Mounting a tire on a bead lock wheel help

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Ok, ok, ok, I may dumber than a box of rocks but I need help. I am trying to mount tires on my very first set of bead lock wheels and I need help. I got the inner bead on the wheel, and then I started to question myself. I decided I needed to get the outer bead on the wheel too, but now I am thinking I messed up.

So elementary questions, does a bead lock really pinch the outer bead (if so I need to get the outer bead off the wheel) or does the ring just bolt to the wheel and stops the tore from slipping off.

I know I am probably a DA...

Here is where I am right now, tire is inside both lips of the tire

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Pull the outer part of the tire over the lip of the wheel.
 
Yes, pinches. The lack of a proper bead profile on that outside edge (because it pinches the bead instead) is what makes them not DOT legal and therefore not street legal.
It's a little more obvious with a wheel or beadlock ring that has a step built in (or a spacer ring) for the bead thickness; your wheel is pretty basic.

Here's an aluminum beadlock, note the gap for the outer tire bead where the beadlock ring bolts to the wheel:
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The beadlock does pinch the bead. You will need to pull the outer bead back off and center it on the lip of the wheel and then bolt down the outer beadlock ring.
 
Thanks guys, I should have gone with my first instinct, now to try and pull the front bead back off
 
CasterTroy said:
Who makes a steel beadlock with a step? Or is that an aluminum only deal?
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The step on an Allied wheel is in the steel outer ring. I think it's only on aluminum that they step the wheel center probably to keep the ring from coning.
 
CasterTroy said:
Who makes a steel beadlock with a step? Or is that an aluminum only deal?
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There are rings with a step, and there are flat rings used with spacers too. Mostly I was just saying that it's a completely flat area on the wheel and isn't necessarily obvious when looking at it. A flat-flanged wheel with a flat beadlock ring and no spacer may not be intuitive to look at and figure out, as there's nothing in between except for bare bolts.

I was trying to make him feel a little better about sheepishly asking a question that many of us take for granted. ;)
 
Loganwayne said:
I hope you put some bead sealer or something to seal the tire.... May not be a problem with your new factory wheels but I didn't get enough on one tire and it leaks down in a day or two

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No bead sealer, didn't know I should. Where do I get some?
 
Joe J. said:
Yeah I thought they were flat rings on the first post. Very nice! Now I get to see how those tires will work before I need to buy new ones. :) Can you get a side view of the tire on the wheel. Curious how much the sidewall pokes out.
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This is at 7psi and obviously bot on the jeep yet.

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Loganwayne said:
I hope you put some bead sealer or something to seal the tire.... May not be a problem with your new factory wheels but I didn't get enough on one tire and it leaks down in a day or two.
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Is that a "normal" issue with single beadlocks? Just asking because I have never had an issue with my double beadlocks deflating. On mine there is a ring in between the beads and an o-ring that seals the outer to the inner.
 
You can get a can of bead sealer at Napa. That said I only have 1 of 5 that ever leaks on my toyota and they are diy wheels.
 
OnlyOneDR said:
Is that a "normal" issue with single beadlocks? Just asking because I have never had an issue with my double beadlocks deflating. On mine there is a ring in between the beads and an o-ring that seals the outer to the inner.
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I guess it depends on how well the rings are welded in then leveled, and how beat up your outter rings are. If I take mine apart the outter rings aren't flat.

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