In a message dated 04/25/99 12:08:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
jrdorsey@strato.net writes:
<<
We did however have a couple of locals that mounted a 16.5" tire on a
16" rim, rolled it down to a tire store and aired it up (without asking
permission). One of them got a helicopter ride to Tampa General Hospital
where they managed to re-attatch his arm, the other only lost a finger.
Then they sued the store for leaving the air hose out where they could
get to it! >>
Did he sign the paperwork with the reattached hand?
Chevy never used the killer style split rim. I've changed many of the 2 and
3 piece
Chevy rims without incident. I use a remote inflation chuck and restrain the
rim when inflating. Don't stand in the trajectory of potentially flying
ring. I wrote two articles about this for THIS OLD TRUCK a couple of years
ago.
Bob ADler
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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