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DIY tubeless with a rim lock?
- Thread starter AwDang
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Gravelcruiser
Well-known member
Uncharted territory I believe.
If you don’t mind jumping to the ADVRider forum for a peek, one of the members there had some success converting their spoked wheel and documented it here: https://www.advrider.com/f/threads/...dventure-lite-build-x2.1552345/#post-44406819 (post #5 in the thread)
EDIT: Please disregard I misread the original post, sorry about that
EDIT: Please disregard I misread the original post, sorry about that
I’ve successively done DIY with a couple DR rears, no 17” Tubliss available. I’ve just never done one with a rim lock added to the mix.
Bolt in valve stems are reliable and are essentially the same thing you're needing to do- a threaded fastener through the rim. So you could steal washers from there. The big difference is that, with a rim lock stud, the threads are on the exterior and the air would want to chase the threads out. Valve stems are easy since the solid part of the fastener is outside.
If you ran a solid aluminum rim lock ( or some other design that would accept threads) with the stud removed, tap the hole and use a bolt rather than a stud...it gets you halfway there. The seal you lack then, thinking of valve stems, is the inner washer. There's no way to compress an inner washer/seal on the inside, so you're stuck relying on on outer seal only.
Plus, rims are almost always crowned in this area, so you're behind the 8 ball right off the bat, not having a flat surface to work with.
🤔
What about an inner tube? 😁
If you ran a solid aluminum rim lock ( or some other design that would accept threads) with the stud removed, tap the hole and use a bolt rather than a stud...it gets you halfway there. The seal you lack then, thinking of valve stems, is the inner washer. There's no way to compress an inner washer/seal on the inside, so you're stuck relying on on outer seal only.
Plus, rims are almost always crowned in this area, so you're behind the 8 ball right off the bat, not having a flat surface to work with.
🤔
What about an inner tube? 😁
I hate tubes. They turn a 10min irritation in to an hour long ordeal! Useless old tech that we’ve progressed way beyond.
We still talking about inner tubes for motorcycle tires, or are we talking about condoms now?
Yes
😂😂😂