Wanted: Lend Lease Chev rim and tyres in AUS

[Lionelgee]

Originally Posted by motto

This reminds me of Sigfried who was the head of KAOS in the Get Smart series. He wore what he referred to as a suicide ring. If he took it off his wife would kill him.

No Lionel, The lock ring I'm referring to is not the one with the lethal reputation. These are a complete circle one piece ring that has to be sprung on over the wheel lip with a sledge hammer or facsimile thereof. Once in place they cannot come off and it can be a battle to remove them.

The GMC CCKW 6x6 used the same arrangement on all 600,000 or so trucks built with 11 or 12 wheels per truck and I've yet to hear of one coming off on its own. Mind you, this did not stop the QLD road transport people from knocking back a batch of these wheels one of our surplus dealers sold into that state. Nothing wrong with the wheels, just some pen pusher didn't fancy the look of them.



David

Hello David,

I am lucky as I do have the suicide rims on my 1940 MCP Chevy. I took a wheel to get the tyre off to one of the local tyre places. Despite the safety cage for these suicide rims being next to the place the tyre person was working they just rolled the tyre onto the ground and commenced work. I walked at a rapid pace to my car and said that I would be back in a couple of hours. Then I promptly drove away.

I once worked in an abattoir with a former tyre fitter who wore a thick bushy beard and the part of his face not covered by hair featured a tracery of white scars. The result of the incorrect procedure for taking one of the suicide ring/rims off.

Do you have a photograph of the locking ring you mentioned that you can post up as I cannot picture them?

Kind Regards
Lionel