Thread: 9.00 16 Tyres

Thats a bit over the top

I have a lot of spare Disco 1 wheel nuts which are the same as 101 nuts - as was suggested I will weld two together and use either some threaded rod or wheel studs and make some up.

Garry

I have now done a couple of hundred kms on the KM2s now but all onroad no offroad as yet. I have settled on 30psi cold but using the 4psi rule maybe 31psi would be better. After about 40mins driving pressures go to 34.5 to 35psi so that would indicate 30psi is a tad low.

Driving on the new wheels is really no difference to the old MRFs - feels basically the same. While the new tyres look bigger when not on the vehicle - when on an measured up the are a couple of mm smaller than the 9.00x16s. While BFGs claim rolling dia to be 878mm but when off the vehicle more like 850mm and a 10mm less when on the car.

One big difference is being bias ply the old tyres would flat spot over night and would take about 10km to get enough heat in them to take it out - thump, thump, thump for quite a while. The BFGs do not have this issue so are quite smooth.

The BFGs are a wide tyre and I think that the preferred size in 16s would be something like 295/85R16 however I don't think anything is made in that size. That size will have the height and also be a nice width and would bag out at low pressures where not much happens in that regard with the 9.00x16s.

The new tyres will definitely be better than the 9.00x16s in the wet and offroad and there is a much larger range of tyres available. Just about all manufacturers make 315/75R16s in MTs but also ATs.

Garry

Originally Posted by garrycol

Thats a bit over the top

I have a lot of spare Disco 1 wheel nuts which are the same as 101 nuts - as was suggested I will weld two together and use either some threaded rod or wheel studs and make some up.

Garry

Gary

I had a machinist mate make up some similar nuts out of hex bar for my SIIB (with SIII hubs). That was before I knew about the 101 nuts, but now it seems it may be the way you'se guys will have to go as well.

Sorry I don't know what grade of steel he used and he's now very unwell so not going to ask.

Diana

The only weight that the wheel steps has to hold is xyz kg of pure High Grade Aussie beef (that would be me).

Therefore mild steel would be more than adequate. I will get some threaded rod or some wheel studs and and knock up my own out of the threaded ros and two wheel nuts welded together.

Garry

Originally Posted by garrycol

The only weight that the wheel steps has to hold is xyz kg of pure High Grade Aussie beef (that would be me).

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Garry

Originally Posted by garrycol

Those biters on your Simex's will get you out of most sloppy conditions. In Canberra the Simexs were within a few $$ of the BFGs.

I got some 100mm wide rubber strip from Clark Rubber today and will put that on the rear wheel arch do keep things legal - later I will look at moving the mudflaps out a little as well.

I think you will need to put your hernia belt on it you are going to try and lift your spare up into the spare wheel slot with those Simex's on. Mine weigh 46kgs and it is hard enough lifting them onto the wheel hubs let alone up behind the drivers seat.

Garry

I now have tyre no 5
Diameter with vehicle weight on it is exactly 890mm (35 inch)
Found another marking on the Simex....315/80/r16 N123
The weight fitted to my standard widen 101 wheels is exactly 47 kg
Very happy still..........the only problem has been flat spotting until they warm up and the pressures really need to be dropped to get them to flex off road.
I accurately checked the diameter of the worn standard 900x16 bar threads........34 inch

I plan now to get 8 of these tyres it total.....4 on and 4 off so to speak.
I have also put my name on AJs last spare standard 101 wheel which will get the widen treatment , giving me 6 wheels suitable for the simex tyres.

It is good you are happy with the tyres. If you are not aware of them - Craddocks have 8" 101 wheels 8 X 16 101FC STEEL WHEEL ET25 - JC131 - Land Rover Parts & Range Rover Parts

I am running mine at about 32psi on the road and offroad probably 20-25 will be about right. They do balloon out a bit - unlike the MRFs so I will probably have to watch the sidewalls thought the side biters do come up the sidewall quite a bit so will provide a little protection.

Have you been able to lift that spare up into its spot as yet - that will be a ball buster.

Garry