Beadlock Issues

[Ricky B]

Aight I can't get a set of beadlocks to hold air to save my life. I have 32 bolt beadlocks, and my buddy has 18 bolt beadlocks, I'm runnin 42" tsl's, he's runnin 44" Gumbo's. I just cant get either set of tires to not leak. Its really annoying cause you have to put air back in the tires alomost every day, or just always park it with jackstands underneath the axles at night. I've re torqued both sets, 15 ft lbs each (was told not to go higher) in the crisscross pattern to make sure there pressed on evenly. My buddy's blazer 3 of his beadlocks leak, on mine its just one. Any tips/tricks/me just bein stupid doin something wrong?

Thanks

 

[upnover]

Ricky what kinda beadlocks are they? Factory production or weld on?

 

[Ricky B]

Both are weld on, both purchased used. The 18 bolt set were John's old beadlocks, if you ever might have seen them, the 32 bolt set were I believe down and dirty's beadlocks just in case your familiar with either of those.

 

[Rich]

try some RTV around the weld-on areas...

 

[Ricky B]

Yea I did that, i guess I aughta get some like soapy water and see if I can pinpoint the leak area.

 

[87rockzuk]

What do the welds look like? I have weld on beadlocks too from rockcity. I can go for weeks and not have to add any air to mine.

Sometimes when I get the sidewalls rolled over really far you can hear the air leak out of the tire. I think I may need to retorque the bolts on mine, but just sitting, they don't leak.

 

[Ricky B]

I mean they looked pretty decent, Chip gave me a call and walked me through a bunch of troubleshooting techniques so I'm gonna give em a try and see what happens.

 

[farmboy]

try some RTV around the weld-on areas...

That was my guess too. Try "The Right Stuff" RTV if you have not already. Not all RTV's are created equal.