Tyre flaps

wwwfc666 · Jan 31, 2016

Was interested to see how many people run there Land Rover (tubed tyres) with tyre flaps
It's supposed to protect the inner tube from the rivets etc in the wheel so I'm told.
I've taken a good few tyres of, but never come across any flaps around the inside of the wheel.
Any ideas where you can purchase said item? eBay maybe.?

John S · Jan 31, 2016

Never heard of such a thing. I ran ancient BFGoodrich Trac Edges with inner tubes but never had any problems with rubbing on the rivets. Sounds like same principle as a bicycle wheel. I'd be interested to know if such thing exists. It would have to be very tight so it doesn't slip inside the tyre?

tottot · Jan 31, 2016

You would find them in military split rim wheels in time gone by,to prevent pinching of the tube in the join between the two halves.No point in a solid rim.

wwwfc666 · Jan 31, 2016

tottot said:
You would find them in military split rim wheels in time gone by,to prevent pinching of the tube in the join between the two halves.No point in a solid rim.

Nice one. Thanks for info.

John S · Feb 1, 2016

Interesting. Would that be for larger military vehicles such as armoured or trucks?

Blackburn · Feb 1, 2016

My series 1 86" had split rims and it was not ex military.

wammers · Feb 1, 2016

Blackburn said:
My series 1 86" had split rims and it was not ex military.

But the wheels were.

tottot · Feb 1, 2016

John S said:
Interesting. Would that be for larger military vehicles such as armoured or trucks?

Seen them on smaller stuff like gun limbers and trailers as well as trucks.

Tyre flaps

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