Beadlock Wheel Experience / Opinion

[Rangemaster]

I am running the Method’s beadlocks.

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[Gorilla57]

I run Trail Ready beadlocks and have had them for 4 years, on my 2nd set of tires. TR specifically states in their instructions to NEVER re-torque after initial installation. If a bolt comes loose, you are to deflate the tire completely and then re-torque the bolt. I have followed the install instructions torque recommendations and have never had a bolt come loose. Their rings do a really good job of protecting the bolts from the rocks.

 

[Surfarch]

I run Trail Ready beadlocks and have had them for 4 years, on my 2nd set of tires. TR specifically states in their instructions to NEVER re-torque after initial installation. ...

I looked at those but at +$1K more (for 5) than the others, its just not in the budget. Good info on the re-torque though.

 

[Crowbar]

Method just recently introduced the 708 bead grip wheel in a 17x9, 5x5, with 3.5" backspacing.

I've run bead grip wheels for years with zero complaints I also have Method 105's, true bead locks, on my other jeep and I've ordered 708's to replace the 105's.

 

[engineXI]

I have the icon rebound pros. about 3 years now. 1 point to call out, a shop charges $65 per wheel for beadlock service, mine costs $35 total (5 wheels). just a point to consider. note, that is based on amount of time to service (aka them checking torque).
Its just good to have a 3rd party confirm that, imo. Unsure what the beadlock service actually is.

 

[fastguy]

I’m running KMC grenade crawl’s and re-torque a few hundred miles after initial installation. Thereafter with season changes (winter/summer) or after hard wheeling trips where the bolts take damage.

I’m currently researching and upgrading to 38’s. The 38’s are mounted to Raceline BL’s which have a much lower torque spec than the KMC’s. I’m interested to see if this impacts the frequency of the bolt checks.

**BL’s are amazing if you’re going to use them.

 

[Chknleggs]

I've been running Icon Rebound Pros (never heard of the recon pros, maybe that's something new?) about a year and a half now. Mostly Street driving, but at this moment a handful of times off-road. I know for a fact you can go down to 10 psi with zero issues debeading.

Talk to pictures are on Sunday at Northwest OHV in Bridgeport Texas. Did some pretty hardcore trails as you can see in the second photo. That was quite the drop.

I was running 18 PSI just because I don't have a lift and I wanted the extra ride height.

And the photo below is Monday after I clean her off.

Personally I like the fact that I can legally run "interlock" wheels on the highways and byways. Personally I think they are actually better than beadlock Wheels. Can't tell you how many people I see running beadlock Wheels and their rings are heavily damaged and how many stories I've heard of people out in the middle of nowhere knocking their rings off. You can't knock my rings off, there are no rings to knock off. If I scrape the crap out of the side of the wheel, in the rim area, it might gouge the rim, but it won't leave me stranded. Kind of a nice feature to have if you ask me!

I definitely think it's an upgraded technology from beadlock Wheels, interlock technology that is.

If you do get these, I can point you in the direction of some lower cost replacement bolts and even some shorter bolts to plug the holes but so that you can still run them as non interlock wheels.

It's pretty costly to put tires on beadlocks, or in this instance interlock wheels. If you throw these bolts on there yourself first, you can save yourself about $300 bucks.

Can I get the info on the replacement and shorter bolts for these wheels? I am about to purchase these wheels and would like to have extras on hand.

Also any issues with them at all? Balance good and everything?

 

[Deleted User 38384]

Can I get the info on the replacement and shorter bolts for these wheels? I am about to purchase these wheels and would like to have extras on hand.

Also any issues with them at all? Balance good and everything?

From what I have experience, everything's nice with them.

This right here is the link for the shorter bolts:
https://www.aftfasteners.com/7-16-20-x-3-4-12-point-flange-bolt-plain-oil/

It's been a while since I measured the length of the interlock bolts, but to get you started, I'll provide you the link to the right type of bolt, but it's going to be on you to find out how long the bolt is supposed to be. (Sorry, holiday week so I got a busy week ahead of me, don't have time to run out to the garage right now and extract a bolt to measure it for you, though normally I would. )
https://www.aftfasteners.com/7-16-20-x-1-1-4-12-point-flange-bolt-plain-oil/

Btw, the pictures on this website don't directly match the items you'll get. It's a general stock photograph for the bolts, so the 3/4-in along with whatever length the larger fastener is, there's no flat section on it, the whole bolt is threaded outside of the head. Also keep in mind the pack size. That first link for the 3/4 in bolt, that's a hundred pack. The second link, that's a 50 pack. If you're buying five Rebound Pro wheels, with 16 Interlock bolts on each, you going to need at at minimum 80 bolts.

I personally haven't purchased the longer bolts from these guys, but keep in mind they do come fully threaded. They sell partially threaded bolts, but I believe those are partially threaded on the bottom, in the wrong side of the bolt is smooth. You do better purchasing a fully threaded bolt, and if it doesn't work screwing it in all the way, and it unseats the tire, then you're going to want to take a grinding wheel and grind down the threads on the longer bolts to match the original bolts.

Realistically, you could just grind down the bolts when you need them, that way you're not grinding down 80 to 100 bolts right off the bat. The other option is you can get 16 bolts from Icon for $70, versus 100 longer bolts from AFT Fasteners for $110. A little more work? Yeah possibly, but huge cost savings!

Hope this helps!


Oh and as an added note, it probably goes without saying, but make sure you release all of the pressure in the tire before you start yanking out these bolts, because you don't want them flying around your garage at 90 mph taking out anything in their way.

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