houdel

WARNING!! WARNING!! WARNING!!

I earlier added this as a reply to a previous post, but felt it was important enough to deserve its own posting. I realize few of us have enough cash to take our Deuce to the local truck stop every time we need to take a wheel off or even change a tire, and besides it is way to much fun to DIY anyhow. But do it safely, or you could end up dead.

The previous post mentioned several times to always use an inflation cage or chains when inflating split rim tires. This is extremely important! NEVER inflate a split rim tire without a cage or chains wrapped and secured at three or four locations around the tire & rim. If the ring doesn't seat properly as the tire is inflating, the air pressure WILL blow the ring off with deadly force!

Make sure the split ring is facing away from you (split ring down on the ground if you are using chains), and do use a locking tire chuck and at least 10' of hose!

I lost a good friend who just leaned the tire up against his shop wall and tried to inflate his tire with a hand chuck. The ring didn't seat, blew off the rim, hit him in the chest and killed him instantly. I realize probably a billion or so split rims have been inflated without incident; but don't you be the billionth and one who gets severely injured or killed!

Also, NEVER put ANY part of your body under ANY part of a vehicle supported only by a jack! ALWAYS use a jack stand rated for the load you will be placing on it, or solid double set blocking. In my 10 years as a paramedic, I have been on two fatal runs on guys who just needed to crawl under their car for a second and figured the jack would hold. It didn't!

Always be super careful when mounting those tires and at all times when working under your vehicles. I already know three people who are dead from a moment's worth of carelessness, I don't want to know of a fourth. BE SAFE at all times!


The previous post, FYI, was
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/index.p...ght=split+rims

wallew

A buddy of mine in Germany told a similar story regarding split rings. In this incident, the soldier did about the same thing. However, the split ring broke and flew across the shop and decapitated him.

Needless to say it ruined EVERYONE'S day in the shop. To say nothing of the dead guy.

Better to be safe than sorry. And I REALLY LIKE the 'lay it on the ground with the split ring facing down AND a locking chuck with at least 10 ft of hose' advice!

jim

liljohn

Great advice on the jack stands, too. My brother is a FF, last summer he went out on a fatality, some guys working on a car lifted up with a forklift. 16 Y/O kid bought it when a $20 set of jackstands could have saved his life.

jimk

I have a video of a guy taking a high power rifle shot at a split rim tire.It shows how fast that piece of metal can movel.I'll see if I can download it to the video section now.It is 2PM.

JimK

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builder77

One of my long time friends has a plate in his head from a rim comming apart when inflating. I think he was stationed in Germany when it happened. When he woke he was back in the States. Luckly he made it ok, and even has some disability pay to boot. Oh and he has some memory problems too. I had never heard of using multiple chains, but it sounds like a good idea.

Towman2277

Thanks for the video....

liljohn

Just watched that video. The guy with the gun is one lucky sob....

JRBAMATEX

This may be a dumb question but I would feel better with input from you guys on this. Due to the danger of inflating split rims and everything I have heard. I am so freaked out about this that even when I am just checking and adding air pressure to take the stears up to around 60 PSI and the rears to 50-55 PSI I am sweating bullets. I have the snap on air chuck and the long hose and the distribution andle with the built in pressure guage so I can stand behind the truck while airing up the tires. When I go around to take the chuck off the stem I can just see the ring taking off my hand at any moment. I have had experienced people tell me that once the ring is set and there is air in the tires and they have been running that it's safe but I'm still not sure.

I should just chill out about this right?

Djfreema

That is the same thought running through my head as I'm filling up. On the video, is that just from shooting an inflated tire/rim or are there explosives involved?