- Location
- Indiana-Missouri
quote from champion wheel website:
All 16.5's can not be Beadlocked because the tire bead has a 15 degree bead seat angle. The bead will not have enough contact on the rings to control tire movement successfully. The 16.5 tire is a high load, high pressure designed tire and the 15 degree angle bead seat is used as a taper to match the rim to relieve the stress put on the outer rim lip of these types of tires. The 16.5, 19.5, 22.5 and 24.5 are light truck to heavy tractor (diesel truck) tires with loads up to 6,000 lbs each. None of these sizes can be Beadlocked successfully.
the 16.5" tire seems to be a tough one to find beadlocks for..........
it'll be even harder if the above is occasionally or mostly true.....
opinions anyone?
All 16.5's can not be Beadlocked because the tire bead has a 15 degree bead seat angle. The bead will not have enough contact on the rings to control tire movement successfully. The 16.5 tire is a high load, high pressure designed tire and the 15 degree angle bead seat is used as a taper to match the rim to relieve the stress put on the outer rim lip of these types of tires. The 16.5, 19.5, 22.5 and 24.5 are light truck to heavy tractor (diesel truck) tires with loads up to 6,000 lbs each. None of these sizes can be Beadlocked successfully.
the 16.5" tire seems to be a tough one to find beadlocks for..........
it'll be even harder if the above is occasionally or mostly true.....
opinions anyone?