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Beadlock Wheels | | |  |
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Code: BL100
Price: $185.00
| | | Modern tubeless tires depend on air pressure inside to
keep the bead of the tire firmly seated against the bead
area of the wheel. This is the only way they will hold
air. When a tire has 32 psi of air in it, that is 32
pounds of force for every square inch of sidewall surface
that is levering the tire bead against the wheel bead
surface. That is why the beads do not usually fail when
you are driving a car, even driving hard.
For any off road activity much more demanding than a
forest service trail, it is necessary to lower the air
pressure to allow the tire to flatten some and achieve
wider tire contact area.
In many cases, the lower the air pressure, the better
this works. But if you lower the pressure too far, the
pressure that is holding the bead of the tire sealed
against the wheel becomes less than the forces trying to
push the tire off the bead, and presto: You blow off a
bead and have a flat. This can happen at the worst time.
Visualize: You are climbing up a rocky ledge and are a
bit sideways. The weight of the vehicle pushes the bead
off your aired-down left rear tire. Suddenly, the air
rushes out, the tire folds under, and loses all its grip.
The vehicle goes sideways, and you get a chance to test
your roll cage.
Available in bare steel, black powder coat or chrome.
Standard backspacing or 2" backspacing (no extra charge for
2" backspacing). Check out just a few of the features that make these
wheels stand out above others on the market (that cost
more)...
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