Re: [MV] British split rims and N.American tires

From: Ryan M Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Thu Aug 14 2003 - 10:04:30 PDT


At 12:38 PM -0400 8/14/03, Yuke.RF@forces.gc.ca wrote:
> Hello out there in cyber-land. Have a question/problem. I have a set
>of 9.00 X 16 NDCC tires I want to use on a Ford 15 CWT (hundred weight) that
>has 9.00 X 16 British rims. I would be using the Ford rims which are a true
>split rim (two halves bolted together). There is some question as to what I
>have to do to get the tires to fit on the rims. The tires are designed with
>a 5 degree bead and the rims were designed with a 0 degree bead. Is there a
>problem with just putting on the tires ? The tires look like they would just
>fit right on to the rims.
>Any advice gratefully accepted.

Bunch-o-chaps discussed this some time back on the CMP list. I think
there's an archive of that issue on...hmmm...here it is:
http://www.geocities.com/cmpvehicles/tyres_900-16.html

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