Yesterday, I decided to finally start the project that I have been procrastinating on for about a year and a half. I think I still have emotional trauma from the first time I assembled my beadlocks, so disassembly, clean/paint, and reassembly is not something I have been looking forward to. These Beadlocks are from a company called DIYFX (at least I think that is who made them). I just spent the money 10+ years ago, and a friend of mine welded them up for me.
Anyways, over time, they have rusted pretty badly. I was originally considering purchasing new aluminum beadlock wheels, but didn't want to get them in the 5 x 4.5 lug pattern as I'm assuming I will eventually change out my HP Dana 30. So I finally decided to just refresh these wheels. I'm still trying to get ready in time for a possible moab trip.
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It took me over 30mins per wheel to remove the 32 bolts that are on each wheel. As much as it was a pain, I actually was happy and felt like it went pretty smoothly all things considered.
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I had started on the spare, and after I got the spare pulled apart, I went full tilt on the rest of them.
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I plan to weigh the hardware...
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I got three apart yesterday, and I ran home this morning between appointments and disassembled the remaining two. Then I ran the rings over to the body shop to get them sand blasted and repainted.
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I had an out of town meeting today, so when I got back from that, I ran over to the hardware supply shop and ordered 160 sets of hardware to put the wheel back together. I'm going to use stainless this time.
Tomorrow, I need to run to the automotive paint supply store and pick up some more topcoat, then I can start cleaning the wheels up for my home paint job!
I am pretty excited to see them freshly painted and back on the jeep!
Tonight, however, I am exhausted. I think I'll take a bit of a break.