I haven't had a tire shop give me any trouble about mounting 235/85/16's on
the 5.5" rims. Costco did refuse to mount the tires with tubes, however.
They could and did mount the tires, without tubes, on the non tubeless rims
without asking me. Seems a lot more liability with the non tubeless
construction of the rims than with the 5.5" width of the rims. I don't know
how successful tubeless rims are at holding the bead on but have heard lots
of stories of the bead coming off on non tubeless rims whe run at low
pressure. One guy with a hot VW even rolled a tire off at high pressure.
Luckily for him there was a lot of open area to spin out of control after
the bead popped off.
Aloha
Peter
Mounting my 235/85/16's TracEdges with tubes on later 109 rims the old
fashioned way with tire irons and big hammer.
>From: "Jim Hall" <jimfoo@qwest.net>
>Reply-To: lro@works.team.net
>To: lro@Works.Team.Net
>Subject: Re: LRO: Re: tyres (tires) and sizes
>Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 10:53:36 -0600
>
>They have put them on my 5" rims before.
>
>DaveB wrote:
> >
> > --- Richard.Clarke@nre.vic.gov.au wrote:
> > > I am surprised that in the USA (that place that the rest of the world
> > > sees as
> > > the land of litigation) that they are being fitted to, and
> > > recommended for 5.5
> > > inch rims - or have they now decided they are 'approved' for the
> > > narrower rim?
> >
> > nope. all the catalogs spec a 6" or wider rim. but the tire shop isn't
> > likely to argue since they want your $$$ and they know they don't have
> > a new set of rims to sell you. I did have one shop where an older
> > gentleman refused to fit any tubelss tire to my rims whatsoever. smart
> > cookie..
> >
> > dave
> >
> > =====
> > They can kill you, but the legalities of eating you are quite a bit
>dicier.
> >
> > David Foster Wallace
> >
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>--
>Jim Hall
>1966 88" Elephant Chaser
>http://www.users.qwest.net/~jimfoo
>"You know, I never really damaged my Rover 'till I started wheeling
>with Jim." Mitch Stockdale
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