Beadlocks - Torque question....

[wasted wages]

First time for me mounting a set of beadlocks...

I'm using 1.75 x 3/8 grade 8 plated bolts w/ grade 8 washers and pinch type lock nuts.

I'm guessing 10-15 ft lbs torque is correct..

So I start torquing the bolts in a criss cross pattern,,But damn,,,after 4 times crossing the pattern X 32 bolts, I still can't get the 15 ft lb to hold on the bolts..and the outer ring is beginning to cone...So how do you know when to stop ??

It seems like if I keep trying to get the bolts to hold torque, I'm just going to keep bending the ring inwards..

 

[wayne]

My Walker's are 20 ft pds on the lock ring bolts. Yes the ring will cone out and that is why I like the Walker Evans beadlocks I got. The ring is machined with the bolt recess on a angle so when the wheel is torqued the bolt is not bent or binding.

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

DIY beadlock rings cone like that, that's one of the advantages to buying aftermarket beadlocks.

Mine are at 15 ft. lbs. and it does take forever to get them all to hold 15 ft. lbs.

 

[wasted wages]

Seems like a small strap welded inside of the outer ring ( say 3/4 to 1" wide
rolled into a circle and welded on edge,, just outside of the bolt holes) would go a long way in helping the coning problem...anyone ever done this ???

This "band" would now contact the inner ring and force the ring to seat against the bead without coning as the bolts were tightened...

 

[rdn2blazer]

Mine are 15ft lbs, It takes for ever, keep going. My Omf bead locks cone too, also have the tapered recess spot face.

 

[muddermilitia]

Seems like a small strap welded inside of the outer ring ( say 3/4 to 1" wide
rolled into a circle and welded on edge,, just outside of the bolt holes) would go a long way in helping the coning problem...anyone ever done this ???

This "band" would now contact the inner ring and force the ring to seat against the bead without coning as the bolts were tightened...

Or you could get an anti-coning ring that some companies sell (IE ruffstuff)

 

[rdn2blazer]

I would like to know if the Poison Spider 3/4 thick rings cone or not? I doubt it.