Rim Question

[sturmtyger380]

My neighbor brought over his rim with a flat tire on it. We had a fun time struggling to get the rusted on tire off.

I knocked the rust off the inside of the rim with a wire wheel mounted on a side grinder. The rim has pits in it where the flap was sitting.

Do you guys think this rim is okay to reuse if clean it up more and kill the rust?

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Alan

[JimC]

It looks safe to me. If the pits bother you cosmetically, after you get the rust removed, fill the worst of them with jb weld and sand smooth.

[RMS]

the pits don't bother me but the area were the ring sits looks a little banged up. at 1 o'clock there appears to be a defect. if the lock ring dose not sit tight or if any material is missing there I would discard the rim

[ZGjethro]

I recently bought 3 rims from a guy in Denver sight unseen. He had sawzalled the tires off and I had to cut the bead cords to get the corroded remnants of the tires off. The inside of the rims all looked like yours, but my corrosion was only next to the locking ring. I'm gonna use them, as they look ok to me. I have not ever aired up a split locking rim tire before, so If i don't post here in the next few days, please call EMS for me :)j

[Sal]

Remember to check the lock ring also for damage. If for any reason it doesn't seat right or dose not fit snuggly on the rim disregard it and get a new one.
ZG. Below is a picture of how I mounted one of my tires. I used a chain and small compressor as you can see. The compressor aired up the tire slowly and gave the tire bead time to seat against the lock ring and rim. The opening of the lock ring should be on the opposite side of the tire across from the air valve. I did 8 tires this way and didn't have any problems, Hope this helps.

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Sal

[ZGjethro]

Thanks Sal. I was going to use chains and I have a lock on chuck with a long hose to a manual controller. I just have never had a vehicle with these rims before and I have never changed a tire on one. I need to buy another Premium Traction tire, tube and flap to put on a rim as a spare.

[PoW]

The Gooedyear LTS lockring wheel is the safest "split rim" ever made, due to the way it goes down inside the tire bead for a considerable distance.

The same scheme is found on the 20" used on the duece and 5-tons, too.

I have done hundreds of them here at home over the 40 years I've been driving M-37's et al.

Only an idiot would blow one up, as they will not go into place without being fully seated. This is unlike most older style wheels, which were really tricky to inflate and make sure the ring was properly placed.

Dennis

[pwrwagonfire]

The tire shop told me:

1: ALWAYS use an air fitting which locks onto the valve stem, so you're not close to the tire
2: ALWAYS use chains (as shown) or a cage

and

3: Air the tire up to 25-30 pounds, deflate, then air up fully...this allows you to check if the lock ring is seating correctly.

This being said, I have never done a mounting on these rims myself...BE careful!

-T