Rim Screws

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Mon Apr 13, 09 5:06 pm

Calm down chaps, its not a posting for the water shed.

I always ran rim screws on slicks with inner tubes, but this season I am not running tubes in the hope I get more crush on the launch.

Does anyone else run without tubes, and if so; do you still run rum screws or are they less important as it is not possible to rip the valve neck out as with tubes?

Any thoughts?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Apr 13, 09 5:27 pm

Well , not running you're times Pete but a heavy bitch all the same , no tubes here , nor rim screws , the tyre moves around the rim around 2" per run , hence the reason for not running tubes.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Apr 13, 09 11:04 pm

Pete I ran the RR and the Bee on slicks and rim screws without tubes no problem.
However they do deflate slowly like a small valve leak so I always double check the Tyre pressures at the end of the fire up lane to ensure they are equal and up to the set pressure

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Apr 13, 09 11:54 pm

Pete, some useful info on this thread from Andy Frost on not using rim screws but adhesive

I think if it works on his car ,you should be OK

http://www.nsra.org.uk/newforum/showthr ... Rim+screws

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Guy · Post by **Guy** » Tue Apr 14, 09 4:53 pm

Its not only cars effected by tyre creep
http://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-286941.html

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Tue Apr 14, 09 5:01 pm

Thanks for the responses and the ideas, chaps