Splits rims are awesome eh?

Submitted: Thursday, Mar 23, 2017 at 15:28

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Been-Everywhereman

Just take two spares and 6 tubes and you sort of have 8 spare tyres.
It's quite rare to have a blowout with a tubed tyre. I have had plenty of punctures which have always resulted in just a quick deflation and the tyre is 99.9% of the time quite good to use again because it doesn't overheat. You never really have to worry about trying to find a matching spare at these sort of remote places and you are never on edge worrying when your last spare will be on the car without another spare in reserve.
We have staked tyres and put holes in the sidewall the size of 50cent pieces and a piece of carpet and rubber with a tube and you are off again.
We also have a tubeless tyred 4x4 as well and enjoy the simplicity of these tyres also but *just saying*

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Reply By: pop2jocem - Thursday, Mar 23, 2017 at 15:37

Thursday, Mar 23, 2017 at 15:37

Nothing wrong with splits........if you know what you are doing especially when re-assembling and re-inflating.

If you are not familiar with them they can be be quite dangerous.

It is IMHO imperative to use good quality tubes. That is if you can find any nowadays.

Cheers
Pop

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Follow Up By: Member - Scott M (NSW) - Friday, Mar 24, 2017 at 09:46

Friday, Mar 24, 2017 at 09:46

Totally agree with Pop regarding the quality of the tubes. Both my father and I ran splitties for quite a while. We suddenly started getting a lot of flat tires in our travels. A mechanic in the middle of woop-woop eventually figured it out as being cheap Taiwanese / Chinese tubes. Managed to find a supplier of Euro made Michelin tubes and the problem went away. Problem was the rubber was too thin & cheap.

Another bit of useful advice I got from a workshop once was when you buy a new tire, make sure you remove the sticky certification label from the inside of the tire, otherwise it will rub loose, ball up, and eventually rub a hole in the tube. The inside wall needs to be as clean as possible (goes without saying....)

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Follow Up By: pop2jocem - Friday, Mar 24, 2017 at 11:54

Friday, Mar 24, 2017 at 11:54

Spot on about removing the sticky labels from inside a tyre before fitting up. I got caught by a tyre mob not removing them. Very nearly wiped me out when the tyre suddenly deflated on a little Isuzu truck.
Always fit new tyres and tubes myself now and just get them balanced before putting them back on the vehicle.

Cheers
Pop

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Follow Up By: TTTSA - Friday, Mar 24, 2017 at 14:51

Friday, Mar 24, 2017 at 14:51

You can also buy Bridgestone tubes that are still made in Japan, need to order them and they were around $60.00 when I last bought one about 4 years ago.

Cheers
Peter

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Follow Up By: splits - Friday, Mar 24, 2017 at 21:34

Friday, Mar 24, 2017 at 21:34

" A mechanic in the middle of woop-woop eventually figured it out as being cheap Taiwanese / Chinese tubes. "

There may be good and bad products coming out of China.

Ten years ago I spoke to Mick Hutton on the phone. One question that I asked was what brand of tubes he used. I expected him to say MRF, the same brand as his tyres. He replied, "Heavy duty Chinese, not everything out of China is rubbish".

I met him and Connie in December the year before last but I forgot to ask him if he was still using the same tubes.

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Follow Up By: Member - Scott M (NSW) - Sunday, Mar 26, 2017 at 15:48

Sunday, Mar 26, 2017 at 15:48

"There may be good and bad products coming out of China." - not arguing about that, however it's generally a lottery whether you get quality or crud. Trouble is when a distributor buys crud, it can take a while for the crap to get out of the system.

Michelens may be more expensive, but they're made to a higher quality standard...

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Follow Up By: 9900Eagle - Sunday, Mar 26, 2017 at 18:30

Sunday, Mar 26, 2017 at 18:30

Scott, Michlelens are the best off road truck tyres I have ever used, when I say truck, I mean a real truck.

BTW. For me splits are not awesome, but they do a job in remote areas.