: Mounting beadlocks


vova
10-01-2001, 12:20 AM
Any trick to mounting beadlocks and keeping them from leaking?
What's the trick?
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YellowSub1962
10-01-2001, 12:41 AM
<font color="yellow">my MRTs are still holding air (within 3lbs) since march. All I did was take my time mounting them and made sure to go around torqing them evenly in a criss cross type pattern...</font c>

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The Jerk
10-01-2001, 08:41 AM
i never had em leak below 15psi and that was over a cours eof 2-3 weeks. just criss cross those bolts and leave about an 1/8 of an inch betwnn the ring and wheel! jiMMy

CAPT.THROTTLE
10-01-2001, 10:08 AM
I run Eaton's with 12 PSI front/10 PSI rear and they don't leak at all. I just took my time mounthing the tires and torqued the lock ring bolts in a criss-cross pattern to the reccomended 20 foot lbs.

vova
10-01-2001, 12:12 PM
I've heard a little grease between the ring and the tire?

82FB
10-01-2001, 12:17 PM
I haven't mounted mine, yet, but I was thinking a bunch of silicone wouldn't hurt.

Brawler
10-01-2001, 12:50 PM
Originally posted by CAPT.THROTTLE:
<STRONG>I run Eaton's with 12 PSI front/10 PSI rear and they don't leak at all. I just took my time mounthing the tires and torqued the lock ring bolts in a criss-cross pattern to the reccomended 20 foot lbs.</STRONG>

20 foot lbs? WOW i did mine to something like twenty inch pounds. When i did twenty foot lbs the rings were practicaly touching. Did i do mine wrong?

YellowSub1962
10-01-2001, 01:29 PM
<font color="yellow">not exactly familliar with eatons, but MRT recommends 15FTlbs, and I still have a 3/16"ish gap...mine are 36 bolt if that makes a difference?</font c>