Re: [ihc] Center-splitting rims

[Dave Nuenke <dnuenke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 14:03 -0700 11/3/03, tsm1@domain.elided wrote:
>  >If they come apart in nearly the center of the rim, into two nearly equal
> > size pieces (with the center attached to one of the two pieces) they are
> > DANGEROUS GARBAGE !! Original IH or NOT !! If they have a split ring on one
> > side of the rim that comes off of the rest of the rim, they are split rims,
> > and OK.
> Greg,
>
> By "split nearly in the center" you mean, if mounted on the truck, the
> wheels come apart roughly in the center of the tire tread?
>
> Which would be different from something like a Hummer beadlock wheel.

I've seen and worked on plenty of rims like this, however they have 
all been on low speed applications (like the forklift at work). For 
non highway apps, I think they are fine, but I didn't think they were 
ever used for high speed stuff. BTW these "center split" rims are 
great on a forklift because they make flats really easy to fix, a 
good thing with the number of them we get.

Dave Nuenke



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