Heads Up: 10.50-16 directional tyres

[Tony Smith]

It appears there might be some of these tyres for sale in South Australia

[Hanno Spoelstra]

For reference: NOS 12 ply 10.50-16 tyre, made in Canada by Goodrich - Silvertown (for sale by Dirk Leegwater).

[44k6]

Hi Guys,
I’ve just bought a pair of Coker 10.50x16 tyres and I’m having real difficulty in fitting them to my Bedford OY wheels, has anyone ever fitted them to a Bedford or Austin rim ?, I’d be interested to hear how you achieved it. 😃

[Paul Singleton]

Bob Carriere made up tools to mount tires onto British type military wheels. The thread is in the restoration forum and is titled installing 9:00-16 tires on CMP wheels. The date of the post is 05-01-16. I can’t post a link to it here for some reason, but you should be able to find the post.

[Bob Carriere]

Makes sure the inside of your rim is very clean..... we use a needle gun to remove the larger rust / crust then sandblast and eventually paint them with nice shiny enamel paint which reduces friction.

Snot...... you need some lubricant used by the professional large truck tire shops...... bring a one liter container and beg for a hand full. The stuff is really like snot/mucus and pulls like taffy or stringnie vaseline and is specially formulated for rubber and is not water base so will not cause rust on the rim.

Good luck.

Bob C

[44k6]

My wheel has been sand blasted and primed and minimal top coat, there does seem to be a slight rise in the steel inside edge which I’m going to take a grinder to, the problem we’ve got is that the tyre won’t even begin to slide over the rim, I’ve got two professional tyre fitters and all the gear, do I need to think about sanding the rubber down on the bead ?. Thanks for all your info, at £290 each I don’t want to mess the tyre up.

[Grant Bowker]

The link - for ease of finding:
http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ght=installing