My Troopy Split rims will be RIP soon

Buy Michelin tubes steve.Just west from the Gold Coast Hospital.
Stan

over ten years and a lot of offroad stuff I only staked one tyre on my split rims. I did experience some probs when I never cleaned out the rust crap that remained floating around in the tyre. I would be thinking someone at the tyre mans place has been negligent same as me.

Owen

I has bridgestone tubes recommended to me. I have had them for over 3 years without a puncture.

They have done west east crossing of Oz, a further simpson/ hay river trip, flinders trip and various other local trips.

When I got the tubes I weighed them, the Bridgestone tubes were 300g where the cheaper ones were 200g.

The details on the tube label are :
LT750 r16
VALVE JS-75 K8RT

The tube is labeled LT750616-RT

The tube is made in Korea.

Steve,

Are your problems all in the same tyre? and at roughly the same place on the tyre? I've had that problem and been told that sometimes a broken steel reinforcing wire will work its way in to reach the tube. No sign of it when you look for it but it protrudes when the tyre flexes. I can't vouch for the logic, but I discarded that tyre.

John

Thanks for the replies. I am still going down the new wheel route but will not be parting with the split rims - more junk for the shed..

My punctures happen on different tyres. I have 2 spares for when we are travelling and use both before I get any repaired. I am off to the tyre shop later today see what they say about the latest puncture.

I will be ordering new ROH steel wheels soon me thinks - and I do need 2 new tyres before the end of the year so a good time to do a complete swap onto new wheels.

Stevesub

Hi Steve,
Sounds like you are getting your punctures on the highway, and I bet they are all on the back axle.
I have a troopy with split rims and had the same problem, started with a nail in the tread, I patched the tube and the patch melted,I replaced the tube and the tyre simply deflated, put in my spare tube, same thing, I think the quality of the new tubes didn't match the price.
The tubes had melted on the sides, and the inner sidewall of the tyre had blistered,I found that the back tyres get very hot at highway speeds, I put 50psi in them and it seems to have fixed the problem.
There can be a lot of weight in the back of a troopy and the tyres look OK but really need more air in them.
I bought a Tyredog pressure monitor, it also measures the tyre temps, well worth it, if it saves one tyre it's paid for itself, they just screw onto the valve stem.
I have BFG tyres and run them at 40 psi in the front and 50 in the back, make sure you use brand name tubes, and if you go in the sand, seal the gap in the split rim or sand will get in and chafe the tube.
I stick with split rims because they are easy to fix a puncture on the side of the road, those beadbreakers and the like are not so easy if the tyre has been on a while.

For the split rim users like me,
As well as ensuring that the rims are rust free when you put them back together make sure that you or the tyre fitter removes the small white sticker that comes on a new tube. I had a couple that rolled up in to a ball and cause a pressure point on the tube and puntures them. You can see the hole is in the middle of the outline of the sticker.
Cheers
Trevor

Stevesub

I have been using Michelin tubes for many years and have never had a problem with them. When I bought the car it had well worn Bridgestone 694 tyres with Bridgestone tubes. There had been no repairs carried out on the tubes. I had to laugh one day when I was talking to Mick Hutton of Beadelll Tours and I asked what type of tubes he used in the deserts with his MRF tyres. I expected him to say MRF but he said "heavy duty Chinese" then added "not everything out of China is rubbish". I think any recognised quality brand should be ok but don't forget to put chalk in them.

I've got a 1993 troopy camper for 16 years close to 3.2 tons and had splits until last year. Ran all sorts of tyres on it best were Triangles had 2 sets with no punctures worst were BFG's. Tube quality is an issue lots of shops will sell or just stock the cheapest tubes. I did find that a good dose of talc in the tyre after a fix helped prevent further punctures.

Got carried away late last year and bought 4 MT muddies on steel rims 265x16.
Has transformed ride and grip on all roads. Have had one slow puncture out near Bourke fixed with a plug. Made a change to fixing tubes and splitting rims.

Done 10.000 on them at moment have settled on 30psi front and rear don't seem to get hot at my speed.
I am wondering if I should have more pressure in them. Anybody got any experience with this tyre type/size on the troopy camper

Thanks

those cheap tubes have another issue in that there darn hard to get a patch to stick to

before i knew about them i had been working exploration and we had micheling tubes and i fixed countless flats with no patch failure (proud of that )

then i changed mobs and i found my self constantly re fixing flats (tubes came in a big box labeled tubes r us or something)

penny still didnt drop until i changed mobs yet again and I was helping an old bushy fix one of the ute punctures
- he was beside himself - thought hed lost his touch as he couldnt get a patch to stick - tried new glue everything


bottom line is those tubes are about $16 retail and a quality tube is about $40

and is quick and simple for places to just replace the tube and bill you