I've heard the term and the same story. Never heard of a failure on any actual bias rims used with radial tires. If it truly bothers you. Well, you will have to buy a set of wheels that are newer and made for radials. . Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device from U.S. Cellular -----Original Message----- From: Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx> Sender: amc-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:11:01 To: AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family<amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: "AMC, Rambler, Nash, Jeep and family" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [AMC-list] BIAS vs Radial tires on rims What sort of notches? My 67 Marlin has had radials on it for years and they are fine. Ken Quoting JohnBherna@xxxxxxx: > I have a 1967 Rambler Rebel Wagon that I just purchased some used 225/70/14 > tires. The tire shop said that I had BIAS rims and pointed to some > notches in the rim. > > They said the radial tires may have leakage later or come off the rim if I > hit a curb or other objects. Can someone explain if that is true? > > Thanks, > John > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://list.amc-list.com/pipermail/amc-list-amc-list.com/attachments/20100830/16e43957/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > AMC-list mailing list > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com > _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com