Chinese tubes

[Vern]

I recently got a deal on some new rims and tires from a local man who had gotten out of the hobby. He included 5 tubes that have never been used.
They are all marked “Made in China” and had brass valve stems already installed. I did some research on here and saw many comments about the quality and how they split. As I didn’t need to use them just yet I decided to inflate them and set them aside while I was traveling.
Four are still inflated but one goes in the trash as I found a split and no air.
Good thing I hadn’t had a chance to swap them out.

 

[Big hammer]

Question just the one into the trash ? Not much of a test with so little air pressure, if you put the tubes inside of tires you might get a couple more psi in the tubes ?

 

[Flathead]

Did you save the brass valve stem?

 

[Jeff/Illinois]

Everything coming out of China in my opinion is pure JUNK.....

I had a concealed kitchen cabinet door hinge wear out after 25 years. Took the part number went to Amerrock ordered a new pair...same part number... not only are they made wrong no way they will fit they are the absolute cheapest POS I ever saw... they cheapened them up from American even Mexican made (which were very good quality, heavy castings) to cheap crap sheet metal housing that you can actually bend in your hands.
Disgusting

Chinese inner tubes are made from re-cycled bits of scrap rubber they are worthless. The tubes being made in Vietnam (nobody makes them here anymore, Firestone was the last maker of tubes in the USA in a plant in Des Moines they closed several years ago) and they seem to be pretty good.


I was told by our local FS tire guy, not only a lot of farm equipment still uses inner tubes but the big jet airplanes still use them.....

 

[rotorwrench]

Malasia, Thailand, Vietnam, and India are also in the running for these products as well as The USA and Europe. You never know where stuff is coming from unless it's printed on the product.

 

[Joe K]

Tubes on the barrel truck, wheelbarrow, and the roll-around cart. Originals lasted three to five years. Chinese replacements lasted average a year.


Something about the Chinese "curing" of rubber is deficient.


Joe K

 

[nkaminar]

Regardless of which tubes you chose they should match the tire size. If they are too small they are stretched inside the tire when inflated and have a higher chance of failure.

I have ended up buying the wheels for my wheelbarrow that are foam filled so that they do not go flat. But the tires are cracking after a few years (of abuse).

 

[Joe K]

I remember buying from Harbor Freight several sets of larger diameter dolly wheels. These run about 5" in diameter and I wanted them for easier rolling on a rough concrete floor. The selected wheels had "rubber tires" on them for smooth rolling.

Open the box the first time and the smell of uncured rubber would knock you over. Install the wheels and within two weeks of load, you push the dolly and the rubber starts to "unroll" off the wheel hub, leaving little "rubber tracks" on the concrete.

IIRC, the wheels were rated at 500lbs each. There might have been 500 lbs spread out over the FOUR wheels.

The remainder of that box went back for refund - no problems - "obviously China made a mistake in production - we'll check the rest of our stock"...

Joe K

 

[Kube]

Everything coming out of China in my opinion is pure JUNK.....

I had a concealed kitchen cabinet door hinge wear out after 25 years. Took the part number went to Amerrock ordered a new pair...same part number... not only are they made wrong no way they will fit they are the absolute cheapest POS I ever saw... they cheapened them up from American even Mexican made (which were very good quality, heavy castings) to cheap crap sheet metal housing that you can actually bend in your hands.
Disgusting

Chinese inner tubes are made from re-cycled bits of scrap rubber they are worthless. The tubes being made in Vietnam (nobody makes them here anymore, Firestone was the last maker of tubes in the USA in a plant in Des Moines they closed several years ago) and they seem to be pretty good.


I was told by our local FS tire guy, not only a lot of farm equipment still uses inner tubes but the big jet airplanes still use them.....

When you say "they cheapened them up..." I'm certain you mean the company that sells them. China can make anything we can make. They MAKE what those companies request.

 

[Hitman]

When you say "they cheapened them up..." I'm certain you mean the company that sells them. China can make anything we can make. They MAKE what those companies request.

This is the truth. They'll make anything to the quality we want. Ask the Burtz engine guys how they like their engines.

The problem is the companies requesting things made to a certain price point, because their customer (consumer) wants that.

 

[updraught]

I know people that ran a wholesale lighting business.
When things started coming in from China, they couldn't keep the quality up, and sold the business.
If the suppliers in China could save half a cent, they would, no matter the requests they made.
Large companies seem to have their own people stationed there for quality control.

 

[Synchro909]

This is the truth. They'll make anything to the quality we want. Ask the Burtz engine guys how they like their engines.

The problem is the companies requesting things made to a certain price point, because their customer (consumer) wants that.

As I have said here before, the Chinese can and do make some good stuff. For example, I understand the engines in your "American cars" come from China. I see the problem not being with China but with our buyers not knowing anythig about what they are ordering so they simply go for the cheapest price. That, they think will increase the boss's profit and make me look good. Add to that, when the goods arrive from China, there is either no quality inspection or whomever is inspecting them doesn't know their job.
IMO, it is the constant push for more and more profit that drives us to accept worse and worse junk. To me, that is a failure of our economic system.
To go any further risks geting political so I will leave it there.