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Budget Beadlock Install Offroad Overstock is marketing a new weld on beadlock kit. The kits include 4 ea. 24 hole 1/4" thick weld in rings, 4 ea. 24 hole 1/4" outer rings. Use a flap wheel and remove the paint around the outer perimeter of the wheel.
Then drop in the ring and use several lock washers to space the ring evenly.
Place several tack welds 180* from each other.
Weld the entire ring in using a setting for 1/4" material.
Then flap wheel the spatter off of the ring and clean up the welds as necessary. Prime and paint.
Next your stock valve stem has to be replaced with a 90* valve stem and the outer ring can be installed. In this case 2" 3/8" bolts and nylock nuts were used. The thickness of your tires bead will determine bolt length. Bolts are then torqued to 20 ft. lbs. which required several retorques to obtain. Coning of outer rings seems to be a debated topic. Here's my opinion: Minimal coning of the outer ring to the point it matches the angle of the tire bead is a GOOD thing. This insures a good seal between the complete tire bead and ring. In this case the coning was roughly 1/4" at the inner diameter of the ring.
. Note: If your welding skills don't allow an air tight bead, a thin layer of RTV silicone can be applied on the inside. Just be aware that spilling gasoline on the wheel might remove the RTV.
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