DIY Beadlock requests
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waynehartwig
www.jeeperman.com
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- Mead, WA
So................. Where is the tech??
Really... This is almost as bad as my build thread
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
We welded them last night. No pics. The wheels are 16.5's so we put a safety bead on them at the same time.So................. Where is the tech??
So................. Where is the tech??
This thread was to get questions to answer in the tech thread that I'll do when they are done. I figured I'd just delete this thread when I do the tech thread, but since the only people who have responded are people who already know how to do it.... maybe I should just delete this and forget about it.
You're just jonesing for pictures aren't you?
Guess I'll just let this be the tech thread.
Sorry I forgot my camera for the first phase...
I picked up 5 wheels worth of rings from K.O.R.E. for $323 shipped.
Do to the fact that I didn't want to spend another $350 on new 16.5 x 8 rims, I went with 4 used chromeies that bobmed gave me and 1 rusted to sh!t white spoke that hub crap city charged me $20 for
I borrowed a sand blaster and figured all would be well wrong, damned thing kept plugging up. Then it rained/snowed for the remaining two days before I had an appointment to get them welded...
Hickey was gullibl... nice enough to agree to weld them up for me on his fancy DIY beadlock welding jig supreme, which of course was no where to be found when I arrived 
So he just built a new one
Turns out none of the wheels were exactly round :sick: but they probably aren't any worse than what most people are rolling around on, it just made centering the inner ring more challenging.
All 5 wheels ended up with a lip that needed to be ground off. the white one was twice as big and made of much harder steel, it made me cry a little...
Since rim makers are f'n retarded and don't put safety beads on anything larger than 16" we decided to weld some on... we didn't get the spacing dialed to perfection until the last two though I'll mount them and see how they work, but they may have to be redone. Here's one of the two that are the same.
I needed to find out what bolt length I need to get so I did a test fit, and while it was mounted I figured it just as well pose on the truck
Here they are stacked up awaiting the next phase.... sandblasting, which timpanogos was nice enough to volunteer his son in law for
Cost so far (minus gas for running around)
4 rims $0
1 rim $21.25
5 rings $323
hardware $69.70 (160 grade 8 bolts, 160 grade 8 nylocs and 320 hardened washers)
A little bit of blood that spilled on britney's new garden tractor trailer while I helped Hickey with assembly.
Now I just need to figure out what the hell color I'm going to paint them
Sorry I forgot my camera for the first phase...
I picked up 5 wheels worth of rings from K.O.R.E. for $323 shipped.
Do to the fact that I didn't want to spend another $350 on new 16.5 x 8 rims,
I went with 4 used chromeies that bobmed gave me and 1 rusted to sh!t white spoke that hub crap city charged me $20 for I borrowed a sand blaster and figured all would be well
wrong, damned thing kept plugging up. Then it rained/snowed for the remaining two days before I had an appointment to get them welded...Hickey was gullibl...
nice enough to agree to weld them up for me on his fancy DIY beadlock welding jig supreme, which of course was no where to be found when I arrived So he just built a new one Turns out none of the wheels were exactly round :sick: but they probably aren't any worse than what most people are rolling around on, it just made centering the inner ring more challenging.
All 5 wheels ended up with a lip that needed to be ground off. the white one was twice as big and made of much harder steel, it made me cry a little...
Since rim makers are f'n retarded and don't put safety beads on anything larger than 16" we decided to weld some on... we didn't get the spacing dialed to perfection until the last two though
I'll mount them and see how they work, but they may have to be redone. Here's one of the two that are the same.I needed to find out what bolt length I need to get so I did a test fit, and while it was mounted I figured it just as well pose on the truck
Here they are stacked up awaiting the next phase.... sandblasting, which timpanogos was nice enough to volunteer his son in law for
Cost so far (minus gas for running around)
4 rims $0
1 rim $21.25
5 rings $323
hardware $69.70 (160 grade 8 bolts, 160 grade 8 nylocs and 320 hardened washers)
A little bit of blood that spilled on britney's new garden tractor trailer while I helped Hickey with assembly.
Now I just need to figure out what the hell color I'm going to paint them
A couple things:
17" rims have safety beads, and so do many/most 16" rims. It's just your 16.5's that are wrong.
You could have saved some money on bolts by going with grade 5. Not that Gr8 isn't better, just unnecessary for this application, methinks. They will resist getting the heads all mangled by rocks though, which will make removal/reinstallation easier cuz you'll still be able to use a socket on them if they retain their hexiness.....
17" rims have safety beads, and so do many/most 16" rims. It's just your 16.5's that are wrong.
You could have saved some money on bolts by going with grade 5. Not that Gr8 isn't better, just unnecessary for this application, methinks. They will resist getting the heads all mangled by rocks though, which will make removal/reinstallation easier cuz you'll still be able to use a socket on them if they retain their hexiness.....
I've never seen a 17" with safety bead
I only use grade 8, I don't believe in 5
Interesting....but all the 17" rims I've owned or messed with have had a safety bead. That's not to say there aren't 17's out there without 'em....
Good on ya for only using gr8. Nothing wrong with that, ever.
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Naw...... I just love ribbing you.....
And it's mean
I would NEVER do anything like that to you.