Beadlocks on DD

Nissanwheeler

Nissanwheeler

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how will dubble beadlocks drive on the road? Are they hard to balance? heres a couple picks.
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Well.....those tires wil prob never balance out anyway. For the weight and agravation they can cause...I wouldn't want beadlocks for the street.
 
Those aren't beadlocks (unless there's stauns inside the tire). Somebody tricked you with the rock rings welded inside the rim.
 
discjoki said:
Those aren't beadlocks (unless there's stauns inside the tire). Somebody tricked you with the rock rings welded inside the rim.
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Same thing I was thinking
 
discjoki said:
Those aren't beadlocks (unless there's stauns inside the tire). Somebody tricked you with the rock rings welded inside the rim.
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I haven't bought/traded yet I was toning to make sure I knew what I am getting into. Thanks for the input I might not get them now, and the double beadlock is just what the guy was telling me,
 
Also watch your tire selection. If you want tires that balance out and ride smooth on the road, stay away from bias-ply TSL's, Boggers, and LTB's. They will flat-spot at night and ride like a square block of wood when they are cold.
 
if you have trouble balancing larger tires, try a shop that does big truck tires-they sometimes use bags of talc inside the tire to balance them, the centrifugal force tends to throw it to the side of the tire where it's needed and dampen vibration
 
im not too worried about how it drives as long as it does drive and can drive more than 40 miles at a time.
 
Don't do the talc balancing in an off-road tire. That stuff only works so long as you're using dry air to refill the tire. Using cheap 12V compressors, Yorks, or just whatever gas station air you come across will introduce moisture into the tire. That causes the talc to clump, stick together, then fall off and collect somewhere else in the tire, etc. Couple that with airing down, making it more likely that the talc will get moved when you go wheeling. It can make your balance problems worse.

Those TSLs are a crap shoot. Some of them will roll down the interstate at 70mph without doing a thing. Others are square from day one.

Find out if that wheel unbolts into two separate pieces from the ring of bolts in the middle. If it does, and it has a liner inside, it's a double beadlock. They look kinda like a wheel that D&D or somebody was making, but I'm unconvinced.

I wouldn't want to drive 40 miles every day on those tires, regardless of whether or not they balanced. Maybe on a Saturday morning to Uwharrie, but that's it. They're going to be loud, they'll suck in the rain, they'll suck in ice, and they'll suck in anything less than 6" of snow.
 
Shawn said:
Don't do the talc balancing in an off-road tire. That stuff only works so long as you're using dry air to refill the tire. Using cheap 12V compressors, Yorks, or just whatever gas station air you come across will introduce moisture into the tire. That causes the talc to clump, stick together, then fall off and collect somewhere else in the tire, etc. Couple that with airing down, making it more likely that the talc will get moved when you go wheeling. It can make your balance problems worse.

Those TSLs are a crap shoot. Some of them will roll down the interstate at 70mph without doing a thing. Others are square from day one.

Find out if that wheel unbolts into two separate pieces from the ring of bolts in the middle. If it does, and it has a liner inside, it's a double beadlock. They look kinda like a wheel that D&D or somebody was making, but I'm unconvinced.

I wouldn't want to drive 40 miles every day on those tires, regardless of whether or not they balanced. Maybe on a Saturday morning to Uwharrie, but that's it. They're going to be loud, they'll suck in the rain, they'll suck in ice, and they'll suck in anything less than 6" of snow.
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X2! Talc bags turn into a frickin mess over time. I have had success with pad ballancing them with the weighted pads. Spin them, mark the rim/tire, break them down, cut a pad to the proper weight and vulcanized it to the inside of the tire. Lot of work, But you dont have to worry about knocking the weights off the rim and you can do it with actual double bead locks. As far as Bias ply swampers go... They belong on the trail, they hate asphalt and speed.
 
ok so heres the deal, id have to drive 40 miles home on them, and from there the truck will only be driven on the weekends to events, never going more than 40 miles. The rest of the time they will sit in the drive way? If i did get these would anyone on here be interested for a trade?
 
Nissanwheeler said:
ok so heres the deal, id have to drive 40 miles home on them, and from there the truck will only be driven on the weekends to events, never going more than 40 miles. The rest of the time they will sit in the drive way? If i did get these would anyone on here be interested for a trade?
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what size tires are they?
 
those look like two piece rims to me? and any tire that large is gonna ride like crap but if he is going to trade u stright up id run them either way (UPGRADE) lol
 
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