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Old 03-05-2018, 01:05 AM   #36
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Re: tools to break down split rims

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Sorry but I gotta hijack. This reminds me of something from 1977 when I bought my '72 K20. It had split rims (lock ring wheels, actually) with new 7.50-16 highway tires. I drove straight to a tire shop to trade for Armstrong Rhino mud & snows which came with new liners folded up inside each tire. One wheel just would not balance. The guy finally gave up and removed the tire, only to find the brand-new liner still folded up inside the tire.

He put it back together, finished the job, thanked me for my business and asked me to please not come back as long as I had those wheels.
That guy was kind of a dumb bunny, yes? I'd be embarrassed to find that problem, would learn from it, and not repeat it. Though I really do prefer tubeless tires.
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