Screwed last night!
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Le Mans Master
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Screwed last night!
Last night I was bored and been wanting to add screws to my slicks. Went to the local hardware store and got 32 #14 x 3/4" SS screws, spent about 4.50, came home made a template and drilled 4 holes straight into the flange and 4 holes @ 45 degrees on each side of the wheel. Needless to say the tires won't be spinning on the wheels ANYMORE!
Phil
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Wow, you screwed yourself Phil 
Sounds like your latest engine pkg is going to require it, I left Asmokegars slicks unscrewed and the tires spun 3-4" per pass! Needless to say he got screwed too.
Sounds like your latest engine pkg is going to require it, I left Asmokegars slicks unscrewed and the tires spun 3-4" per pass! Needless to say he got screwed too.
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Originally Posted by DOUG @ ECS
Wow, you screwed yourself Phil
Sounds like your latest engine pkg is going to require it, I left Asmokegars slicks unscrewed and the tires spun 3-4" per pass! Needless to say he got screwed too.
Sounds like your latest engine pkg is going to require it, I left Asmokegars slicks unscrewed and the tires spun 3-4" per pass! Needless to say he got screwed too.
Scott
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Originally Posted by Phil97SVT
Last night I was bored and been wanting to add screws to my slicks. Went to the local hardware store and got 32 #14 x 3/4" SS screws, spent about 4.50, came home made a template and drilled 4 holes straight into the flange and 4 holes @ 45 degrees on each side of the wheel. Needless to say the tires won't be spinning on the wheels ANYMORE!
Phil
Phil
What are you using for front wheels and tires ?
INTHERED
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Le Mans Master
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I used a sealant with the bolts and left them @ 20psi to see if they leak down any. I drilled 4 straight and 4 @ 45deg. Pretty easy took about 10 minutes.
Phil
Phil
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Originally Posted by Mike Mercury
so, you got screwed on the rim ???
That's a very interesting mod you have there. Any pics of the process ?
That's a very interesting mod you have there. Any pics of the process ?
Mark the rim lip with sharpie at the starting ARP bolt
Count 2.5 bolts and mark in the center
Count 2.5 bolts and mark lip next to bolt
** Basically every 5th ARP bolt will have a screw next to it and the ones in the middle will split the bolts
Once the wheel is marked, take a center punch and punch the 4 "Bolt"
marks and punch them on the lip.
The marks that are between the 2 bolts get punched on the radius @ 45degrees to the bead.
Use a 13/64(checking size) to drill the holes
Use sealant on the bolts screw in and back out 1/4 turn.
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04
The reason we use to pin the bead, back in the day was so you did not shear off the valve stem of the tube, a common occurrence!. Even in today's genre` "screwing' the beads has its place, but not as critical as it use to be when we had tubes in the slicks.
Last edited by Evil-Twin; Feb 11, 2006 at 01:16 PM.
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I don't run tubes either. my slicks leak down over a week's time. the screws push the bead very slightly away from the rim in some places. if you run tubes, they will not leak down. I just refuse to put the extra weight on the car. especially since it's unsprung rotating weight.
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The screw goes half way into the thick lip of the bead. It is almost a 3/8 inch of rubber. There is no way the tire will rotate within the rim once they are pinned. We use to use eight screws per rim.
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Originally Posted by Evil-Twin
The screw goes half way into the thick lip of the bead. It is almost a 3/8 inch of rubber. There is no way the tire will rotate within the rim once they are pinned. We use to use eight screws per rim.
Phil
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Originally Posted by Phil97SVT
Originally Posted by Evil-Twin
The screw goes half way into the thick lip of the bead. It is almost a 3/8 inch of rubber. There is no way the tire will rotate within the rim once they are pinned.
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We use to use eight screws per rimWith 16 screws holding them in, they are not going anywhere.
Phil
The screw goes half way into the thick lip of the bead. It is almost a 3/8 inch of rubber. There is no way the tire will rotate within the rim once they are pinned.
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We use to use eight screws per rimWith 16 screws holding them in, they are not going anywhere.
Phil
