Hoosier 28x10-17 need tubes?

[Supercharged SS]

Originally Posted by Turbo99

What screws did you use? I bought the 1/4" x 3/4" screws Mr.Gasket but the same as Moroso and others and I measured the tire andwheel thickness and the both are only 5/8" so the screw would go through the tire and for sure cause a leak, I did not install them and was going to try to find some 1/2" long ones.

Also if the screws go through wouldn't it pop the tubes, if it had tubes?

I run screws and tubes and have never had an issue.

[Turbo99]

Originally Posted by Supercharged SS

I run screws and tubes and have never had an issue.

Did you measure your wire/tire thickness? Was that on the 17" or your 16" (screws)? I remember you said you had some thicker wheels from Bogart. I can't see how the tip og the screw going all the way through the tire wouldn't pop the tube, yours must not have gone through.

[SSE 4 2SS]

Originally Posted by Turbo99

What screws did you use? I bought the 1/4" x 3/4" screws Mr.Gasket but the same as Moroso and others and I measured the tire andwheel thickness and the both are only 5/8" so the screw would go through the tire and for sure cause a leak, I did not install them and was going to try to find some 1/2" long ones.

Also if the screws go through wouldn't it pop the tubes, if it had tubes?

The rubber of the bead seals very tight around the screws... But as I mentioned, diligence to tire pressures is a must...

[Supercharged SS]

Originally Posted by Turbo99

Did you measure your wire/tire thickness? Was that on the 17" or your 16" (screws)? I remember you said you had some thicker wheels from Bogart. I can't see how the tip og the screw going all the way through the tire wouldn't pop the tube, yours must not have gone through.

Come on. Do you think I measured the screws. Be happy that I remembered what brand the were!!

Even on a regular Bogart my tubes never leaked.

Tire screw with no tubes started to leak as soon as I went down to 16 psi. This happened overnight. It wasn't quick.

[Turbo99]

I am just not confident in how a purtruding screw won't pop the tube. Guess ill find out ifs e spin tomorrow night.

[Allanski]

Screws and they leak and go flat? Experts ring in here this is a weekend warrior fun car only. Tubes for hoosier 17's?

[Turbo99]

I am thinking of doing 1/8"+ of washers with mine so it won't go completely through the wheel/tire combo. I miced .625 thickness for my wheel/tire combo so I am going to do .600 ish worth of screw.

[Blue70SS]

Originally Posted by Supercharged SS

Maybe the wheel is out of round.

I'll check closer... almost positive the outside of the rim looked good as I spun it, but it could be an inside edge problem. My Weld rims seem to be tougher than the previous Bogarts and closer tolerances, plus I install them at the track.... so no road damage possible unless a LCA came in contact with the rim.

I had a good burnout and was staged forever while my competition took his sweet time on 1 pass, so maybe just one side of the tire cooled off and distorted it? I'll have to throw it on a balancer and check the runout #s closer and maybe call Hoosier afterwards if nothing points to the rim.

[Supercharged SS]

17" tubes:


http://www.highhorseperformance.com/.../288088-15.htm

[04GOAT-11SS]

You can always grind the screws down a little so they don't poke through the tire bead. Just recently did this on a friends Chevelle.

[Turbo99]

Originally Posted by 04GOAT-11SS

You can always grind the screws down a little so they don't poke through the tire bead. Just recently did this on a friends Chevelle.

Well if you grind a 1/4" off then you have no tip, hows the screw start itself in the tire?

[Supercharged SS]

Originally Posted by Turbo99

Well if you grind a 1/4" off then you have no tip, hows the screw start itself in the tire?

Start them, pull them out, cut them, then rethread? Sounds good to me. Or just but 1/4" shorter tire screws, if available.

[Turbo99]

I have looked for 1/2" screws...none for the application, but I am not sure you need grade 8, there shouldn't be much load on them, the air pressure holds the bead for the most part. But its not easy to find 1/2" long screws either that have a nice coarse thread and will work.