Loosing a bead? Break a bead?

Baotchi · 04-25-2006, 12:11 PM

Ok don't flame me here but there is something I need to know.

I know what beadlocks are, I know what they are used for and all. I want to know that "breaking a bead" means, and "loosing a bead". What is a bead actually? Is it when the tire slips off the rim because it's aired down too much?

thanks for educating a newbie

Simon

**Wheelin98TJ** · 04-25-2006, 12:17 PM

Yea, its exactly that.

Loosing or breaking a bead is when the tire seperates from the wheel.

RockRunner85 · 04-25-2006, 12:19 PM

Bead is just a term for the edge of the tire that sits in the groove on the rim. When you "break a bead" all people are saying is that the tire is no longer sitting in that groove, thus the air escapes and the tire goes flat.

Baotchi · 04-25-2006, 12:52 PM

That is exactly what I tought...

thanks alot

Simon

MP Curtis · 04-25-2006, 02:08 PM

I'm someone who doesn't know what beadlocks are for. I assuming they in some way making changing a tire on the trail faster.

Can someone enlighten me?

It's my understanding they aren't street legal, due to the possibility your wheel could come off.

Thump85 · 04-25-2006, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MP Curtis

I'm someone who doesn't know what beadlocks are for. I assuming they in some way making changing a tire on the trail faster.

Can someone enlighten me?

It's my understanding they aren't street legal, due to the possibility your wheel could come off.

Beadlocks allow you to air your tire down to a really low PSI with the fear of losing or breaking a bead (where the tire comes off the wheel) I am not sure why exactly beadlocks are illegal on the street, someone on the forum would know better than I.

TJVigilante · 04-25-2006, 02:48 PM

some beadlocks require drilling through the tire, which then makes them unsafe on the street, as it disrupts the construction of the tire. Drill through a ply the wrong way and you have ply separation, bubbling,and sidewall tearing. It's pretty much clamping the outside of the tire to the outside of the wheel too(only on the outer lip, the inner lip is mounted normally)...the tire doesn't go on the inside of the wheel so it doesn't have anything to prevent the tire bead from slipping between the beadlock and the wheel, thus tearing the sidewall with the bolts and causing a catastrophic blowout.

The law is more for proactive safety than reactive...if the possibility exists just don't allow it to occur. I say if you're concerned about it and you want it to stay legal, get the Staun Internal beadlocks...they're street legal. they're tubes that inflate inside the tire and wheel mounted normally and apply pressure to the inside of the bead holding it to the rim of the wheel.

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04-25-2006, 02:48 PM	#7
TJVigilante Web Wheeler Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Alaska Posts: 1,275 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	some beadlocks require drilling through the tire, which then makes them unsafe on the street, as it disrupts the construction of the tire. Drill through a ply the wrong way and you have ply separation, bubbling,and sidewall tearing. It's pretty much clamping the outside of the tire to the outside of the wheel too(only on the outer lip, the inner lip is mounted normally)...the tire doesn't go on the inside of the wheel so it doesn't have anything to prevent the tire bead from slipping between the beadlock and the wheel, thus tearing the sidewall with the bolts and causing a catastrophic blowout. The law is more for proactive safety than reactive...if the possibility exists just don't allow it to occur. I say if you're concerned about it and you want it to stay legal, get the Staun Internal beadlocks...they're street legal. they're tubes that inflate inside the tire and wheel mounted normally and apply pressure to the inside of the bead holding it to the rim of the wheel.