Bead locks
Submitted: Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 11:09
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Member - Noldi (WA)
Just a quick enquiry on bead locks,
I thought I read somewhere that the were not legal for street driving, does anyone know if this is correct and id so why?
Also they cause problems with wheel balancing.
Finally are they woth the trouble? I generally drop tyre to 14lb on sand and have not had troubles
Rgds
Ian
Reply By: Kiwi Ray - Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 11:23
Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 11:23
Hi Ian
In NZ you can have road legal mechanical bead locks
They must have 36 bolts.
They must be made by a certified manufacturer
They must have a certificate.
The truck must also be certified to use them on road.
Moest of this is easy to get
If they are
well made balancing is not a problem
Check with some of the off road competitors they will be able to give you the current info
Ray
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Reply By: Robin - Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 11:58
Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 11:58
Hi Ian
My brother recently went to bead locks , not because of low tyre pressures but because with some big tyres and lockers the tyre would spin 1/2 turn on the rims.
They certainly work , but have proved a real pain in the bush to repair tyre etc.
14 psi should not need use of beadlocks, unless you are very aggressive.
Robin Miller
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Reply By: Member - Davoe (Nullagine) - Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 12:11
Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 12:11
checked out your rig profile and you definitly dont need them. I have a photo somewhere that i took to prove to al the doomsayers that life ends after your tyres go to below 20psi. Is is of my tyres at around 5psi.
I dropped them to that to mak a steep short cutting between Mt pasely and Bellingers beach about 120k e of
esperance. I then could not be bothered pumping thm up and drove back to
poison creek via
the Summit of Mt Pasely and 14k of beach etc back to the campgrounds.
I did have problems with 1 but that waz coz it was running a tube
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Reply By: Alloy c/t - Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 12:17
Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 12:17
4WD monthly ,april , does a bit on the Staun beadlocks ,no mention of being legal or illegal , old biker Roothy would not do anything illegal now would he ??
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Follow Up By: Member - Roachie (SA) - Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 20:14
Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 20:14
The thing that I didn't like too much was that you have to drill another hole in the rim for the beadlock's valve stem (rendering the rim useless for later use with no beadlock if you want to run tubeless tyres).
Also, it appeared they DID have to fit a tube to the tyre when they fitted the beadlock (from what I saw on the DVD that 4WD Monthly did). That turned me off the idea of the Staun beadlocks for sure.
Also on that DVD, did anybody notice the recovery (possibly staged?) where the dual cab Patrol with the camper trailer, recovered another ute and trailer combination? Not sure that that is the sort of recovery they should be portraying......the full weight of the recovery was transmitted via the square box section (similar to a Hayman Reece, but I would doubt it would be anywhere near as strong) on the back of the camper trailer. So, you have the load going through all sorts of unnecessary and potentially dangerous "links" (ie: the Treg coupling, trailer body and the small box section to name but 3).
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 21:32
Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 21:32
No tube Sir William, that may have been the beadlock you saw them putting in
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Reply By: Member - Noldi (WA) - Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 12:54
Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 12:54
Thanks guys, as I suspected they seem to be a specialised bit if kit, friend of
mine saw the video and tried to convince me they were a must have
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Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 16:53
Friday, Mar 23, 2007 at 16:53
Waste of money outside competition use.
We have tyres come off rims on training days in the sand. Pretty easy to fix once people know how. And they soon learn not to give it heaps while turning.
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