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We had our new Goodyear MT's siped.
Only the inner tread was siped down 1/4 of a inch. We opted to not sipe
fully across and deep because in rock crawling the tire would be chewed
up.
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Since it was our first time with bead-locks it took some time to
mount properly.
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I ran a tap back in the threads to clean out the excess carbon fiber
to get the proper tightening torque
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After completely soaping the inner and outer beads the tire went
into place with little effort.
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A cris-cross tightening pattern for the 18
socket head cap screws torque down to 60 inch pounds
(we replaced the standard hex bolts with SHC Screws in witch I had
Yellow Cad plated here locally in Houston at Del's plating works)
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A big difference in size from the BFG Mud terrain 285x70x16
One big difference was the weight
the larger tire on carbon fiber wheels made the tire / wheel combo 1/3rd
lighter than the smaller stock combo.
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After several dipping to check for leaks We had to refit several
times to keep the bead-locks from loosing air.
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Here you can see bubbles from a improper seated bead-lock
We found out that the spacers were not needed for the Goodyear tires.
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Here shows the spacer that in fact was not needed.
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The final product looked good
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