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Old 8th November 2017, 01:38 PM
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Looking for PAX tyres in 245/690R500A for the D3. The Michelin website says there are no matches. The rim is a metric size 235x500, roughly 9¼ x 19⅔ in old money. Doubt there's a tyre out there that will fit.
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Old 8th November 2017, 04:50 PM
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The PAX wheels are different on the inside than standard wheels, they have grooves for the tyre bead to sit in and not much of a well as the PAX band sat there. I think the tyres have been discontinued so might be a complete wheel and tyre replacement, unless anyone else knows different?
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Old 8th November 2017, 04:57 PM
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That's right Dezzy. There's also an internal band that takes the weight when flat plus a special get to cool the tyre. There are used ones on ebay, but nothing new so I guess they are discontinued.
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Old 9th November 2017, 09:40 AM
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Yup.. I think they were discontinued a good while ago. I think the cost put people off and they swapped them for normal wheels when the first tyre replacement came round.
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