Question about beadlocks...

13bullets

13bullets

Chris
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Lincolnton
So with beadlocks only locking the bead on one side of the wheel/tire, what stops the other side from losing the bead? (Other than double beadlocks, of course.) What makes a beadlock on one side of the wheel so much better?
 
In most cases, the wheel is the same diameter from the inside bead to a couple inches toward the center of the wheel. This allows the tire to move inward off of the bead without losing much air if any. The outside bead steps down so when the tire is mounted it can be offset to aid in getting the tire on the wheel. The tire will come off the outside bead much easier. I hope that's an understandable explaination. Look at a wheel without a tire on it and you will better be able to see what I'm talking about.
 
could you screw the tires to the wheels? I know they do it on drag cars, didnt know if it would work with the lateral forces that our tires would see.
 
They screw the drag tires to the wheels so the tire doesn't turn around the wheel. We aren't putting that kind of torque to the ground so I don't see where it would benefit us on a beadlocked tire.
 
13bullets said:
They screw the drag tires to the wheels so the tire doesn't turn around the wheel. We aren't putting that kind of torque to the ground so I don't see where it would benefit us on a beadlocked tire.
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you'd be surprised...

lock the outer bead and drop it to single digit air pressure, and it's not that hard to spin/twist one on the rim...ESPECIALLY in the rocks...

that's why I love my Staun internal double-beadlocks...

Greg
 
I haven't had a problem with mine spinning. I would think, by the time you buy stauns, add an extra valve stem hole, and weld on an outer stiffening lip, I would just do a weld on set and deal with any slipping that may occur.
 
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