None of the posters here have killed themselves with split rims.

Posted by Chriscase [76.212.214.82] on Friday, July 30, 2010 at 23:42:30 :

In Reply to: combat or split rims posted by clueless [201.202.25.26] on Friday, July 30, 2010 at 21:29:45 :

At least none of the widows have emailed us to say so. ;)

Like any other mechanical contrivance, study it enough to understand how it works before using it.

There are several different designs of "split rims". Two piece, three piece, bolt together,... I suspect the most hazardous is NOT the Dodge wheels. They seem to have an undercut lip at the rim/ring interface. On assembly, the tire bead keeps the split ring from coming out of it's groove. If everything is clean and fresh, the air pressure in the tube locks the ring to the rim. Problems arise with bent and dirty parts that don't permit the proper seating together of the parts.

I've queried this site, and have found nobody that has had a rim problem, except for one rim the came apart at the rust line, NOT at the rim/ring interface. Split rims are NOT fool proof, but the problems are few and far between.

Follow Ups:

• Re: None of the posters here have killed themselves with split r - clueless 23:52:51 07/30/2010
  • Re: None of the posters here have killed themselves with split r - jsiebert 06:47:59 07/31/2010
    • Re: None of the posters here have killed themselves with split r - Kaegi 13:34:19 07/31/2010
      • Lots of interesting opinions here thanks I remember - clueless 16:06:54 07/31/2010
        • Re: Lots of interesting opinions here thanks I remember - Kaegi 20:09:51 07/31/2010
    • Re: None of the posters here have killed themselves with split r - clueless 10:57:25 07/31/2010

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