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Running early Fuchs

Running early Fuchs

by JD Westy » Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:35 pm
I had problems with Gas burners in the past and now my Early Fuchs I,m having to run inner tubes and as on my Gas Burners before them now one of the Fuchs inner tubes has gone pop on the way to the MOT station is there a safe and reliable way to run early fuchs as daily wheels or do I need to give up and go repro :(
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Re: Running early Fuchs

by Oldspeed 65 » Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:31 pm
You can fit larger valves off a tractor and run them without inner tubes, works a treat on mine.
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Re: Running early Fuchs

by sidewinder » Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:03 pm
If you are running OG Fuchs or gasburners for that matter and decide to run them without an inner tube then you are in danger of having a rapid deflation if the tyre bead gets pushed off the rim slighty.

Modern car rims and replica Fuchs have a groove moulded in them to hold the tyre bead in place.

My original Fuchs don't have a groove to hold the tyre bead in place, so although I'm running tubeless tyres, I'm running them with an inner tube.

Fit a good quailty Michelin inner tube as the cheapo ones are rubbish. That cured my problems with punctures. The rough insides of the tubeless tyre seem to rub the cheapo inner tubes until they pinhole. I switched to Michelin inner tubes and have only had one puncture in 4 years.
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Re: Running early Fuchs

by Grant Draper » Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:42 pm
i run early fuchs, i have inner tubes in back, and tube less in front, but got garage to put black rubber stuff on inner rims to make a good seal, one note of caution i had a flat at brighton breeze, had to buy new tyre my tyre guy pulled me over and the rims of the tyre were knackerd, reason the last garage did not fit right, ie my tyre guy turned the wheel upside down on his tyre machine, tyre went on a treat. if done with wheel other way up because of deep rims tyre can be a bug.er to fit.
8O :wink:
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Re: Running early Fuchs

by JD Westy » Tue Nov 17, 2009 4:14 am
I,ll take the rims to the tyre fitter today and see if there cheapo tubes if they are I,ll go the mitchelin route if he can source them thank,s for the input guys
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Re: Running early Fuchs

by paul_f » Tue Nov 17, 2009 7:28 am
Late 15" fuchs and 16" have the safety bead
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Re: Running early Fuchs

by JD Westy » Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:52 pm
my tyre place have said mitchelin dont do tubes for the tyre sizes I,m running so it,s the big valves for me not exactly happy but hey ho thems the breaks
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Re: Running early Fuchs

by 59 pick up » Mon Dec 07, 2009 5:42 am
french chalk
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Re: Running early Fuchs

by wellard » Mon Dec 07, 2009 2:39 pm
what do you call as early Fuch's
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Re: Running early Fuchs

by JD Westy » Tue Dec 08, 2009 1:38 am
with hearts
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