't have been a very good tyre shop and/or the balancer was a piece of crap if you had trouble balancing a tyre with a tube in it. Balancing a tyre with a major repair is harder than balancing one with a tube.

btw how did you go balancing split rims?


to the OP put some photos up so we can see how bad the beads are.
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Re: HELP! tyre bead damage

Post by 84sloth »

x2 on sikaflex, works a treat with beads. i havent had trouble since
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