Right before going out to Daytona I decided to put the vintage Raders I bought dirt cheap on my wife's '60 Chevy wagon. By the time I got them back from the shop where I had my tires mounted three of them were flat. I reinflated them and sprayed them with soapy water for leaks and just as I suspected they were leaking from the areas where the centers are riveted to the outers. Thank God there was one Auto Zone open on Thanksgiving Day and a used tire shop. I ended up putting inner tubes in them. I didn't want to but I had very little choice with what time I had. Anyway as I was waiting in line for the vendor area at TTR some ol' timer was begging me to sell him the 'RADARS'. I told him no way, but I asked him and several other greybeards about sealing issuers with these wheels. They all said that wheels leaked even when new. I've used inner tubes many times over the years and have had no problems, I hope it's this way again. BTW, the wheels really woke the old wagon up, it looks great but the wife doesn't like 'em too much. Oh well I'll slap 'em on my '54. I'll post pics.
I was wondering about those rivets on mine as well. Good to know. I was going to try and seal mine up with some POR 15 or something. I would imagine that they would eventually end up leaking anyway. Nads, what kind of lug nut did you end up using? I tried using the collared lugs from my Torque thrusts on them but they are too small. It looks like they take some funky washer deal. Any good source for them?
What the **** are you talking about you goofy old brown *******?? Radir Wheels? KEE-RIIIST!! radIr. with an I.
You already found out what I was about to tell you, Radars were popular sometime before tubeless tires were even heard of. Tubeless tires weren't becoming popular until the late fifties. Good luck with your Radars, I like'em. Flatheads forever!!
There's a lot of info and links on this page: http://www.roadsters.com/wheels/ Maybe there something useful on there... Maurice...
[ QUOTE ] Radir Wheels? KEE-RIIIST!! radIr. with an I. [/ QUOTE ] The originals were spelled RADER. With an E.
RADERS were sold in the early 60s, AFTER tubeles tires became POPULAR. Use RTV Silicone to seal up the inside, that is how the wire wheel companies do it. .
Yeah they seal wire wheels with rtv silicone, and yeah wire wheels always leak- at least all the ones I've owned. I always end up with tubes but have heard that friction can cause them to overheat inside. Is there anything to this?
Yea, the original Raders were spelled with an "E". You would think all these traditional rat rodders would know that
[ QUOTE ] ha ha ha the gramer boys got schooled [/ QUOTE ] just what i was thinking. looks to me like a bad case of a young guy with too much shopping and not enough history learned. you mean to tell me Von Douche did more than just sell jeans??? trey
Plowboy, I bought my lug nuts from Auto Zone for .99 each including the washers. Mine were 7/16" thread with 5/8" collars and the washers were the perfect size. The holes in the wheels are right at 5/8". My wheels are actually marked M/T which I'm ***uming means Mickey Thompson. They're also dated 1965. And Noah, I guess some dudes don't get sarcasm.
phew nads, you had me worried there, i thought i was gonna read about the ONE bad wheel out of your set of 4! the cd rocks btw.
Actually ray, believe it or not your's was the only good one. Ain't that a gas? Thanks again for the wheel pal. Glad you think the CD rocks, most people use it to scare birds outta their vegetable patch. BTW, we're gonna be Hasil Adkins back up band on December 20th, that's gonna be the strangest gig of my life.
Ha - I'm a grammar nazi!!! Trey, I think it's supposed to be spelled Gey! JUST KIDDING!! Hasil Adkins, doesn't he cover CRAMPS songs?? JUST KIDDING!! I'm gonna put "just kidding" after everything I write now. JUST KIDDING!! =NOAH=
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