I thought about it but haven’t started the research for it. Assuming I would need some kind of tire mounter to start with..
DOT approved beadlocks
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I thought about it but haven’t started the research for it. Assuming I would need some kind of tire mounter to start with..
Tons of videos on how to install tires on beadlocks.
https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf...QIHbFMDsYQ0pQJegQICxAB&biw=1920&bih=969&dpr=1
Put the tire onto the rim.
Tap the bead around the lip of the beadlock.
Put in all your bolts
Tighten them down and using a torgure wrench make sure they are torqued to the proper specs.
He didn’t buy traditional beadlocks, his mount like a normal tire and wheel.
Yep, should have gone back and read what he said earlier. Interesting that he can't get them mounted.
Ya, only got a no from discounttire. He didn’t know what it was and I didn’t feel like debating it with him. I took it there first as I saw another forum with a discounttire rep saying those could be mounted at the stores. It really isn’t that different than mounting to regular wheels, just needs the bolts to be tightened down before putting the appropriate psi and balancing.
You could get a pair of tire spoons and mount them yourself but it'd be a huge PITA. I've had 3 places tell me they wouldn't eve balance my beadlocks.
Why I'm always watching for tire machines on CL and FB.
Between the tractor, truck, Jeeps, in laws and neighbors I've struggled bussed enough tires I deserve a machine.
Cost of living in the middle of nowhere.
-Mac
Between the tractor, truck, Jeeps, in laws and neighbors I've struggled bussed enough tires I deserve a machine.
Cost of living in the middle of nowhere.
-Mac
A shop like Discount doesn’t want to have to read to figure out how to install. They just do what they do, which is standard mount and balance. They may not do that well.
I’d ask local Jeep club members. Try to find a shop that works with the off-road community.
In my locale the shop told me, just bring the beadlocks here and we’ll do everything. Don’t try to mount them. Don’t do anything. I wanted to do most of it, but I don’t think they’d touch them if I did.
A Discount Tire corporate rep told me they have a corporate-wide policy against having anything to do with mounting tires onto beadlock wheels. Easy or not.
Many places are like that. They consider it a liability issue and don't want the risk.
Pull all the bolts. Take them to any tire store and have the tires mounted. Take them home, install the bolts, air them up, take them back and get them balanced. They are not bead locks. They have an internal bead retention. Not the same at all.
Okay, I'll bite, how does that little paper say to seat the retained bead with all the air leaks it will have with the bolts out far enough to clear the tire bead?
I did think of another way to do this. Get some short bolts that seal up the holes but do not go into the inner part of the rim. Install them and just snug them down far enough to not let air out. Run them down to the tire store, get them mounted and balanced. If they say anything, tell them they are fake bead locks just like the other 10,000 they mounted and balanced last year. Get them home, pull the valve core, replace the bolts and you're golden.
Do they say they will also install something they sell if you didn't buy it from them?
The only part I missed is they have enough thread to screw the bolts out far enough to stay in the holes and let the other end stay out of the way of the tire bead so it can seat. If you get the short bolts I talked about earlier, this is a non issue for any tire shop to deal with.