Guest 1917reo Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 I recently purchased this car which is my first antique car I'm having trouble figuring out what tires i need for this car. The car is sitting on the wood wheels right now and i cant find any relevant information on how to size this.the outside diameter of these wheels is roughly 25 and 1/4 inches as i rememberthanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1917reo Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Im surprised noone will take the time to explain the layout of these antiquedetachable artillery wheels to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reo M Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 The tires are mounted onto split rims. The rims are held onto the wheel with a nut and a mounting lug (several)which fits between the wheel rim and the tire rim. The wheels are normally measured in whole inches and the tires are sized using the diameter less 2 times their cross measurement. For example a 25" rim would commonly have a 34 X 4.5" tire and 34 less 9 equals the 25". I have a 16 Reo 6 cylinder and it has 25" rims with the 34X4.5 tires and uses Stanweld rims. I do not know if Reo used rims from other manufacturers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldsmoREO Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 My 1912 REO has 34X4" tires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1917reo Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Thanks for all the informationits much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hwellens Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Attached is some information on a 17 REO; 4 cylinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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