Tubes in Tubeless Tires?

I just picked up a used set of Remington Cushion-Aire Poly-4 bias ply tires. They say tubeless on them but the previous owner had tubes in them.

Is there any reason I should run tubes?

Thanks

 

Maybe he had a leaky bead, maybe they are cracked and are leaking, maybe the wheels leaked......and he didnt want to deal with it.

 

Reasons someone would be using tubes in tubeless tires would include; multiple leaks, punctures in locations not repairable, won't seal on the flanges of the wheels being used, the design of the wheels causes them to leak.

If you can run without tubes, that is better.

The inside of some tubeless tires is not tube friendly.

 

Just remember the baby powder.....

 

i've run tubes in tubeless tires for years. Mostly because i prefer this over patching. In another case, it was due to leaky bead (factory oem aluminum rims).


Smokey Yunick said it's ok to run them in tubeless tires so.........

 

Right idea,,............wrong material........baby powder usually contains some form of "oil" that can be harmful to rubber products.......better to use tire talc made for the purpose or perhaps corn starch.

Ray

 

Been running tubes in the Nova for 3 years now with no problems....

 

old rims dont have wheelocks so you need tubes.

 

The guy said he bought them mounted on '50 Plymouth wheels, and he's guessing tubes were used because the valve stem openings were too big for generic ones to fit.

I currently have tubeless radials mounted on my '56 Buick without leaks, so if the beads are all good, I think I'll try to mount them up without tubes.

 

Make sure they use the black bead seating goo on the old rims. Most old rims has a flaw somewhere on the bead seating portion and will make for a slow leak-down with tubeless.