Split rims & tubes

[Dhuck]

40. Only just got my learners when working there

[Finly Owner]

you me and Tony are real local lads then.

[Dhuck]

That we are mate. Been living in this area for 30 years.

[Cuppa]

Still got your split rims Rossco? Check out this link. Lots of good stuff from folks who get out there regularly.

http://www.beadelltours.com.au/rim_debate.html

Cuppa

[DX grunt]

Still got your split rims Rossco? Check out this link. Lots of good stuff from folks who get out there regularly.

http://www.beadelltours.com.au/rim_debate.html

Cuppa

Yeah I have. I've started to develop that 'death wobble' that everybody's talking about. The two spares on the back are still brand new, so I'm gunna put them on the front and see how that goes. It's going in for a major service next week and the mechanic is a Guvvie vehicle examiner, so I'll go through the threads and tell him what everybody else has had problems with. The perfect, fault finding, shortcut - I think. lol.

My mate is gunna give me 5 Sunnies, for free - off his GQ - Talk about swallowing my pride. hahahahaha. I just gotta get off my butt and go for a drive. I need a 6th one, though.

Rossco

[Cuppa]

Dunno about death wobbles on Patrols, but had them on our Nissan Civilian bus (also with split rims) when in SW WA east of Denmark. Bloody scary it was too. Once the steering wheel started shaking it I couldn't hold it. Only thing that stopped the shaking was to slow to below 30kph, not exactly what anyone following would expect. Tried various remedies, but what worked was changing the two front tyres for new ones. It hurt to junk tyres that looked ok & had plenty of tread, but it fixed the problem. I believe the previous owner had run them at to low a pressure. Earlier we had had a noticeable 'step' on each side of the front tyres, but without any handling problems over several thousand kms. By the time we go to WA the 'step' had all but gone, but I suspect that something else must have already occurred to the tyre construction that wasn't readily apparent. The problem came on quite suddenly (over a couple of days) as opposed to getting gradually worse.

Are you suggesting that the split rims can sometimes be the cause of the shakes? If so why?

I had been thinking about maybe looking out for some alloys to save weight & to make lifting the spares up & down a bit easier, but reading here about the problems with wheel nuts coming undone I think I'll stick with steel. When you get your sunnies let me know how they compare in weight to the Telstra split rims please.

Cuppa

[DX grunt]

Must admit I haven't checked the tyre pressure lately. I'm a naughty boy. I got told to run them at 45psi, which I have been.

Some of the roads over here are cr@p, and I put it down to skinny tyres being caught in the truck 'ruts'. not sure if that's true.

Will let you know.

Rossco

[janderson]

Talking about letting air out of tyres with split rims and tubes is a very sensitive issue and not a lot of people are prepared to commit to answer this question, so I won't be offended if you don't.

Q. Is it safe to let down tyre pressure in tyres with split rims/tubes?

Q. If you had split rims/tubes and were going beach driving, what pressure, if any, would you let them down to?

I currently run mine at 45psi. (Cheesecutters)

Ross
DX grunt

In the current Pat Callinan’s 4x4 mag, the story about the G60 crossing on the Simpson. They said that they were running low 20’s and for Big Red they used 10psi. The G60 was using split rims.