I had some fun today,,

[Skyetone]

rock rash??? we beat the rim square again with a rock!!
So do you have to mount the tire from the rear of the rim? Can you still do it with a machine or by hand only? So does that make it a royal PITA for inspection? Or do you have the no-seeums for inspection....
Where you gettin the cool smileys?

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by James K
Thanks

Another question as far as bolts. Do they offer them as a counter sunk version?

If you oreder them that way from RockStomper. See Herzogs post.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by Skyetone
rock rash??? we beat the rim square again with a rock!!
So do you have to mount the tire from the rear of the rim? Can you still do it with a machine or by hand only? So does that make it a royal PITA for inspection? Or do you have the no-seeums for inspection....
Where you gettin the cool smileys?

That rim was Really Bent Bad.... I beat the sheet out of it and it was still bent.

You mount the tires from the front, and if you had to remove the whole tire fron the rim you would have to have the rear bead pushed in by a machine.

I have a set of stock tires and rims for inspection.

 

[Shawn]

Ok, I just spent the last 5 hours breaking down each on of these bead locks to fix the leaks.

Note: Every time you start a new weld over lap the previous weld by 1/2 inch.
Every leak I fixed is where the two welds came together.

Now that was a PITA.

 

[Caleb]

man that sucks...BTW if its not too late I would suggest running a bead of silicon along the weld and then smoothing it with your finger...this will also help eliminate pin holes you may not have noticed before...

 

[Shawn]

Ya, I thought about it but,,,,

There are no more leaks.










I hope,,

 

[BlackSheep]

Shawn,
did you have to cut off the flange before you welded the inner rings on, or did you just weld them to the flange?

If you welded them direct to the flange, how much wider did it make the wheels?

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by BlackSheep
Shawn,
did you have to cut off the flange before you welded the inner rings on, or did you just weld them to the flange?

If you welded them direct to the flange, how much wider did it make the wheels?

No cutting of the flange.

The tire grew about 1.5" in width.... (per tire)

 

[Skyetone]

ok I've had to much beer tonight I guess. I thought that the bead locks made the front of the rim in essence a couplke inches wider. say 17" in front and 15" rear bead. If that is the case then how in the he!! do you get a bead over a wider lip? Plus in this pic it seems as though you welded the outer ring to the very outside of the original ring of the rim. Making it not wider than stock. In your case you have a 16" rim and a 16": beedlock. How does that help the bead stay on the tire?

 

[Hickey]

Yes, too much beer, go to bed and it will all make sense in the morning.

 

[Skyetone]

here is the pic... PITA

 

[Caleb]

well skye thats the inner ring you see in the picture and that is the same cicumfrence as the rim...15" is 15", 16" is 16", etc...but it hangs down a little and thats where the bolt holes are...now when you mount your tire you only get one bead over the lock and the other sits on it, then you clamp the outer ring over top the bead that doesn't go over the lock thus pinching it and holding the tire onto the rim...does this make sence...if not then wait till morning after you have slept it off and reread it

 

[Shawn]

Yep, to much beer...


You take you standard 15" rim (like I running) set a ring on the outer edge of said rim and weld it on.

Then (after it cools) you take a tire and slide (with the help a of friend) it over the same outer edge that you just welded the ring on.

The other bead of the tire stays on the outside of the riim. The Other ring (takes two per wheel) pinches the bead. So one ring is welded to the rim and one is bolted to the other.

Because the outer bead is not inside the rim and is outside the rim you are now 1.5" wider. This 12.5" tire looks like a 14" tire.



Make sence?

 

[Skyetone]

No I don't get it. I think it is cause everyone posts here is my beadlock.

Here it is mounted to the truck with the tire.

I guess I'll go look at rockstomper of vons sight to see a profile shot with both rings no tire. I don't get how it hold air... I think it's just the crack but I think really I'm just to poor to understand cool things like beadlocks....

 

[Shawn]

Here, give this to your girl,

 

[Hickey]

check out the how to on pirate, it shows a lot better detail.

 

[Skyetone]

I think it is the fact that there is no actual "pinching" between the inner and outer ring that throws me off.
In essence the tire sits on the factory bead. You weld a way to bolt on a larger ring to the factory rims bead (not affecting the original lip?) then you have a way to bolt on a larger ring say 17" making it next to impossible to pull the bead off the rimn without removing the bolted on ring. But how does that make the tire leak air?
Beadlocks 101

 

[Shawn]

See if this helps..
http://www.rockymountainextreme.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2151

 

[tv_larsen]

It's gotta be the crack.

Look at this pic, it should help.
http://www.rockstomper.com/images/products/wheels/lockrings09.jpg

 

[Caleb]

yep see in this pic that TV just loaded the outer bead gets clamped between there...it never actually gets seated...