C60L replacement tyres

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Cory

As said by others US NDCC 11:00x20 are a direct replacement with no modification to rim necessary. I think your real question is driven by your location Bittern, VIC which not every one is noticing is in Australia, so if I might which tires or vehicles in Australia would be appropriate direct replacements which would not require modification to the tire or rim.

As stated US NDCC 11:00x20 make a nice replacement, they give a CMP a little rubber overdrive for the highway. As to them fitting the rims there has been an issue of some tires being made for a different rim angle. I have not found on any of my CMPs that this has been an issue. What I have found is that the rims need to be very clean and if possible painted. Passed experience as shown that cleaning the rim very is important. But be careful of over aggressive use of a sandblaster you want the remove the rust but not roughen the metal. Very fine grade blast media, clean then paint the rims let the paint really dry before mounting the tires.

You will appreciate the time and effort of cleaning and painting the rims the next time you un-mount a tire.

Only other modification to new tires I've encountered is needing to trim casting excess and smooth the lip of the tire that first makes contact with the rim. Use lots of the rubber lubricant.

With used tires cleaning the rim areas to remove any dirt, paint or rust.

Please let us know how you make out.


Cheers Phil

[Bob McNeill]

Since you are only looking for cheap replacements until you can afford good ones , go to your local tyre service, get 10.00 X 20 or 11.00 X 20 drive [ lug ] tyres with some life left, trim the 15% inner edge off with sharp knife, fit and enjoy. road pattern are so much quieter.

[jack neville]

US NDCC tyres will go on WD rims but they are very hard to get off. You will most likely find you will need to get a truck tyre centre to remove them. I recently fitted 10.50 x 16 tyres to WD rims. Tyres were 'Specialty Tyres of America" brand. One went flat and I had to get a truck place to press the tyre off. Problem is the 5 degree angle on US tyres which has been well covered in other threads on this forum.

[Harry Moon]

You shouldn't break the bead on the 16 inch until you throw them out. Pull the rim half's apart and block them with wood blocks until you can pull the tube out one side at a time.
I posted a thread on that last year i think.
20 inch rims of mine have come apart very easy compared to the 16's.

this thread http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=18748

[rob love]

Cory:
When you do get whatever size 20" tire you decide to go with, do let us know how easily or tough they are to install. As I and some others have experienced, we have had no issues mounting 20" tires onto the 20 inch rims. Others are relating that they have. I suspect others are transferring the problems they had with 16" modern tires on the WD rims into this 20" discussion.

So let us know how it goes with 20" tires.

[Cory Saunders]

Thanks for the advice guys.

So will NDT tyres fit the WD rims as well? After looking into these they seem to be more readily available here in AUS compared to the NDCC.

I'll let you know I get on.

Cheers

[motto]

What this all boils down to is that any 20" tyre should go on your 20" Blitz wheels so long as the width is not to different to the 10.50. I've seen them with 12.00 - 20 on them when cheap ex Acco tyres were about.

Be wary of agricultural tyres, some are marked 'for implement use only' or 'not for highway use' and may be strictly speed limited.

The W8 specification may refer to a load rating. Your tyre service should be able to tell you.

David