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robcouzens

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I have a set of 16" modular wheels on my disco
At the moment one had a puncture. I took it to my tyre guy and he found it had a tube inside even though its a tubeless BF Goodrich tyre. Anyway we removed the tube but when attempting to just pump up the tyre we could not find a valve to fit the hole.

Is this normal that the valve is larger on modular wheels from everyday wheels? And anyone know why a tube might have been used up until now?
 
ok next question, anyone know where i can get a larger than normal valve for this wheel coz my tyre guy and kwik-fit didnt have any?
 
thats coz it sounds like one of the early series rims - they are not designed for tubeless tyres - hence the tube and a bigger valve hole.
 
ahh yes its a series 1 disco.
ok so i should now be looking into getting new rims?
will i still be able to get new tubeless style ones in the correct pcd? or convert the PCD to 5x120 like the newer models?

Or am I better finding a new tube? the kwikfit guy advised against
 
ahh what a nightmare,
and there i was just aiming to get this thing on the road in time to play in the snow.
They were already on the car and the other 3 are fine, i just wanted to sort this so all 4 wheels matched because the spare on there is a RR rim
 
for off roading you want tubes, buy a new tube for like a tenner£ and be happy mud inbetween the tyre and wheel dont mean a flat
 
Nothing wrong with modular wheels, mine are strong enough, have a good offset and look alright. Just get another tube and get it fitted, the kwik fit bloke doesn't know what he's talking about.

Even if you did get a valve to fit in the hole the rim isn't designed to be tubless so chances are it probably wouldn't seal anyway.
 
discoboy84 said:
for off roading you want tubes, buy a new tube for like a tenner£ and be happy mud inbetween the tyre and wheel dont mean a flat
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why do you want tubes for offroadin?

if you have aggressive mud tyres you often will find that the inside of the tyre would just wear thru an inner tube thats why most are tubeless
 
There are tyre valves available to fit the larger hole as found in series type wheels. I used them in a forward control rims that I have run tubeless.
In some cases if using tubes with these larger type hole , if the tube has a smaller diameter valve you have to use a plastic collar .
You can run tubes in all tyres, the only thing to remember is to make sure you remove any inspection labels inside the tyre casing as these are what cause any problems , due to the adhesive causing local perishing of the tube . You therefore need to abrade the casing in the spot that label was fitted. Schrader make the larger valve . HTSH :)
 
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