beadlocks

[Creepy]

finally getting around to mounting these, i've had them for months. they better hold air for GAC!!

weld on inner ring, and outside bolt-on.













only going to have 2 done for the weekend. almost done the 2nd wheel, then i have to try to mount them.

i was going to run them on the front, i seem to blow more front beads than rear - any thoughts front or rear?

[maddog]

looking good.

[Enos]

Looks good Jan. I vote for front, I've seen more front beads blown than rear.

[Blaisun]

heres a newb question, but hey i am one, laugh at will....

How do you balance a set of bead locks??

Just curious!

Trevor

[justajeep]

If you were going to bother balancing them with the normal weights, it can be done on just the inside.

I say put them on the front too Jan. Front ones seem to hit harder and more often at an angle. Rhonda popped a front one on saturday. My OBA got air back in it.

[itsakeeper]

another vote for front - haven't popped one off the rear yet - pretty yellow

[yotaman]

how much wider are they going to make your rims?

i also suggest putting them on the front

[Creepy]

front it is. it makes the rim 3/4 or 1" wider.

they leaked like crazy!! had to pull the tire back off and weld pinholes and still grinding it out......and work all day tommorrow.

i see an allnighter coming. probably should have held off on tearing apart stuff that worked. ;D

[Stevens]

Just to be different I'm gonna say to put them on opposite corners!

[diablojeep]

Just to be on the safe side after I welded mine on I smoothed over a coat of clear silicone. I read it on a home brew bead lock site. So far mine have never leaked!

On a side note I was popping grade 8 bolts every trip out! Thats highway trips to the trail head. I finally figured out I was having 1-2 bolts back off and then they took more stress and sheared off. Out came the red loc tight and so far so good. I do know if I had your newer style outer rings I would be drilling the extra holes and installing nuts and locks! The 16 will hold thats NOT! and issue as some said it would be. I just think having the 32 holds the bead down more even and there will be no warping on the outer rings.

In doing my rings I found this was a case where the ac/dc buzz box miller I have did an awsome job! I really think it did better then if I had a good Mig.
I know you are going to love them. Man going down to nothing lbs is great. I can't believe the difference it makes.

[Creepy]

ok, i'll do the silicon and locktite.
def. not getting 32 holes drilled tonight, lol.

my welds were pinholed pretty bad in a few spots, def. needed to go over it more with the welder.

has anyone had to trim the flash off thier tires? mine are kinda haggard from the mold, a lot of flappy rubber on the seams. would this cause a leak?

[diablojeep]

Mine were NASTY so I trimmed them up a bit. Welds must be leaking on the backside of the ring as the fronts are pretty well covered when the rings go on. I mounted mine loose and beat the tire around till it looked centered then tightened them down to 10 lbs. I went out at 25 lbs and drove around the yard a bit, then a scoot down the road. I came back and lowered the pressure drove around parked it. Next day all was well.

I can understand not doing the drilling tonight or ever! I was Sooo glad to have all those 64 bolts done I can't emagine another 64! I think for what I paid and how awsome they work it's a great deal. I see locks at Jams that run over 600 each. Ya they are splits and doubles but for my needs this works great!

By the way I think those welds and the overall finish you did looks kick ass!! I may have stopped a lot of my leaks as I used cold tremcclad to paint them. The stuff was like Tar going on. I'm sure it filled any holes. It's been several months and NO leaks!!

[Creepy]

thx man.

i got the first one to stop leaking now, its mounted and holding air. i put some gas in the crack to bleed thru, found the major hole right away.

i trimmed the flash off the tire, cleaned it good, and re-welded some holes and re-finished it. the tire was filthy and had big rubber boogers all over it. that didn't help either.


took a break from grinding and mounted a 12000lb tabor.

goin out now to grind out the 2nd wheel. should have it mounted up by 4am i hope. a little nap and off to the GAC!

[diablojeep]

Thats good to hear. It is a lot of work but well worth it!!
I just took mine out for a burn over to the canal and popped another bolt! The broken part backed out, so I know I missed that with the lock tight! It's interesting to note that the only bolts that have broken so far are the overseas one's that came with the rings! That and they are also the short one's not the longer one's that come in the kit to seat the rings down.
I was always uncomfortable using bolts that only sat flush on the nutcerts! I have always believed in having several threads protruding. I'm going out today to replace all the shorter bolts.

[blacksheepxj]

FYI- in avation there is a minimum of 3 threads that must show thru any nut, nut plate, etc. If it does not the bolt is the wrong lenght.

Also we use a product called torque seal to mark torqued nuts bolts fittings etc. It provides a way to varify you have torqued all bolts etc. You would torque a bolt and then mark the head to the surface that is being bolted. You then proceed to the next and do the same thing.

You could use a paint stick and put a line on the bolt to the surface of the bead lock. You could then see if a bolt is backing out.

Rob