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Lock Ring Wheel Advice

M92PV4U said:
Too late. That is the worst one, it is in the picture above.
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Replied before I scrolled all the way down. If the ring has a flange that goes under the bead of the tire it should be fine once aired up.

You did it how I would have, given the circumstances. I’ve probably done a few hundred split rims during my time as a mechanic in the Air Force. Most in a cage. A few without
 
I had it parked on a piece of steel so we had support for the jack and stands. When I got finished I realized that it was leaking coolant, upon further inspection, it's leaking from the water pump. I had my worker steam clean it and as expected with points, it wouldn't start :homer:. He dried it out, cleaned the fouled plugs.... still no start :confused:. We fucked with it and cycled the points by hand, has spark, but not when cranking. We filed and set the points to no avail. We changed and set the points, fired right off.
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I normally cage it or put it under something to get the ring seated in place and then let the air down to like 20 and install it and then air it back up and don’t get in front of it . Drive it around a bit to make sure. Duals are best because the rings are inside facing each other. Those outside ones are the only ones I cringe on. I guess a well driller has to have some sort of champ forklift, running or not. I have two, one is field art. They do have leaf springs in the rear. I do know tire guy that ate a lockring without a cage . He lived but was out like six months and he never done another tire
 
I let it air up to 40 psi~ under the forks, with the valve core removed pulled the hose and installed the core. I aired them up to 80 psi after they were installed.
 
did you splatter talcum powder in there to make sure the tube can slide around as the beads seat and the tire inflates?
otherwise the tube sticks to what it's pressed against and it ends up stretching all in a few small areas instead of evenly

learned that one from watching street shitters on youtube
 
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did you splatter talcum powder in there to make sure the tube can slide around as the beads seat and the tire inflates?
otherwise the tube sticks to what it's pressed against and it ends up stretching all in a few small areas instead of evenly

learned that one from watching street shitters on youtube
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No, I didn't know to do that. I did have to reuse the old tubes and they were slippery as fuck for some reason though.
 
I have that bar to install the lock rings, but I didn't know what it was for. I just started one side and smacked it on with the rubber hammer :homer:.
 
arse_sidewards said:
That's a weird fucking fork lift. I've never seen one with a sprung axle, beyond some shit that was cobbled together out of old trucks 80yr ago.
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I have a handful of forklifts that are spung,some of them are late as 1990 model. And they are factory,small factory buy still
 
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