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Hey-Dad's car is a '71, with Rostyle wheels. We had a flat earlier this summer, which we were told was because the innertube stem had blown. The reason we had a tube was because the rim of the wheel is rusty and does not seal properly. The shop cleaned it up a bit and put the tire on and everything was just fine till last weekend. Same wheel, flat. We're getting a correctly sized tire put on the spare wheel (I posted about that!), and hopefully can get the flat tire reseated and aired up. But, is there a way to keep these sorts of things from happening? It's not like the tire was a bit flat and we watched it slowly deflate, it was fine, then pffffft! No air.
-William
 
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by William:
Hey-Dad's car is a '71, with Rostyle wheels. We had a flat earlier this summer, which we were told was because the innertube stem had blown. But, is there a way to keep these sorts of things from happening?
-William<hr></blockquote>
Put a tube in it. There are plastic grommet/stem protectors available to install in the wheel stem hole so that the stem doesn't get damaged.
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Actually, we found out that the tire bead was cracked, and had finally let go in a big enough way to deflate the tire fully. We had the "Crazy Oversized Spare" replaced as well, so we now have a matched set of five.
Dave-the tire originally had a tube, but everything I've read has said that Rostyles should not be used with tubes, unless the tires specifically call for it. I could be wrong, after all I did read it in a magazine.
-William
 
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