09-06-2008, 04:34 PM | #1 |
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1.9 Beadlock conversion, so easy it's stupid
This is an article on how to make Losi's new 1.9 Mini Rock Crawler wheels into a beadlock.
First I started with Losi's new 1.9 MRC wheels in Black on Black retail $8.99 After looking through my pile of discarded wheel cutoffs I found these which are 2.2 duratrax wheels and are 3/4" wide. The next step is to remove all the screws for the Faux beadlock rings. The nice thing about these new Losi wheels is the amount of material around the hex Install the cut 2.2 wheel piece into the 1.9 tire. Here you can see how the 2.2 piece fits over the 1.9 wheel Then bolt the now actual beadlock rings on and you have a beadlock 1.9 wheelset for under $20 and they look scale. I used brand new RC4WD 1.9 Rock Crushers to finsih the super scale look Last edited by rckjeep; 09-06-2008 at 04:41 PM. |
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09-06-2008, 07:26 PM | #2 |
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Very nice!
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09-07-2008, 07:12 PM | #3 |
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i understand what you have written,,,but i dont get it,,,,how is it now a working bead lock,,,can you post pics of the tires bead seated with out the rings
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09-07-2008, 11:31 PM | #4 | |
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09-08-2008, 10:49 AM | #5 |
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so you could probably not even use a cut up wheel from a 2.2 maybe you could just use a piece of 2" abs drain pipe just like the drifters do..
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09-08-2008, 04:33 PM | #6 |
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09-13-2008, 09:50 AM | #7 |
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more pics please
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09-14-2008, 08:50 PM | #8 |
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Anybody try to get the tires off the rims for a conversion and chopping foams?
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09-14-2008, 09:47 PM | #9 |
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i would like to see more pics of how it exactly locks the bead in and how it looks on your rig too. id much rather spend $ in this than a bunch on some other ones.
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09-14-2008, 10:12 PM | #10 |
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Should work a little like the old Associated beadlocks from about 10 years ago. The "ring" will allow for a place that the inside of the tire bead to seat against when the lock plate is bolted down tight. It's really simple and would even work without having to adheare those rings to the wheels
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09-14-2008, 10:38 PM | #11 |
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i think i understand now. i think that i'll use these for my starter and spare tires but eventually upgrade to a $100 set. thanks for the explanation.
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09-15-2008, 12:51 AM | #12 | |
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Just like the RC10 wheels, exactly. But without the rings bolted to the wheels it wouldn't at all. Did I read that correctly? |
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09-16-2008, 02:19 PM | #13 |
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Yes. Awesome. I'll use this in the next few weeks.
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09-16-2008, 03:39 PM | #14 |
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Nice idea. The wheels on the new Yokomo crawler use a similar system to what you've done.
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09-17-2008, 10:41 AM | #15 |
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You beat me to the write up, damn nice job!
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09-21-2008, 02:39 AM | #16 |
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Great Fix to a faux Wheel
This one goes in my How-to library Last edited by SnoopMaxx; 11-09-2008 at 07:27 PM. |
09-25-2008, 02:58 PM | #17 |
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I think some more detailed pics are in order... nice jorb though!
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09-26-2008, 03:44 PM | #18 |
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Good pictures so you can actually see what your doing would actually make this an article.
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09-26-2008, 11:36 PM | #19 |
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how wide should i be cutting the inner wheel or pvc that slides on the outside of the losi wheel?
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09-27-2008, 01:13 AM | #20 | |
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I do apologize for the blurry images. I'll try to take some more. |
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