Thread: Tubed or tubeless

I never had any trouble with external bead locks on my speedway car . The onlt time i have had a bead lock fail is hitting the wall at a fair rate of knots . As long as the bead lock is flat around the surface you won't have any trouble what so ever .

Not sure how to go about it as I always bought the wheels with the bead locks on them .

Just my 2 cents.

I have tubes for one reason, mainly

The tyres I use are 7.5 16 Jeep Service. Cheap (less than half the price of muddies) and hard wearing, and as far as I know, don't come tubeless.

Oh, and I usually go offroad at around 18-20lb but as low as 12-15lb. Never lost a tyre but have got flatties from sharp stuff getting in the side.

Alan

Originally Posted by V8Landy

So whats involved with fitting external beadlocks.Cheers Brett

Most people buy the rims with beadlocks already. But if you are handy with machining/welding, you can buy external beadlock kits. You need to machine down/cut off the outer bead of the rim (on a lathe preferably), and then weld the beadlock on.

Originally Posted by cookiesa

My only concern with splits is having seen the damage to the bottom of a patrol after one let go when being inflated (Glad he had the sense to place it under the vehicle) It is amazing how much energy they release!

I think it is quite amazing how little trouble you have with modern tyres. I have had the issue of a slowly deflating tyre after a week of sand driving but after the tyre shop cleaned it out no more problems! (I thought I must have picked up a small stake but couldn't find it)

yep been there seen that with 110psI in a mack tyre. put the lock ring into a tree.

I chain mine and then inflate them on the other side of a big tree but then I also check split rims at 5 PSI to make sure that they have seated properly before going to full pressure.

Split rims arent for everyone and my main reason for likeing them is they are usually of heavier mild steel construction and if you prang one it can be repaired or have the split repaired if needed.

Originally Posted by wannalandy

I never had any trouble with external bead locks on my speedway car . The onlt time i have had a bead lock fail is hitting the wall at a fair rate of knots . As long as the bead lock is flat around the surface you won't have any trouble what so ever .

Not sure how to go about it as I always bought the wheels with the bead locks on them .

It was always the inner bead on the left hand wheels as the inner bead isn't locked. For short races not normally a problem, but 50 or 100 lappers the track would chew and dry out and ocaasionally rip a bead off. The mickey t and hoosiers were a real tight fit over the rim too. Needed to wet the rims to get them on. No tubes either.

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