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128 Bolts Later...

dirtygoat

dirtygoat

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My back is killing me... But, they are done...:D

Ended up having to cut the Weld wheels off... Took them to a buddy that works at a semi truck tire shop and his machine couldn't get them off the rims... He's said he's never had that much of a problem with a set of tires in 15 years...:eek1:

Here they are... 18.5/44/15 Swamper TSLs on diy 32 bolt locks...

Gonna look sweet on the Blazer...:woot:




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Did you do the anti-coning rings or did you get them that way from Kert? I just built a stand from a unit bearing to use when I weld some on my rims here in the near future.
 
I bought these from a guy up here... $185 for a set of 4... I picked up the anti-coning material at Home depot, 1/8"x1/2"x36" mild steel... They were something like $3.50 a piece... A good friend of mine got me the hardware for free... About $4 in spray paint...

Didn't spend a whole bunch of time making them look show quality... They're going on the wheeling rig and will get beat to hell... Function over beauty...
 
dirtygoat said:
I bought these from a guy up here... $185 for a set of 4... I picked up the anti-coning material at Home depot, 1/8"x1/2"x36" mild steel... They were something like $3.50 a piece... A good friend of mine got me the hardware for free... About $4 in spray paint...

Didn't spend a whole bunch of time making them look show quality... They're going on the wheeling rig and will get beat to hell... Function over beauty...
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Oh haha. You said diy and I assumed you were referring to kert. Is .120" thick enough? Seems like it would get beat up when you're riding the rim on rocks real hard
 
owenst7 said:
Oh haha. You said diy and I assumed you were referring to kert. Is .120" thick enough? Seems like it would get beat up when you're riding the rim on rocks real hard
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It's pinched pretty good between the two rings... If it doesn't hold up I'll use fan belts...:D
 
noob question but no amount of searching seems to help me understand this. Do beadlockers work by having bolts go through the ring and then through the rim against the bead of the tire? and if so how does air not escape? If not how exactly does it work? I cant quite seem to wrap my head around it.
 
dirtygoat said:
It's pinched pretty good between the two rings... If it doesn't hold up I'll use fan belts...:D
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Guess I didn't think about belts holding up in there like a lot of guys use. Did you just work the strap in to place by hand?

This type of beadlock clamps the outer bead of the tire outside the original rim and against the welded ring. The tire itself seals against the metal. It is not a great fit though and they have a tendency to leak air slightly.
 
How would you seat the tire beyond the edge of each rim? Im a tire guy and all i do to seat tires is use the machine to get it on the rim. Once it sits on there i blast some air in it and it expands to the end of each rim and the bead pops as it seats. Take it to the balancer. How do you get the tire to seat beyond where it would seat traditionally?
 
gotblazers said:
How would you seat the tire beyond the edge of each rim? Im a tire guy and all i do to seat tires is use the machine to get it on the rim. Once it sits on there i blast some air in it and it expands to the end of each rim and the bead pops as it seats. Take it to the balancer. How do you get the tire to seat beyond where it would seat traditionally?
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These beadlocks make mounting the tires easier. You draw the inner bead of tire over the outer bead of the rim and in to the drop center. Just like if you were mounting on a normal rim, except instead of now drawing the outer bead over the outer bead of the rim, now you just center the tire over that welded on ring and bolt your outer ring on. The bead/sidewall gets clamped between the outside diameter of the rings and the bolts are within the inside diameter of the tire. The anticoning device keeps that outer ring from pulling in at the inside diameter from the tension in the bolts.
 
AAAHHH I finally get it. All this time i was trying to think of it backwards. I was trying to imagine how the bolt reached the tire through the rim when all this time the tire was moving to reach the bolt :haha: . Thanks guys, Its been driving me crazy that i couldnt understand how beadlockers worked all this time and i work in a tire shop lol.
 
Here's a cut away showing the outer bead on the outside of the rim... The green ring then goes on and the bolts are used to clamp the ring that's welded to the rim to the green ring and clamp the bead of the tire...

The inside bead still seats the normal way... After you finish bolting everything up, you hit it with air and seat the inside bead...

Hope this clears things up...

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Thanks, I was just curious if it was a design I've been looking for. Fortunately not. :rotfl:
 
nvrenuf said:
Thanks, I was just curious if it was a design I've been looking for. Fortunately not. :rotfl:
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He shocked me, too, when I read of cutting up Welds. :eek1::confused:

Then I scrolled down and saw they're 6 lugs.

Proceed with the cutting! :thumb:

Note to everyone else from now on: NEVER CUT UP 8 LUG WELD WHEELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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