I recently purchased a set of 15x8 weld draglites with 27x10.5x15 ET Streets (non radial) from a member on this board. He said the tires were "good" (they didn't even touch the ground when I received them and I put them in a spare bedroom)

Find out theres a hole in one... So I buy a tube and the valve stem is too big for the draglite's valve stem hole...

I have a couple options that I can think of right now

1. Drill the hole bigger in the rim. I can still use bigger valve stems if I go tubeless..

2. Buy one new ET Street. The other tire has 3mm tread in the middle or 4/32. Are these still good? He said they had 15 passes...

3. Just buy 2 new ET Street Radials instead for around 350

I already contacted him and he just said they were fine when he had them..

I have enough money to buy new tires if I have to go that route. It just would suck some if I can't use these...

Advice/suggestions would be great. Thanks!

 

drilling them valve stem hole bigger should be no problem at all just make sure you cut it the right size so you get good sealing.

 

Anybody else drill out their valve stem hole in Welds for tubes?

 

We purposely make the valve stem hole on the small size because of the wide variety of valve stems out there. To use tubes you will definately have to drill out the wheel. Use one of those step drills, mark the size you want with tape on the bit to act as a stop. Make sure and debur the edges and you should be fine.

 

Thanks for the advice guys. Looks like I'm going to drill it bigger. I already found a bigger valve stem that would work if I want to go tubeless.