16.5 Wheels Blowing Beads

[cybrfire]

Throw the 16.5 stuff out, Send it to me and I'll get rid of it for ya!

 

[muddyblzr]

narrower rims retain tires better. You run that wide of a rim with that "wide" of a tire and you are going to be facing losing a bead all over again. Many guys around here recommend an 8" wide rim for a 12.5" wide tire. Tire holds the bead better than it does on a 10" wide rim. You start running a rim wider than the tire itself(which no manufacturer recommends) and the tire naturally wants to suck itself back IN, thus increasing the likelihood of loosing a bead. Road racers and Icelandic buggy racers don't face nearly the same conditions as rock crawlers and trail runners do.

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[mendo]

If your interested I might be selling my recentered hummer beadlocks.

nice, how much do you want for them? you can email me at [email protected] as I cant PM you on here.

Also its my understanding that you can not fit a 15inch wheel on 1 tons correct? I would preferably like to run a 15 inch because of the wide variety of swampers available for them. Thanks for all the other info guys

 

[dhcomp]

You can, but you have to grind on teh front calipers some.

 

[MuddinManny]

Ive got 38x12.50 TSL's on 16.5 steel wheels on my K20 and yesterday I blew 3 tires off the bead while wheeling in a mud pit with street pressure.
I heard that 16.5 wheels have a more rounded bead around the edge which makes it easier for the tire to roll off then other size wheels, is this true? 2 of my tires got large cuts in the bead from the wheel gouging into them and no longer hold air so I need to get some new tires but dont want to blow $1000+ on new tires for these wheels if this is going to keep happening. Should I just go ahead and get some 15 or 16 inch wheels or was this just a fluke that I lost so many tires? Thanks

Ditch the 16.5's. They are nothing but trouble. IMHO it isn't worth it to add beadlocks just to keep them. If you're concerned about rim fit, 16's have plenty of sizes and 17's and up are growing each day.

Oh, btw, can I come play in your MUD? That looks real good!

Manny

 

[darkshadow]

how bad are the cuts? its too bad you ended up cutting them, i have 16.5 and looking for meats.

all the advice here is good, your pockit book will tell you what to do!