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Riveted Rangie Rims
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 9:28 am
by stephen
I picked up some old rangie rims from DAS on the weekend, I am a bit puzzled as to how they are built. Standard they should be about 16x6.5 but they measure 16x7.5ish and the centres are riveted in not welded. I assume they are not standard, are they supposed to be riveted? would they hold air without a tube? there are old michelins on the rims and they are balanced was there a time where rim modifying was done with rivits instead of welding
they are going on a camper trailer
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 11:33 am
by max200tdi
What are you measuring? Outer edge to outer edge?
Measure from safety lip to safety lip. That'll be the 6.5"
Regards
Max P
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 1:36 pm
by stephen
Yeah that may be right then I am measuring edge to edge. So are the old rims rivited then? they are bloody rough looks like they have been grinded by hand dags hanging off and all.
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 1:51 pm
by HSV Rangie
yep old ones were rivitted.
at least the ones on my old RR were 76RR.
Michael.
Rangie rims
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 4:44 pm
by davejb
I might be wrong but from memory the real early rangie rims did not have the safety bead rolled into the rim to keep the tyre on, and the centres were riveted to the rim not welded as you described
Dave
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2003 6:09 pm
by Aquarangie
The old Rangie Rosstyle rims are only 6 inches wide, not 6.5 from what I have been told. They also have no safety bead as Dave said, so you should run tubes, although most people dont!!
I had about three sets of them laying around a few monts ago, sold them all off now (don't have any use for them).
Regards,
Trav