All:

I've got my new tires, flaps, rim washer and nut installed on the rims of my '29 Plymouth Roadster.  My question has to to with the placement of the reducer nut for the dust cover.  It appears on a diagram that the reducer nut would screw down over the brass stem and against top of the rim itself, then the felloe with wood spokes would go next, followed by the dust cover that would screw down on to the stem through the hole in the fellow...is this correct?

If this correct, I would find it impossible to get the felloe in place with the stem being held firmly in place with virtually no wiggle room.

According to Universal Tire (where I bought everything from), I am to put the felloe on first (which should be easier to do with wiggle room of the stem and very low, if any, air pressure in the tube) and then the reducer nut and dust cover.

If this is the correct way, the reducer nut will go down to the felloe, but the hole in the felloe is about 1" in diameter.  The reducer nut does not cover the hole 100%...is it supposed to?  I almost feel as if I'd need a washer of some type to be put on before the reducer nut and dust cover.

Is ther anyone who has experience with this?


Thanks for your help!

Ted

All:

I ordered  my Model TT wheel puller from Snyder's and it fits perfectly on the threads so I can get off the rear wheels...the probelm is, the bolt that is to be tightened against the axle is too short!  Has anyone else had this issue?

I assume I'll have to make a trip to Home Depot to get a longer bolt to make this work...

Ted

Thanks John!

Does anyone have an phone number for Gene?

I emailed him about a week ago and haven't received a reply...prior to that, I emailed him to inquire and he replied right away.  Now that I'd like to order, I can't get ahold of him

John - great to hear from you!

Decided to go with the black wall Lester tires...just trying to decide if I want to go with the brass (with hardware) stem or rubber stem...

I replied in another one of my posts about how hard might it might be trying to get the felloe onto the rim with the brass stem fully secured in place.  I assume it will be secured tightly under the rim with the nut and rim washer so there won't be much flexibility with it to install the felloe?

Thanks John...I've already emailed Gene and will get with him soon...trying to finalize what kind of tubes I'm going to go with (rubber or brass stem) first.  I've decided to go with the Lester black wall tires.

Also, I talked to Jay Fisher the other day about ordering a crank hole cover from him.

I emailed Jeff and he said he used nickel, however, he seemed to think it really wouldn't matter and I wouldn't lose points in a show.  I'm not really "point conscious" as I am I'd like to do it as original as possible.

Got the rims back today and want to order the tires and tubes by early next week.  I have a concern if I go with the brass stems with the hardware to mount to the rim.  I understand how the process works with securing the stem to the rim (from above and below) but I'm puzzled on how I'll be able to get the felloe on to the rim with the stem being straight up firmly in place on the rim.  At least with a rubber stem (which had been on the car for years) there would be a little flexibility to move it around and/or down to help in mounting the felloe to the rim.

Any thought on this on how to mount the felloe to the rim with the stiff/non-flexible stem?

Yes, there are nickel sleeves made to cover the rubber valve stems so the "look" is (supposedly) correct.  At Coker or Universal, they are about $14 each.

The brass or nickel stem tubes require wheel hardware that attaches the stem to the felloe and then there is a sleeve for those stems as well.  There is a good diagram on the Universal site of how it all goes together.  This method (with the tubes and hardware) is more expensive than the rubber stem tubes.  Since I have everything apart and the rims are being re-done and installing new tires, I was thinking about going the brass stem route only if this is the original and correct way.  But, it would definitely be more pratical and cheaper going with the rubber stems.

Does anyone know a supplier for these?  I want to replace these on my '29 and I found a company online who specializes in these...however, they are $43 EACH.

Here is the link:

http://colletizer.com/u_joint_disc.html

I've dropped off my rims to be refinished and I'm about to order my new tires, tubes and flaps.  My question is, what type of valve stem - rubber, nickel or brass?  The salesman at Universal Tire told me that all wood wheels should be using the brass stem.  A salesman at Coker told me nickel...I don't think they really know.

Does anyone on the board know?  Is the brass (or nickel) stem stronger and or different in appearance?  Does it really matter?  Of course, the rubber is cheaper and is what was on the car...

Thanks Gary...some bodily force got it off last time...I'll see what I can come up with.

Good Afternoon:

Having trouble pulling off the rear wheels/drums off the '29...any thoughts on how to do this without any damage?  I've had to do this once before a few years ago but don't recall having this much trouble.

Thanks...

Ted

Gary - what kind of tires are you running?

Quote from: chetbrz on September 19, 2011, 07:07:01 PM
Ted,

Beautiful Car !!!  So far you have done great.  Must be a show winner !!!

Cheers Chet and Welcome to the forum.

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Thanks  Chet!

Any thoughts on which color to go with on the rims?  Any thoughts on tire brand?

Greetings All:

New to this particular forum, but have posted on others.  Looking for feedback on what my plans are for putting on new tires and painting the rims.  I will attach a photo of my car with it's current configutation.  Tire size is 4.75/5.00x20 on wood spoke wheels.

1.  Decided to go with black wall tires this time because I think they are more original and authentic.  Looking at Lester, BF Goodrich and maybe even Firestone (a Model "A" tire?).

2.  I believe I have decided to go with black rims as opposed to cadmium colored.  I have seen it done both ways (both ways with a black wall tire).  There is a photo I have (you may have seen it) with a '29 Roadster coming off the assembly line with this combination, although you can see that the spokes are painted and can bairly see the pin striping on the spokes.

Any thoughts, ideas, constructive criticism?

Thanks!

Ted