Poor man beadlocks?
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Poor man beadlocks?
I was flipping through a mag the other day and i ran across an articl entiled this, so i read on and found out that they were rim screws (about 20 bucks a wheel) . And it got me wondering if these were worth getting (i would like a set cause i have 16.5 wheels which have a stupid tapered beed which tires will slip off when aired down), and also if they would wreck the tire at all.
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Drag racers do it all the time and I've heard of it being done for offroading, but have never seen it. They like to leak, but alot of times people have good success squirting a can of fix a flat in afterwards. It chews up the bead a little bit, but so long as your not constantly mounting and dismounting the tires it wouldn't be anything to worry about.
Give it a shot, tell us how it works. There has to be a first person to do everything
Justin
Give it a shot, tell us how it works. There has to be a first person to do everything
Justin
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I might have to test a set on the extra set of 36x12.5x16.5 hummer tires i have. But if drag racers have been using them with success, then i don't think it would one would break those screw/bolts cause alot of those guys are putting out more power than most of us, and the take off forces sure wrinkle a set of srag slicks.
While on the subject, i wonder how hard it would be to make a set of customs beadlock rings (assuming one has the proper tools avaible), as i've seen done before in the readers rides section of the offroad mags.
While on the subject, i wonder how hard it would be to make a set of customs beadlock rings (assuming one has the proper tools avaible), as i've seen done before in the readers rides section of the offroad mags.
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Don't do it. As mentioned, they WILL leak like a sob. Their intended use in drag racing is to keep the tire from rotating on the rim. They don't work so hot with the side loads that we see that WILL unseat the bead, and in doing so, destroy the tire. I suppose if you used a serious crap load of screws both vertically and horizontally into the bead you could pull if off, but I advise against it.
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I agree with the pro, not a good idea. the only people in offroad I have seen doing it were truck pullers just to keep the wills from spinning on the rims when they are aired down to 6-8 psi, but they are going straight line if you air down your tires, and make a corner they wont stop the tire from coming off the bead they will just rip out of the bead, and ruin the tire they are only good for stopping the slippiage on the rim.
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If only someone had a brand new piece of computerized equipment that could cut out beadlocks rings . . . 
The weld on rings really don't look too difficult to do and I've heard plenty of good stuff about them on Pirate.
The weld on rings really don't look too difficult to do and I've heard plenty of good stuff about them on Pirate.
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A few years back I bought a set of Bart beadlocks through Jeg's- they were supposed to be welded on after cutting off the outer lip of the wheel, but I found that if I massaged any dings out of the lip, they fit perfectly into the factory ford whitespokes I was using. They only cost $50 apiece at the time and I advised a fellow wheeler on this for his Samurai trailrider and it worked for him too. 15 inch wheel of course!!
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Originally Posted by ivanribic
If only someone had a brand new piece of computerized equipment that could cut out beadlocks rings . . .
i'll see what i can do
maybe i can use the machine shop for my own personal sweat shop and make them all make parts for me so i can distribute them to ya'll for good prices (price of materials?!?!)
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Originally Posted by fishmanndotcom
maybe i can use the machine shop for my own personal sweat shop and make them all make parts for me so i can distribute them to ya'll for good prices (price of materials?!?!)
-cutts-
-cutts-
I helped my dad pick up a new CNC table last night and he just got a new plasma cutter for it. Hopefully he'll get it all together soon so I can play with it. I'm STILL waiting on my beadlocks so maybe I'll have to build my own. 
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