Author Topic: Custom Beadlocks (Read 5992 times)

rednk1980 · « **Reply #30 on:** Feb 07, 2007, 01:17:19 PM »

tacostewie if you can get the okay from marlin and email me a logo i can see what we can do with putting it on the 16.5 locks there should be more room on the lock becuase it is a bigger wheel size. Ill pm you my email address

rednk1980 · « **Reply #31 on:** Feb 07, 2007, 09:28:04 PM »

so me and my business partner were doing some research on the goods and bads of weld on kits and found out that alot of people don't want to run them because they have to cut their existing rim. We'll we've come up with a way to not have to cut you rim. Granted it will make your wheel 3/4 of an inch wider however if eliminates all of the cutting envolved. All you do is take the inner ring and weld it on to the outer most lip of your existing ring. then mound your tire like you normally would and bolt the outer ring on. It takes the cutting out and helps with the leak prevention. Let me know if this would be a better idea or if i should just stay the course and make the other ones where you cut your bead off.

alwayzbroken · « **Reply #32 on:** Feb 07, 2007, 09:43:00 PM »

Quote from: rednk1980 on Feb 07, 2007, 09:28:04 PM

so me and my business partner were doing some research on the goods and bads of weld on kits and found out that alot of people don't want to run them because they have to cut their existing rim. We'll we've come up with a way to not have to cut you rim. Granted it will make your wheel 3/4 of an inch wider however if eliminates all of the cutting envolved. All you do is take the inner ring and weld it on to the outer most lip of your existing ring. then mound your tire like you normally would and bolt the outer ring on. It takes the cutting out and helps with the leak prevention. Let me know if this would be a better idea or if i should just stay the course and make the other ones where you cut your bead off.

Dude where have you been? That is the style that pretty much all the kits on the market are. There is no reason to cut your outer bead anymore. The ones that drop inside the lip are what I have and they add about 1.5." They work great.

rednk1980 · « **Reply #33 on:** Feb 07, 2007, 09:46:29 PM »

Quote from: alwayzbroken on Feb 07, 2007, 09:43:00 PM

Dude where have you been? That is the style that pretty much all the kits on the market are. There is no reason to cut your outer bead anymore. The ones that drop inside the lip are what I have and they add about 1.5." They work great.

Yeah so i just go told that i was stupid by about a million and one people on another forum

turns out i make things way to complicated carry on foreget what i said.

alwayzbroken · « **Reply #34 on:** Feb 07, 2007, 10:00:19 PM »

yotaboy79 · « **Reply #35 on:** Feb 07, 2007, 10:09:03 PM »

thats funny

rednk1980 · « **Reply #36 on:** Feb 07, 2007, 10:10:52 PM »

give me a break im only 17 still gotta a lotta learnin to do.

YotaJohnBoy4x4 · « **Reply #37 on:** Feb 07, 2007, 10:15:51 PM »

alrighty guys.... im the business partner/cad drawer of the locks.... has any one put these on a 10 wide rim... how did you like it?

rednk1980 · « **Reply #38 on:** Feb 07, 2007, 10:17:48 PM »

ah... my partner in crime has arrived! Hes the brains of the operation

yotaboy79 · « **Reply #39 on:** Feb 07, 2007, 10:24:27 PM »

i personaly wouldent put them on a 10in wheel unless your running a 16"+ wide tire but thats just me only reason i wouldent is for fear of blowing inner beads in the snow i mannaged to blow a rear inner bead with 36x12.5x15 tsl sx's the wheels started as 15x8's the bead locks made them about a 15x9 although i was also running about a half pound of air pressure but if you already have 10in wheels you might as well try it if you dont want to buy new ones if nothing else you can sell them and get some new ones

rednk1980 · « **Reply #40 on:** Feb 07, 2007, 10:27:47 PM »

probably be what i end up doing is selling my 15/10's and buying a set of 15/8 steel wheels aren't that hard to get rid of.

YotaJohnBoy4x4 · « **Reply #41 on:** Feb 07, 2007, 10:32:30 PM »

yea ill be finding some 8s

BigMike · « **Reply #42 on:** Feb 09, 2007, 08:54:43 AM »

Quote from: yotaboy79 on Feb 07, 2007, 10:24:27 PM

i personaly wouldent put them on a 10in wheel unless your running a 16"+ wide tire but thats just me only reason i wouldent is for fear of blowing inner beads in the snow i mannaged to blow a rear inner bead with 36x12.5x15 tsl sx's the wheels started as 15x8's the bead locks made them about a 15x9 although i was also running about a half pound of air pressure but if you already have 10in wheels you might as well try it if you dont want to buy new ones if nothing else you can sell them and get some new ones

I'm with ya on this one.

I've always felt that a 4.5" difference is ideal.
12.5" wide tire = 8" wheel
13.5" wide tire = 9" wheel
14.5" wide tire = 10" wheel

etc

alwayzbroken · « **Reply #43 on:** Feb 09, 2007, 12:44:15 PM »

I planned on getting 40" Rockers that are 16.5 wide so I welded rings to 15x10s. Well plans changed so I ended up running my 38x12.50 TSLs and have not had a problem. The tire actually went flat and I drove on it that way for quite a while and the inner bead held. I have run the combination over some really wicked trails and surprisingly they held up fine. I agree it is not ideal but I don't think it would be the end of the world. I personally would not hesitate to run a 14" tire on a beadlocked 10" wide wheel.

rednk1980 · « **Reply #44 on:** Feb 13, 2007, 02:17:24 PM »

The computer is setup now, so were gonna start trial cutting.

TacoStewie · « **Reply #45 on:** Feb 13, 2007, 03:11:10 PM »

cant wait to see what you can do

Loki · « **Reply #46 on:** Feb 14, 2007, 06:27:12 AM »

word...you should have a digital camera on at all times while cutting these out

rednk1980 · « **Reply #47 on:** Feb 14, 2007, 10:30:16 AM »

Weve got the program figured out and the rings in the computer saved tomorrow were getting metal and monday were gonna cut some prototypes out. I have to find a set of 8in rims to try these out on. And get ahold of fastenall to see what kind of deal they will give us on nuts and bolts.

TacoStewie · « **Reply #48 on:** Feb 14, 2007, 10:40:17 AM »

rednk1980 · « **Reply #49 on:** Feb 14, 2007, 10:45:59 AM »

Stewie did you talk to marlin about us using the logo and i got a new idea for ya.

TacoStewie · « **Reply #50 on:** Feb 14, 2007, 10:58:53 AM »

i kinda brought it up and he seemed like he liked it. they are just trying to figure out the details. but Marlin is going to be in Reno the rest of the week. so i will get more info on Monday.

rednk1980 · « **Reply #51 on:** Feb 14, 2007, 11:03:34 AM »

Awsome sounds like this is gonna work

TacoStewie · « **Reply #52 on:** Feb 14, 2007, 11:49:24 AM »

:burnout:i hope it does

alwayzbroken · « **Reply #53 on:** Feb 14, 2007, 01:12:54 PM »

I bought bolts for 20.00 for one set at Fastenal. I think they were 3/8" x 1.5" long with washer and nylock nuts.

rednk1980 · « **Reply #54 on:** Feb 14, 2007, 08:59:42 PM »

were gonna use 3/8 bolts but with nutserts instead of nylocks (at least on our sets) if you want hardware with them it might be a little more cost i don't know. Still waiting to see if Fastenal will give us a break for buying in bulk

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