Bead locks
JK Junkie
Joined: Jun 2013
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From: Grosse Pointe, MI
Talked to my local shop that is the only place in town that will touch them and holy crap. A 4 hour job at $100/hr, thats absolutely insane to pay someone $400 to do beadlocks. I am so glad I ordered pretty much everything I need to do this job. The only issue I may run into it getting the tires un seated and off the current rims. If I have that much of an issue I will put my Jeep on jack stand and run down to a local tire shop to separate the tires for me, so I can mount the tires on the rims at home. If my current ARB Twin and the ratchet strap method can't seat the bead, then Ill drive back down to the shop and just have them put air in it. Its a huge PIA, but if its saying me from paying $40 per tire or $100 per tire, I'm ok with that.
I'd skip the beads and get a regular balance. If it doesn't work, then get beads. Why? Well, beads don't work for a lot of people. If they don't work for you, guess what? You get to unmount and remount your tires all over again.
JK Super Freak
Joined: Jun 2013
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From: NA
No one will touch beadlocks. Huge liability. And it takes more than 4 hours to do that job right. They just torque crap down and call it good. Take your current wheels to a shop to dismount. You can't do it at home safely. Broke my wrist trying.
I'd skip the beads and get a regular balance. If it doesn't work, then get beads. Why? Well, beads don't work for a lot of people. If they don't work for you, guess what? You get to unmount and remount your tires all over again.
I'd skip the beads and get a regular balance. If it doesn't work, then get beads. Why? Well, beads don't work for a lot of people. If they don't work for you, guess what? You get to unmount and remount your tires all over again.
JK Super Freak
Joined: Nov 2012
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From: missouri
breaking the bead isint that hard. you can do it with a 2x4 and a small block of 2x4 or a coke bottle jack. after that just pop them off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYOGUmI6w1M lots of ways to do it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYOGUmI6w1M lots of ways to do it
JK Junkie
Joined: Jun 2013
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From: Grosse Pointe, MI
breaking the bead isint that hard. you can do it with a 2x4 and a small block of 2x4 or a coke bottle jack. after that just pop them off. YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYOGUmI6w1M lots of ways to do it
Look at my Jeep. There's essentially nothing I can't do. Removing tires? Screw that. $40 and 30 min at Discount Tire. Done.
Last edited by Invest2m4; Dec 31, 2015 at 06:02 PM.
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JK Newbie
Joined: Oct 2015
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From: Canyon,TX
Have you actually tried? I tossed away two days trying to do it. All the stupid YouTube ideas. Broke a harbor freight bead breaker. Maybe a little tire on a 15" rim is easy, but a 37" on a beadlock is not. I put a high lift jack on mine and under the rear bumper of my full size truck. Lifted the rear wheels off the ground and didn't break the bead.
Look at my Jeep. There's essentially nothing I can't do. Removing tires? Screw that. $40 and 30 min at Discount Tire. Done.
Look at my Jeep. There's essentially nothing I can't do. Removing tires? Screw that. $40 and 30 min at Discount Tire. Done.
JK Junkie
Joined: Jun 2013
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From: Grosse Pointe, MI
Yeah some of them r pains in the rear. I can remember when I use to race , some of the bead locks we had to drive over the tire with the one ton pickup to bust the bead on the back. But some of them were easy. The things we would do while out on the road or at the tracks.
JK Freak
Joined: May 2009
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From: Enumclaw,WA
I agree about the beads. I ran them for a year and a half in my methods and ended up going with road force balancing. Way better!
Had to use my hi-lift jack in my trailer hitch receiver to break my inner beads. Then I made a makeshift nozzle for my shop vac to suck all the beads out as I pried the tire open. It was super fun!!!
Skip this step...get it balanced.
Had to use my hi-lift jack in my trailer hitch receiver to break my inner beads. Then I made a makeshift nozzle for my shop vac to suck all the beads out as I pried the tire open. It was super fun!!!
Skip this step...get it balanced.
JK Super Freak
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From: NA
JK Super Freak
Joined: Nov 2012
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From: missouri
Have you actually tried? I tossed away two days trying to do it. All the stupid YouTube ideas. Broke a harbor freight bead breaker. Maybe a little tire on a 15" rim is easy, but a 37" on a beadlock is not. I put a high lift jack on mine and under the rear bumper of my full size truck. Lifted the rear wheels off the ground and didn't break the bead.
Look at my Jeep. There's essentially nothing I can't do. Removing tires? Screw that. $40 and 30 min at Discount Tire. Done.
Look at my Jeep. There's essentially nothing I can't do. Removing tires? Screw that. $40 and 30 min at Discount Tire. Done.
yeah or i wouldent of recomended it. ive always had decent luck with it.