i went to the wreckers. He said it is an old fashioned rear wheel drive wheel and hard to find, well he said almost impossible.And he doesnt have one.He confirmed the 114 bit.
WHAT the rim looks like isn't of any real concern It's HOW it FITS, thats the real issue
Easy way to cross check is to lay a straight stick across the inside face of the rim & measure from there to the flat plate that has the stud holes. Use that measurement to find a modern rim that will fit for stub axle depth
Good grief, I can't believe that wrecker couldn't help you. it's not rocket science to figure that out.
mrfxit,
Sep 17, 12:51am
All you need is a 13" rim thats got the same or slightly less inside depth & the same stud pattern
bigsteve10,
Sep 17, 1:30am
So you are a twit. It is not a standard car tyre.
165 R13s are as easy to get as going to a tyre shop.
I agree 82s is hardly heavy duty but that depends on how old the tyre is
mrfxit,
Sep 17, 1:59am
If I remember correctly, the original165R/13"was replaced with the numbers 165/80/13" for metric conversion in 1967/8 ish, but mostly for the introduction of radial tires around the same time It was also mostly used for cross ply tires, but was also used for commercial type tiresincluding heavy duty radials (still is)
scuba,
Sep 17, 3:19am
if it was a commercial tyre it would have LT or C on the sidewall or 6 or 8 ply on the sidewall- which it doesn't have it has 82s so it is a car tyre not a commercial.
and then you suggest to fit a 4 stud 13 inch rim when you don't know the offset or whether it is front or rear wheel drive rim.
and its not acrossply eitherwhich you suggested earlier. If youread the thread you would see she's talking about an old horse floatso as has already been mentioned the chances are the rims are off an olderford or holden or maybe english vehicle so fitting any random japanese 4 stud 13 inch rimisn't going to work even if it has a 114pcd.
scuba,
Sep 17, 3:31am
he said it's hard to find because most wreckers deal with modern japanes/ european/ australian vehicles less than 20 years oldand he put your rim in the too hard basket.
there are people on this forum that have been around long enough to identify rimsby sight- one of them posted the other night asking you to upload a photo of the rimand he would try to identify it. the other option is to cart the rim around a few tyre dealers or garages and see if some old timer can identify it or friends and family. some one will know.
they are still out there you just have to look smarter. If you don't find a replacement rim the next option is new stub axles/ rims/ tyres.
scuba,
Sep 17, 3:55am
+1 also if it was my float i wouldcheck other rims and tyres to make sure they're safe.
bellky,
Sep 17, 4:08pm
My thoughts too. Maybe try a wreckers with a few old cars around in it.
bellky,
Sep 17, 11:53pm
Okay, those are very high offset wheels and will/may be difficult to find.
There's is nothing at all wrong with that rim though.
skin1235,
Sep 18, 12:02am
that first photo screams bmc, maxi!
kaylin,
Sep 18, 12:02am
I wonder what the hell Tony's Tyre service was talking about then.I will take the wheel down to beaurepairs perhaps. Maybe they will be able to sort it.Tony's DEFINATELY said it was a rusty rim and they were unable to fix the flat tyre, and i needed to buy a new rim.
bellky,
Sep 18, 12:03am
No way bollix.
mrfxit,
Sep 18, 12:20am
M mmmm Or Early Datsun!
mrfxit,
Sep 18, 12:22am
With that amount of offset (inside depth) it shouldn't be hard to find a modern rim to suit
mrfxit,
Sep 18, 12:23am
Remember this ^ ^ ^
scuba,
Sep 18, 3:12am
is that the rim and tyre in question or another wheel off the float!
with that much offset the rim looks front wheel drive. i think the tyre is an old 16513 goodyear g800 .
It's probably got a chassis build number on the drawbar somewhere. Ring the manufactures & I am pretty sure they can help ID the float & give you all the spec's for it.
saki,
Sep 18, 11:42pm
98 posts and we are finaly onto it good one mrfxit.
mrfxit,
Sep 19, 1:03am
WELL . I DID ask for a photo . <<< << <<WaY bacK < <<< <<
hatchback,
Sep 19, 1:30am
You the man.
kaylin,
Sep 19, 1:57am
you DEFINATELY are the man.
And all of motoring should bow down to your superior knowledge.And polite respectful answers.
Thank you Thank you thank you. (And yup, TB float - didn't think of contacting them!).So blimmen dumb!
bellky,
Sep 19, 3:51pm
Yep, mrfxit is definitely THE MAN as he is probably the most knowledgeable expert on here :)
mrfxit,
Sep 19, 4:55pm
Your welcome ;-) LOL thank you for the lovely comments but it was a pretty basic observation once we had a photo of the float . *(now to adjust the size of my hat)*
Easy stuff to overlook when annoyed with things not going your way.
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