Why a sugar substitute?
TR Beadlocks--on the street---yes or no?
- Thread starter Cody
- Start date
Why a sugar substitute?
Because it's Suhweeet
Kiel
Formerly WJ ZUK
Kiel
Formerly WJ ZUK
I doubt anybody can do the mounting any better then yourself, so why pay for it. Plus then you can just say stick it on your machine without any hassle.
rockreligious
NoEcoNaziAmmo
- Location
- Ephraim
not D.O.T. approved, and I wouldnt run anything under 32 bolt, (possibly leaky) might be ok with TR's. I run dyi welded beads on 38.5x14.5's without anykind of balancing at all, and it was extremely smooth until I bent a ford9" shaft. I have a friend who had his balanced at Big O, They were way off and they told him how much wieght and where and he welded some heavy nuts on the inside of the wheel. worked good.
You will likely get pulled over and harrased about the tire sticking out of the wheelwell, then when you give them attitude they will write you up for your beadlocks and taze you.
when I mounted mine, I just centered the tire best I could on the rim, then centered the outside ring with the lines on the bead, sprayed everything with soapy water tightened down the bolts(all 32) evenly watching the bead lines, then backed them off and retightened..watch you even pressure on your bolts as you work your way around the previous ones that were tight will loosen. I run at 10lbs and havent lost a single pound in two seasons. usually a regular tire will lose some come winter.strange.
You will likely get pulled over and harrased about the tire sticking out of the wheelwell, then when you give them attitude they will write you up for your beadlocks and taze you.
when I mounted mine, I just centered the tire best I could on the rim, then centered the outside ring with the lines on the bead, sprayed everything with soapy water tightened down the bolts(all 32) evenly watching the bead lines, then backed them off and retightened..watch you even pressure on your bolts as you work your way around the previous ones that were tight will loosen. I run at 10lbs and havent lost a single pound in two seasons. usually a regular tire will lose some come winter.strange.
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Brett
Meat-Hippy
- Location
- Salt Lake City Utah
I'd tase Cody given the chance. Wouldn't you? :greg:
hammerhead
Junkyard Dog
- Location
- Southern Utah
1995zj
I'm addicted
- Location
- Herriman, UT
I mounted mine myself, and then I put 9 ounces of airsoft BB's in my 37" MTR's. I just bought a big tub of 10,000 bb's at Sports Authority for like $15. I read somewhere how many you are supposed to put in, I'll look for the link. They don't seem unbalanced at all. I haven't had any trouble with cops and I have driven to and from Moab twice...and on the streets every-so-often. IMO I would run them, but that's just my .02 cents.
Edit: here is a link to some bb's, although airsoft bb's should work just as well.
http://www.innovativebalancing.com/gallery1.htm
Edit: here is a link to some bb's, although airsoft bb's should work just as well.
http://www.innovativebalancing.com/gallery1.htm
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- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
That might be fun to watch
There's a LOT of that stuff going around here today. What's up?
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Tacoma
Et incurventur ante non
- Location
- far enough away
I think Cody is just feeling the love.
That, or the cops are acting up again. Hard to say from BFE, Wyoming.
That, or the cops are acting up again. Hard to say from BFE, Wyoming.
The only difference is that the big TR stands out a lot more than your ring. The beadlocks you have dont' appear any different from a street lock.
hmmm, decisions decisions.
hammerhead
Junkyard Dog
- Location
- Southern Utah
Taste?
Nice edit Marc...
Nice edit Marc...
1995zj
I'm addicted
- Location
- Herriman, UT
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chadschoon
Well-Known Member
- Location
- lehi
I say go for it!!!
- Location
- Sandy, Ut
I would like to think I don't need to differentiate between laws and "interpretations" here.
Lets put it this way... you get the $500 if you find a LAW that says they are illegal... a note in an inspection manual is NOT a law, its simply one branch of the governments interpretation of said law. Can't stick you with a ticket without a law.
Similar threads pop up every year it seems... I've offered $$$ for someone to show me a ticket... nothing yet. I've got ~30k and 7 years of driving on my beadlocks, not a single issue. Oh yeah... they say DOT in the same place a non-beadlock rim does
4554x4
always modifing something
- Location
- Sandy Utah
I would like to think I don't need to differentiate between laws and "interpretations" here.
Lets put it this way... you get the $500 if you find a LAW that says they are illegal... a note in an inspection manual is NOT a law, its simply one branch of the governments interpretation of said law. Can't stick you with a ticket without a law.
Similar threads pop up every year it seems... I've offered $$$ for someone to show me a ticket... nothing yet. I've got ~30k and 7 years of driving on my beadlocks, not a single issue. Oh yeah... they say DOT in the same place a non-beadlock rim does
Im not trying to start any kind of debate here, but if an inspector passes a vehicle with beadlocks or anything else thats not up to par, he has broken the law and is facing fines and loosing his licence. If the inspector passes a car with bad brakes for instance and the car gets into a wreck, and UHP decides it was due to the brakes then it becomes a real problem for the inspector. Im not trying to split hairs here. I believe that some of the items on our inspections are unreasonable, but I dont make the laws, (or rules)
gripguru
Nate Davidson
- Location
- Meridian ID
Run em. I ran King Racing wheels for three years daily driving on 36tsls, that was a ride - bumpy lame ride, but cool for me. :-\ I had them on there for three more years with 38sx but that was trailering. I have never owned MTRs, but they would ride like a caddy compared to bias tsls. Run em for sure.
PS, I now have a set of steel TRs and though I trailer, I would not hesitate to run em on the street if the entire tread of my tires was not located outside the jeep tub.
PS, I now have a set of steel TRs and though I trailer, I would not hesitate to run em on the street if the entire tread of my tires was not located outside the jeep tub.