no more split rims

[lgehring]

Good evening
I removed my split rim color matched original 16in 8hole wheels from my 66c20 today. I put on the modern plainjane white steelies. It will be nice not to injure myself when I have a flat! Is there any interest at all for the split rims? Lowell

[padresag]

Originally Posted by lgehring

Good evening
I removed my split rim color matched original 16in 8hole wheels from my 66c20 today. I put on the modern plainjane white steelies. It will be nice not to injure myself when I have a flat! Is there any interest at all for the split rims? Lowell

have you injured yourself before on these?
ron

[sodly]

Pics?

[oem4me]

Like yourself, most owners avoid the split rims. That said, there's a few of us interested in putting our trucks back to stock, including the split rims. I'd love to find a nice set within a reasonable driving distance.

[padresag]

what configuration, size and year?
ron

[dfusision001]

Funny I was just about to post asking about original split rims! Im new owner I want the stock look, and I found someone locally selling a set of split rims and wanted to know if they would work for my truck. Are these what u guys call split rims?

[G&R's57GMC]

Yep those are Split Rims (KILLERS) and they are for Tube Type Bias Ply tires ONLY.

Good luck on finding a tire shop that is equipped to mount and inflate those , They need a cage to contain the explosion of the rim. Many a tire installer have been killed or seriously injured inflating old split rims.

You would have to find a Truck Tire Shop that is equipped and willing to mess with them.

Now before the " I've been doing split rims for years" crowd jumps in, They have been LUCKY and the next one could be the one your luck runs out on.

Back in the day the idea of a split rim was to make it possible to repair the tube in the field using hand tools and a hand pump.

That was then, when people didn't sue if they were injured or killed .

And 50 years to the rim a bit of rust and wear on the lock ring and rim and your looking at a potential Killer. These wheels have been known to blow the split rim off going down the road and kill someone else just driving along minding there own business.

Besides all that The wheel is real heavy and so is the tube & tire, and don't stop or turn well.

[padresag]

Originally Posted by G&R's57GMC

Yep those are Split Rims (KILLERS) and they are for Tube Type Bias Ply tires ONLY.

Good luck on finding a tire shop that is equipped to mount and inflate those , They need a cage to contain the explosion of the rim. Many a tire installer have been killed or seriously injured inflating old split rims.

You would have to find a Truck Tire Shop that is equipped and willing to mess with them.

Now before the " I've been doing split rims for years" crowd jumps in, They have been LUCKY and the next one could be the one your luck runs out on.

Back in the day the idea of a split rim was to make it possible to repair the tube in the field using hand tools and a hand pump.

That was then, when people didn't sue if they were injured or killed .

And 50 years to the rim a bit of rust and wear on the lock ring and rim and your looking at a potential Killer. These wheels have been known to blow the split rim off going down the road and kill someone else just driving along minding there own business.

Besides all that The wheel is real heavy and so is the tube & tire, and don't stop or turn well.

one can get whacked crossing the road to! If one looks and makes sure that it is safe first the odds diminish.
ron
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[MusicMan70]

I ended up just giving mine away gratis.

[66Submarine]

FWIW, those are NOT the ones that everyone talks about killing people; the ones that earned the "widowmaker" moniker are the Firestone RH-5 type. The locking ring type is still used today.

[padresag]

rims do not kill anyone, it is usually carelessness or ignorance that causes the problem. Just like guns do not kill people; someone has to pull the trigger.
ron

[LostMy65]

1948 chevy truck split rim just about killed my dad.
He was just putting a little air in the tire and the ring blew off taking his whole scalp off.

[LostMy65]

I'm not going to turn this thread into a debate.
But some things are built that are later found to be hazardous prone. That's why things are recalled, or discontinued.
People have been killed by faulty designed equipment.
How insensitive it would be to say someone who got killed because some piece of equipment failed was their own fault because they were ignorant and careless.

[66Submarine]

"Split rim" defines a lot of things. Most agree the Firestone RH-5 was a bad design, but not all "split rims" are those. Also, the wheel that almost took your dad's head off may very well have been previously damaged by someone else.

[jtrichard]

check this out they even call them multipiece wheels not split rims http://simonlawpc.com/tire-rim-explosion this is a real split rim http://forums.aaca.org/attachments/f...it-rims-3-.jpg http://forums.aaca.org/attachments/f...it-rims-4-.jpg also see this http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=536825&page=2

[padresag]

http://www.tireindustry.org/pdf/osha_Demount-Mount.pdf
ron

[jonzcustomshop]

Originally Posted by padresag

http://www.tireindustry.org/pdf/osha_Demount-Mount.pdf
ron

that is a great read! I have always wondered how all that worked!

I punched it in on youtube to see what it looked like in action:
http://youtu.be/_3_PMhBa_-c

[B_Bob]

Check out this slow mo action. I can't believe what that does to the steel cage!

Tire Explosion Video.mov - YouTube

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