anybody ever have the rim screw holes leak air? pulled the tube out of the drag radials on my car. went to air them up and they leak at the holes? i bought the car this way. if i put screws in do you think it will stop leaking air? i guess now i know why he had tubes in the tires.

To my way of thinking , the bead should still hold air irregardless of holes for rim screws.
Do the tires require tubes ?
I know some drag radials do.
If not , I might try a dab of rubber cement on each screw and see if it holds.

no they show tobe tubeless. i agree in your thought prosess. it should seal. didnt really want to run screws, but would rather not have a flat tire. do they make a radial race tube?

Rim screws are not meant to be screwed all the way through the bead. Dismount and look to see if that has been done.

the radials on the car have not had screws in them only the wheel, but it looks like the hole location will not let the bead seal.

is the back side of the bead smooth, no burrs etc, ive had a screw leak on on of my slicks tried a new screw. tried putting the screw in with higher pressure but it just wanted to leak , so i took it out fwiw,

Silicone in the holes usually takes care of it.

I have seen many time where the screw pushes the tire bead away from the rim. I cut down the screw by 1/8" - 3/16". This left plenty of threads to dig into the bead but it did not push the bead away from the rim.

Yep what Troy said. I also picked up some screws at the local hardware that had a gasket under the head. I put a small dab of permitex and never had no problems...
But Not running tubes, vs running tubes If I have them I will run them..I dont mind adding air every week or two when the get a tad low.
But this is on 100% race cars..I could see it aggravating on drivers adding air what seems every time you turn around...This would be when I would use tubes though.