Beadlock fail at SEMA causes broken leg

[MWeb14]

Does anyone know of a shop in the Indianapolis area that will put tires on beadlock wheels?

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[Philly_]

Does anyone know of a shop in the Indianapolis area that will put tires on beadlock wheels?

I do not, but you might have better luck at an off-road specific shop rather than a traditional tire shop. Most, that I am aware of, won’t touch them.

 

[dcmdon]

Does anyone know of a shop in the Indianapolis area that will put tires on beadlock wheels?

I'll start by saying that I've never mounted a tire on a bead lock rim.

But I have mounted hundreds of tires back when I worked as a tech in college.

It would seem to me that beadlock rims lend themselves to being mounted without a tire machine by someone in a DIY manner. Which is pretty much impossible with regular tires and rims.

If you can get the inside of the tire over the face of the rim, then you just bolt the beadlock ring up against the tire.

Am I missing something?

 

[IceBerg]

I'll start by saying that I've never mounted a tire on a bead lock rim.

But I have mounted hundreds of tires back when I worked as a tech in college.

It would seem to me that beadlock rims lend themselves to being mounted without a tire machine by someone in a DIY manner. Which is pretty much impossible with regular tires and rims.

If you can get the inside of the tire over the face of the rim, then you just bolt the beadlock ring up against the tire.

Am I missing something?

You pretty much got it. I've done a few and it takes me about 30-45min per tire to do them. They are a maintenance item and many people fail to check them periodically and even more over torque the ring.

 

[OhioJeeper]

"Penta"
The original Hummer/H1 wheels were beadlocked with a rubber or magnesium runflat.
Think of two dinner plates put back to back with with a rubber O-ring in between. 12 bolts held the halves together. The designers were smart enough to install 5 sided nuts to keep the average owner, or tire shop, from disassembling under pressure and having the halves "explode" into the tech's face.

I, like others, had to buy the $125 socket to service the wheels as no shop wanted to mess with that system. With an impact, you could mount and dismount them fairly easily, then you had to go to a truck shop to balance them.

Many owners got rid of the "penta nuts", but you needed to be careful as any type of beadlock can be hazardous to ppl not familiar with the system.

 

[DOOKEY]

"Penta"
The original Hummer/H1 wheels were beadlocked with a rubber or magnesium runflat.
Think of two dinner plates put back to back with with a rubber O-ring in between. 12 bolts held the halves together. The designers were smart enough to install 5 sided nuts to keep the average owner, or tire shop, from disassembling under pressure and having the halves "explode" into the tech's face.

I, like others, had to buy the $125 socket to service the wheels as no shop wanted to mess with that system. With an impact, you could mount and dismount them fairly easily, then you had to go to a truck shop to balance them.

Many owners got rid of the "penta nuts", but you needed to be careful as any type of beadlock can be hazardous to ppl not familiar with the system.

Just when this thread couldn't get any lower someone started talking about 16.5's. Well that's it. We got it. We can all go home now. ?

 

[roaniecowpony]

Tires mounted and installed on the Jeep. Looks awesome! Happy to hear your thoughts!

I have a set of these in satin black stacked in my garage, waiting for tires.

 

[J0E]

Link to FB page A broken leg and a wild accident to start SEMA!

Speculation

• Leg not broken, nasty cut. See the leg pic which for some reason OP obscured.
• Over torqued + anti-seize + over inflated

The Nitto 38x13.5R17's have such thick sidewalls they required spaces for my Raceline beadlocks. I not sure of the tire that failed, but this is what happens without a spacer with a thick sidewall:

 

[KoKo]

I have a set of these in satin black stacked in my garage, waiting for tires.

Nice! I love these things. I have dropped pressures down to about 10 PSI so far and no issues at all... Looking forward to seeing the pics of the wheels on your Jeep!

 

[J0E]

Nice! I love these things. I have dropped pressures down to about 10 PSI so far and no issues at all... Looking forward to seeing the pics of the wheels on your Jeep!

ICON ALLOYS REBOUND PRO WITH PATENTED INNERLOCK TECHNOLOGY

They say 10 PSI but my bet is you could safely drop to 7 PSI with low risk of losing an outside bead and ultra low risk of the tire spinning. Even if it burped air from the front outside bead, it would be easy to reseat.

 

[roaniecowpony]

Nice! I love these things. I have dropped pressures down to about 10 PSI so far and no issues at all... Looking forward to seeing the pics of the wheels on your Jeep!

I spent a couple hours carefully lubing bolts with anti-seize. Got new TPMS sensors and stems and a bunch of balance beads, ready to go.

 

[KoKo]

I spent a couple hours carefully lubing bolts with anti-seize. Got new TPMS sensors and stems and a bunch of balance beads, ready to go.

Nice! I did balance beads as well. I threw in about 8 oz in my H/T 37's and LOVE the results. Best part is after some serious offroading, no need to get the tires rebalanced!

 

[KoKo]

ICON ALLOYS REBOUND PRO WITH PATENTED INNERLOCK TECHNOLOGY

They say 10 PSI but my bet is you could safely drop to 7 PSI with low risk of losing an outside bead and ultra low risk of the tire spinning. Even if it burped air from the front outside bead, it would be easy to reseat.

I was skeptical at first when I tried 10PSI, but tried and true in my book. (Or Im not wheeling hard enough )

 

[roaniecowpony]

Thanks for sharing your experiences with the Rebound Pros.

Since I don't currently have beadlocks, I've been keeping pressures in the high teens, which also keeps the ground clearance. I really haven't gotten into tough enough situations to have needed lower pressures. But, we're working up on harder and harder trails. The Rebound Pros will give me some confidence to go much lower than I've been running.

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