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Originally Posted by sawhite1
Does anybody work on split rims anymore? I've heard some truck stops will handle them but I don't know where to start. Are they even legal anymore? I'm thinking they probably don't meet DOT regs anyway. My old beast still has the factory split rims and I don't want to get rid of them if I don't have to. I needed new tires and wheels so I just got a set of cheap replacements in the meantime. If I can find a place to work on them I'd prefer that.
On a related note, has anyone done their own split rim work? I know the danger is in reseating the bead but wouldn't wrapping the wheel with chain eliminate most of the danger? It's been years since I worked in a tire shop and even then we weren't taking these jobs.
Anyone got insight?
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No one around here (Central Ontario, Canada) will touch them "on the books" to my knowledge.
Legislation here reads as follows:
107.
(3) Whenever work is to be performed on a rubber tire with a split rim
wheel, a device shall be used to prevent injury to a worker.
(4) The device mentioned in subsection (3) is not required when
topping off the air pressure in a tire. R.R.O. 1980, Reg. 694, s. 102.
So it's pretty easy for a shop. Don't carry the "equipment". Then you can tell your customer "we can't legally do it, as we don't have the equipment required by law. Why don't you get a different rim?"
That way you get to sell new rims to the customer ($) and your 19 year old tech doesn't kill himself because he's not the brightest (less liability).
99% of people around here would swap to a different rim anyway...only people I've ever heard talking about it are the numbers-matching 100% correct restoration crowd....