08-04-2022, 10:59 AM | #1 |
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Coker tires
Hello gang. I have a question about Coker tube type tires. I bought a new set along with the tubes rated @32psi. The problem is they seem to be losing air. I've tightened the tube stems but nothing seems to work. Does anyone know anything about this?
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08-04-2022, 11:04 AM | #2 |
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Re: Coker tires
Cheap rubber in the tubes. It is my understanding that Bratton's had a run of good tubes made.
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08-04-2022, 11:18 AM | #3 |
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Re: Coker tires
Check the valve stems for leaks. I used a clear plastic tube filled with water to check for a slow leak.
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08-05-2022, 05:24 AM | #4 |
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08-05-2022, 08:56 AM | #5 |
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Some people run motorcycle tubes.................
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08-05-2022, 11:15 AM | #6 |
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08-05-2022, 11:18 AM | #7 |
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I’m also looking to replace my tires and tubes. Tam’s didn’t seem to know about the “Cheap Tubes” on the market. I don’t want to buy junk especially expensive junk! So maybe I’ll call Brattons
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08-05-2022, 11:23 AM | #8 |
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Call Bratton's, but they had a lot of problems with their tubes used with radials. They will be straight with you, regardless.
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08-05-2022, 08:59 PM | #9 |
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08-05-2022, 09:44 PM | #10 |
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What's the matter with the tubes in the tires on your car right now?
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08-06-2022, 01:16 AM | #11 |
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I'm on my third set of tires and still running with my forty year old tubes.
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08-06-2022, 06:32 AM | #12 |
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Coker have a range of tubes from cheap to incredibly expensive radial rated and weigh a ton. Which ones were they?
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08-06-2022, 09:29 AM | #13 |
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In the latest Paul Shinn video he talked about a guy he knew that had just put a new set of tubes in his Model A tires, drove maybe a hundred miles and had a blow out.
Turns out the rubber valve stem blew off of the inner tube. Talk about cheap junk, geez. Makes having a 1969 era muscle car w/ tubeless tires a lot easier to deal with than the junk inner tubes we are experiencing on the older cars |
08-06-2022, 09:34 AM | #14 |
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What was the problem Bratton's had with their tubes in radial tires ?
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08-06-2022, 10:22 AM | #15 |
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08-06-2022, 10:35 PM | #16 |
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Spittle works good, always right there when one needs it.
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