They are hard to ballance b/c of the outer ring. The ring has some play to it and that little bit can cause the rim to be out of ballance. Kinda like a warped rim.

I have all of my tires ballanced on the inside, didn't know that that made a difference.

Are you aware that in many states running beadlocks on public roads is illegal. Unless you live in Alabamer, where you can drive a 4x4 duley tractor down the interstate/wwwthreads_images/icons/crazy.gif.

Jason

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[]llll[] '90 YJ

 

I have Champion Beadlocks on Aluminum AR Outlaw II rims and there is NO play in the outer ring - you need outer rings with lots of bolts - Champions have 24. Anyway - I don't even bother having mine balanced...

Chuck Hadley

 

They would be hard to balance, but they probably weren't meant to be. Like the others said, they're not street legal, so why balance? Mine will probably never see 40 mph. Besides, the weights just get knocked off by rocks and roots.

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'84 K20 driver
'80 CJ-7 BBC, 1 ton
'79 K10 mud racer (for sale)

 

Throw a handful of shotgun shell birdshot in each tire. Anywhere that sells reloading supplies will have it. The shot balances the tires at higher speeds. The downside is that it can spit out of puntures so be careful when you hole a tire. You can even get 44's to balance this way, try that with wheel weights. I don't personally bother with balancing, but my Jeep is pretty much a trailer queen.

72 CJ-5: 305 Chevy; SM420; D-300; 30/44 with 5.38's, Warn axles, and Detroits

 

So the lead shot thing really works??
Also why are beadlocks not street legal? Are they really unsafe at highway speeds?
Maybe I'll just go with non beadlock wheels...
Dan

 

I heard that it is because of the bolt on ring. I really don't see how it could be that different from the old two-piece 16.5's, but the bolt on ring has been determined to be dangerous. Fear of separation or some such thing. I have worked around a lot of the old two-piecer's, and they scare me more than a bead lock. People have gotten pretty messed up from one of those two-piecer's coming off during inflation. I am just planning on having two sets of wheels, one beadlock, and the other regular.

Cage Up, Wheels Down
Jeepfiend
All my Jeeps are in pieces!

 

The reason you can't balance them is because the tire isn't truly centered. On a standard wheel, the tire has the rim to follow, but on a beadlock, the tire is sandwiched between the wheel and hub without the rim to follow. So the tire can not be centered and thus won't balance well.

Fritz

Jeep...need I say more?