Outer Limits 4x4 Board

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?

Running tubes should be fine.

So a simex tube would be the go hey? do they do tubes to that size of tyre tho..

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?

bin time especially if the cords that wrap around the beadwire are damaged .

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

georgey wrote:I heard tubes were illegal?
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Don't make statements you can't back up with FACTS.

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

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.

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 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

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

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.

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