rear wheel wobbles

Just took off the rear tyre with outer steel rim attached, and then put back on, but now the wheel wobbles_ this is a 1929 chevrolet wjth timber spoke wheels. Is there a correct way to replace the outer tyre if you have a flat tyre. This wheel has only 4 blots holding it onto the centre rim. Thanks

Sounds like a bent rim or you may not have the rim/tire on the wheel on far enough. The wood wheels on my 1931 Dodge work the same way and sometimes you really have to force it on straight. Was it easy to remove the spare from the rack?

Keiser31 is right.

My question is what is wobbling? The tire? The rim (the metal part that holds the tire and tube)? or the wheel (made up of outer and inner hub, wood spokes and metal felloe) The felloe is the metal part of the wheel that the rim mounts on.

Lots of the newer tires are not as accurately made as we would hope. It is possible to not have the tire seated the same all the way around.

It is possible that the felloe is bent slightly and therefore the rim won't sit straight. (do all four rim bolts stick through the nut the same amount).

Are all your wedges the same?

I know that my wheels are straight and every time I remount a tire I spin the whole wheel with a guide beside it. Often I have to tighten or loosen one nut slightly to get rid of a slight wobble.

With a little patience the rims or felloes are quite easy to straighten with a ball pean hammer. Hard on the paint though.

I would take the tire and rim off again and spin the wheel just to be sure where your wobble is.

A loose or bad wheel bearing can cause a wobble too.

Good Luck

Thanks for the help. I have nowreadjusted the nuts, undone the nuts and hit the tyre back out a bit , then tightened each as needed to get wheel running straight. 2 nuts are on tight and that part of the wheel is up against the outer rim, however some parts of the felloe are not tight against the rim. We are talking 1/8 inch distance_ could the wheel, or felloe move at speed( 45 mph). Thanks. If I don't get back early it is just a slow connection here.

In an ideal world, and for absolute safety the rim should fit tight to the flange on the felloe all the way around. I don't think this is possible with our 80+ year old rims.. Every time you dismount and mount a rim on the wheel you are slightly distorting it. Every time you split the rim and mount a new tire you are seriously distorting the rim. Being the type of steel it is made from it normally goes back very close to where it started. I have noticed that my rims are less likely to return to normal as they get older. Some of mine have been off and on more than 14 times in the last 56 years. So I am satisfied if the wheel doesn't wobble and the nuts are tight. At 60mph I can take my hands off the wheel and the car tracks straight and smooth on the highway.

I agree....the nuts need to be tight to the rim all of the way around.

Thanks for your advice. Good to get different viewpoints. I will run it for a bit and see if the felloe moves .