Split rim problems
Submitted: Friday, Mar 26, 2004 at 02:45
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enzo
Hi
Can Tony or anyone else help me out: I finally got found the time to spend half a day cleaning up my split rims with a drill and wire brush attachment; then I wiped them down and re-sprayed them (waste of time I now realise); bought tubes and dust flaps and Michelin XZLs.
So had a drink of water (as recomended by tirepliers!) and started putting the whole shebang together - what a farce! Apart from dropping the steel rim on my toes twice (I was just wearing takkies - I'll wear steel toecaps next time!) I reached the point where I thought about throwing them away and buying new tubeless rims.
My main problem is the dust flap - how the hell do you get that in? I followed Tyrepliers' instruction manual as to the reassembly of split rims but the dust flasp always seems to be sticking out and I can't get the bugger in! Can you run tubes on split rims without the dust flap? Can anyone point me in the right direction re: technique, coz there just has to be a "right" way to do it.
I really want to use the split rims and tube arrangement as I am now broke and cannot afford another set of rims! Plus, 750 16s are pretty ubiquitous across Africa and so are 'cruiser split rims and so replacements should not be a problem.
enzo
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