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I mounted a new spare today on my Trail Ready beadlocks, and thought I should have read this first, I pretty much hit all the right points.
I tightened the bolts in a circle, little by little, though now I see I should have gone in a star. In the end, it came out right, and I went 3 times around without turning a bolt for final torque.
After mounting the spare, I thought "I wonder about the bolts on the rest of the wheels. I have not checked them since I bought it.
I tightened every bolt between a quarter to a half a turn, and a handful about three quarters of a turn.
I ended up going around each wheel four times until I was satisfied that all bolts we're in spec.
There has been no sign of leaking, and no gap between the rings and wheels. I don't know if they came loose over time, or were never tightened up correctly to begin with.
Now I'm sure glad I checked it out. I wonder what else is loose? Now I am on a mission to make sure things are right before the next Rubicon trip.
I don't know if this helps or not but when I saw your post I remembered their instructions saying to never re-torque after initial install.
http://trbeadlocks.com/Websites/trwheels/files/Content/3855984/Beadlockinstall.pdf
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Getting ready to mount my new tires, and that means new beadlock bolts. I reread the whole thread, and can't find if they are course, 18, or fine, 24, thread 5/16 bolts
I can get them in bulk, 200 for $33 but would hate to have that many of the wrong ones.
I'm out of town, so I can't even pull one from the spare to check
Take a look at TR's site. I believe they say.
Take a look at ordering from them (they say there) then get them from the hardware store
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Guys out there running TR's - any type of issues you've run into with these wheels? Bolts hold torque, no leaks, etc etc. I'm really starting to dig these and they're at the top of my list for my replacement wheels at the moment.
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Guys out there running TR's - any type of issues you've run into with these wheels? Bolts hold torque, no leaks, etc etc. I'm really starting to dig these and they're at the top of my list for my replacement wheels at the moment.
I have them, and have not had any issues.
One thing I have noticed is the rings are thinner than some of the others. When I first got the Jeep, the bolts stuck out, just a little bit, and some of the heads got rounded a bit.
When I changed tires from the MTR's that were on it to Cooper STT's, I left the washers off, and now the bolts sit flush.
In hindsight, I maybe should have gotten the available spacer, since the STT has a thicker bead. I got it tightened until it was in contact with the wheel, and never exceeded the 26 ft-lbs of torque, though it seems I had to keep going around forever to get them all there. The end result is a ring slightly concave, but not coming loose.
I have put about 22,000 miles on them since I got the Jeep, and it never gets driven anywhere but to go wheeling and back. I would buy another set without hesitation.
I've been running them for a couple of years now and had zero problems. I'm on my second set of tires on them with 30K miles. I haven't retorqued per the instructions and everything looks right.
I know Jerry bought his used and they had washers on which aren't supposed to be there. My thought on why the washers were there is there isn't a lot of clearance for a socket to get in to tighten them up and that's why they get rounded off on the rocks. You def need a thin wall socket.
The odd thing about the washers is I recall seeing them on Trail Ready's site, and they come in the hardware kit.
The odd thing about the washers is I recall seeing them on Trail Ready's site, and they come in the hardware kit.