Turtle
08-24-2007, 09:14 PM
Okay... I picked up an OLD set of wheels from a buddy. They came with weld on beadlocks already on them. Thankfully to PO cut the lip and actually welded to the back side of the ring. I was able to use a plasma cutter to cut them off and grind the rest down. So far it has gone fairly easy.
Tonight I got started on putting the first one together. I set the weld on ring into the lip of the wheel. Centered it the best I could and went to town with the welder. Now, I have read of two ways to do this part and wonder which is better and why...
First - set the ring all the way down, weld it in and grind what little bit of the outer lip is left away.
Second - using clamps, hold the ring up flush with the outer ring and weld it in and dont grind the lip.
I chose method #1 on the first lock... does all that make sense??
I suppose my next question comes towards mounting the tires... I am using 35x15.5x15 TSLs on a standard 15x10 wheel. Tonight I just played around a little bit with actually mounting the tire. How important is it that the tire be DEAD center on that ring???
Now my biggest question... I don't have ALL the bolts to do the full wheel. So I set the outter ring on (1/4" with 1/4" step ring). I got about 8 bolts placed and tightened up. However, between the outter ring and the inner ring there is still about a 1/4-3/8" gap. Is this normal???
I am beadlock dumb so any help is great! Thanks!
TUUUUUUUURTLE!
Tonight I got started on putting the first one together. I set the weld on ring into the lip of the wheel. Centered it the best I could and went to town with the welder. Now, I have read of two ways to do this part and wonder which is better and why...
First - set the ring all the way down, weld it in and grind what little bit of the outer lip is left away.
Second - using clamps, hold the ring up flush with the outer ring and weld it in and dont grind the lip.
I chose method #1 on the first lock... does all that make sense??
I suppose my next question comes towards mounting the tires... I am using 35x15.5x15 TSLs on a standard 15x10 wheel. Tonight I just played around a little bit with actually mounting the tire. How important is it that the tire be DEAD center on that ring???
Now my biggest question... I don't have ALL the bolts to do the full wheel. So I set the outter ring on (1/4" with 1/4" step ring). I got about 8 bolts placed and tightened up. However, between the outter ring and the inner ring there is still about a 1/4-3/8" gap. Is this normal???
I am beadlock dumb so any help is great! Thanks!
TUUUUUUUURTLE!