What i am saying is that in a situation where you have to use these rims, etc you are in a foreign country with no access to replacements this is what you should probably do to be a bit safer than ignoring the rims condition overall.

 

Again, @DieselDog409 , you are missing the statistic we're a great number of rim failures have occurred due to being serviced. Due to the decreasing population of these Firestone rims and the lack of experience of any tire shop in dealing with these rims, I can't imagine successful safe servicing rates will be better than that when these rims were at their peak service usage. There is no way to safely keep these rims in service. Let me guess, next you're going to recommend running snow chains on these rims all year round to contain any explosions

 

In a foreign country they have the same access to replacement as we do...nearly none!!! Weld the centers into different wheels or spend stupid money to get replacements. None the less...zero reason to even think about using them 🤦🤦🤦

 

Ya buy 'em books and buy 'em books and all they do is eat the covers.

 

My experience with widowmakers.

In 1993 I bought an F600 fuel oil delivery truck that had widowmakers. I had no idea how those rims were made or demounted. I just knew they were "Budd" type.

The truck had been sitting a while, so I got it ready for service, certified, and began delivering heating fuel with it.

Later, I don't remember if later that year or the next, I was out on a delivery, driving up the main two lane road. Just as I topped a hill before an intersection, A sound like a cannon went off. In the mirror I saw the drivers side tire rear tire shoot into the oncoming traffic lane.

Thankfully, the car I had just met had cleared the rear of the truck. The tire proceeded to pass me up, slow down, pass me back, after clearing the rear of the truck made a right turn where it jumped a ditch, went up a bank, into a yard, hit a tree, rolled some more, then fell over.

I pulled into a parking lot just past the yard and went up to check on the tire. The inner half of the rim was on the truck, and the outer half was still attached to the tire.

There was another car heading toward the tire as it passed me, but fortunately the tire and car slowed enough for the tire to drive itself off the road.

That could have been a head on hit to the front, with possibly a bounce and the tire and partial rim going through the windshield, or being knocked into another car, or me.

Tires all aired up and in good shape.

These things are very dangerous.

 

Ok im not that dumb, anyways just forget it.

 

That would be like killing Jesus