Thread: 9.00 16 Tyres

The Silverstone is advailible with and without tube design...Radial or Bias ?
Having the 900x16 and the 285/85r16 side by side the diameter of the Silverstone seems to be slightly larger.
That may change when fitted.
The mt 117 is advailible with some different tread designs as I have seen them with a super muddy directional tyre with rock ejectors etc in 285/85 r16.
The sites I gave you are not up to date.
I think AT type treads would be advailible too.
The Importer thinks the 6 inch rim is not a problem and after seeing the tyres in the real world I agree.
The width of the tread on the tyre I compared with the 101s bar treads seemed the same or slighly wider.
I noted on one of the goggle sites I found that these tyres are suitable for use on Unimogs ?.........I thought Mogs run 20 inch rims

Ron

I'd be very interested in the MT-117 Ex tread if it came in the 285/85 R16 size with 8 or 10 ply rating. It would be a good option for the intended purpose.

There diameter measures are really interesting, when I found some specs, the Silverstone advertise a diameter of 900mm while Michelin advertise only 923mm for the 9.00. Perhaps its in the amount of rubber in the tread thickness. In fact the other day I stood a 8.25 Firestone (I think) against a worn Alliance 9.00 and the 8.25 seemed taller. So who really knows.

BTW: Do you know anyone close by who has a re-grooving tool? I want to make a couple of the grooves in a couple of my Alliance 9.00s a little deeper.

Diana

P.S. Went to move the RRc from Russel the other day, could not get it to start. Spark, fuel pump clicking, starter cranking - was dumbfounded. That was until I realised that someone had removed a fuel line from the main feed line to the carby. Because the engine had been running on LPG there was a tap that stopped the fuel spurting out.

I have a grooving tool.
The problem is unless the tyre is marked regroovable or it is a industrail tyre it is illegal to do so.
The main problem is a regrooving tool is not suited to the large open lugs of a bar tread.

Maher Tyres.
51 Gow st Padstow NSW 1711.
PH 02 97061711
Mob 0412250053
Email maher@rpi.net.au


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I Will catch up to you Diana to check out the RR in a few weeks
I am very busy with work and family currently.

Silverstone MT-117 Sport 285/75R16 with wheels. Sydney. $450 - Australian 4WD Action Online Forums

Originally Posted by 101 Ron

I have a grooving tool.

Ron

The Alliance Traction Lugs are very similar to the Simex Jungle Trekker


and it is the grooves actually in the lugs that I wish to clean out, so no where near the rag. Cooke's did one for me before, but they only cut straight grooves instead of the original kink. I was thinking of making up a metal guide/template to place over each lug and groove alongside it. I can show you one if you pop over.

I won't be down to Nowra this weekend so possibly the week after.

Talk soon.

Diana

I do industrial tyres all the time.
I can even groove my name in the tyres backwards so every one knows who regrooved the tyres after you go through a puddle of muddy water.

HI FOLKS
AT MOMENT ON MY 101 THEY ARE MAXXIS CRAWLER LT 38.5X14.50 THEY ON 16 INCH RIMS ON WIDENED RIM 240 ML SO 40 ML WIDER THEN STANDARD RIM
HAD MICHLEIN TYRES 325/85R/16 ON STANDARD RIM

I FOUND MAXXIS TYRES GOOD SO FAR RIDE WELL HANDLE GOOD AND HARDLEY ANY ROAD NOISE
THEY ARE SOFTER COMPOUND THEN MICHLEIL SO HAVE TO WAIT AND
MAXXIS I THINK WERE 440 DOLLARS

CHEERS COOEE