bead lockers

albundy · Post by **albundy** » Fri May 25, 2007 9:04 am

ever thought of using interanl beadlocks. They don't need certification.
Al

Terry · Post by **Terry** » Fri May 25, 2007 10:22 am

Internals were my first look - worked out costing the same as external and a few in our club had had "disappointments" with them a while back - might have been when they were still working out the bugs. I'd pretty much come to the 48-hole solution myself - don't mind the drilling, I can make a quick jig to do that, it's the tapping that will eb the chore. Anyway,. the low vol. regs say any mods have to be done by a suitable person, so I expect I'd go back to Brian to get it done, if at all. I had a quick look last night, and with 48 holes they'd be awful close together (on 15"s) - reckon they'd still be strong enough?

Also, on the last run into Rallywoods I lost pressure in 1 - leaked out around the valve stem quite slowly, so got home with a couple of stops to re-up. Haven't broken it down to look yet, but the "no tubes" option sounds good. Doddzee - what did you use to seal the welds on yours? I'm thinking a light smear of sikaflex should do it?

doddzee · Post by **doddzee** » Fri May 25, 2007 10:46 am

I just used some of high temp gasket sealer that i had lying around, sikaflex will be fine though. There is a rubber place in petone (sorry cant remember name) that sells tubeless dump valves to suit the oversized valve hole the bead lock rims have.

bj · Post by bj » Fri May 25, 2007 2:36 pm

that place is called patch rubber they are in marsden st melling lower hutt
04 568 7267
cheers

Madaz · Post by **Madaz** » Fri May 25, 2007 6:09 pm

Dude- 48 holes, which is one hole every 7.5 degrees?-you will have more bolts than rim!
Not only are you making it heavier your probally making it weaker!

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Fri May 25, 2007 6:33 pm

Terry wrote:with 48 holes they'd be awful close together (on 15"s) - reckon they'd still be strong enough?

They look alright to me with 48 bolts, and we haven't broken them yet:

Instead of tapping the second half, you can just put nuts on the back to make it easier, but then thats even more weight.

Ben

*Thanks to Royce Graham for the photo: http://www.imagesbyroyce.co.nz/

doddzee · Post by **doddzee** » Fri May 25, 2007 7:03 pm

You could just drill between every second bolt and make them 36.

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Fri May 25, 2007 7:06 pm

to make them legal I think the LV spec's say every 10 degrees not a total of 36 bolts