MONGOOSE
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Post by MONGOOSE on Nov 17, 2003 10:09:58 GMT -5
I am thinking about putting a set of beadlocks on my burb. Would there be a problem with running these on the street? Also, since they are not DOT approved, does anyone know what the penalty would be for running these on the street?
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Bones
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Post by Bones on Nov 17, 2003 10:54:41 GMT -5
I've heard they are and they aren't legal. One that said they are is a sherrif. I have 2 friends with Champions that see some street use, andi just installed mine and while it's not a daily driver, it does see street time tooling around town and driving to the trails. I'm not one bit woried and mine are "homeade" so there is no way they could be DOT approved ;D The rims are/were however  |
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Post by ksuyellowtj on Nov 17, 2003 12:22:04 GMT -5
they are not street legal. They only thing I know about them is that you have to go back and torque the bolts down a lot. They can come off I think when you are driving on the street. The only reasson that they are not street legal is that they didn't start out as a single whell, when you cut of the edge that makes it not DOT approved. There is a DOT approved beadlock.
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Post by Bones on Nov 17, 2003 13:26:25 GMT -5
My wheels was never cut, so does that make it DOT legal?  I think saying no beadlock is legal is hard to say. It's a state-state deal. Some it may be others it may not be. Do you really think here in MO you will get hassled? Look at half the cars here. can you say trainwreck? |
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Post by ksuyellowtj on Nov 17, 2003 13:45:20 GMT -5
The way I have seen wheels made into beadlocks is to cut the outside edge off and weld on the one half of the beadlock ring. I just have seen one beadlock that is sold as being DOT approved. But in KS or MO I don't think anyone is going to care. The only down side is the bolts can lose if you don't check them a lot, I think that was the only realy problem or something like that?
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Post by Bones on Nov 17, 2003 14:02:20 GMT -5
The DIY ones I did Saterday require no wheel cutting what so ever. simple and cheap. I agree, check the bolts a lot. I should have used lock-tite on the bolts, but 24 bolts X 5 wheels = too much work for Chris.  Even after they are tourqed to 35 there will still be ones that are looser, etc etc. |
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Post by Pdaddy on Nov 17, 2003 14:24:45 GMT -5
My dad and friend run street legal double beadlocks and they have 0 problems out of them but................
They are hummas and 16.5 tire selection sucks ;D
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Post by Jen on Nov 17, 2003 15:05:49 GMT -5
I run Allied beadlocks on my daily driver and have not had a problem. There is no specific law against them in Kansas (I researched it). I did find laws prohibiting decals on your windows, though ;D. I'm betting the worst that would happen is a "fix-it" ticket. Then I would just switch wheels with a buddy til I get a cop to sign off on it.
I've snapped two bolts (out of 128) in the process of re-torqueing them. I just keep a handful of spares and a bolt extractor in my toolbox.
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Post by Bones on Nov 18, 2003 10:11:34 GMT -5
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Post by MONGOOSE on Nov 20, 2003 22:10:48 GMT -5
thanks for the info folks. ;D
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Even after they are tourqed to 35 there will still be ones that are looser, etc etc.