tightening beadlocks?

[wayfastwhitey69]

how tight do you guys tighten down your beadlocks? does anyone torgue the bolts? if you do what do you torgue them to? i broke off 2 of the grade 8 bolts that came with my beadlocks without even coming onto them

[Swiper77]

[HondaRaceReady]

DWT or Hipers or some other whack brand? What beadlocks are we talking about here?

[GIXXER1KR]

I run Hypers and never torque them.I know your supposed to i belive 10ft.lbs. I just tighten them all eveny in a criss cross pattern with a dewalt power drill with a 12pt socket till the bead ring is almost seated.then finish them up with a hand ratchet until the ring is seated against the rim.I have done about half a dozen sets of wheels this way and never broke a bolt or had tire issues on my race or trail tires.

[Tims660rap]

ya i got hipers on my trx and use an air ratchet to snug the bead up then use the hand ratchet to tighten them just about snug....dont overtighten them its not nessacary theirs wat 12 on the wheel? just tighten evenly

[sunco]

I run hipers. I used the torque to the 8 or 10. That messed them up. I just snugged them up & went w/ that. it works.

[wayfastwhitey69]

the rims are DWT and i broke 2 bolts without even coming onto them

[D Bergstrom]

I just got a set of the new G2 Douglas beadlocks about two weeks ago. I torqued the bolts to 10 ft/lbs with no problems. Rode on them over the weekend and everything was fine.

Doug

[Scro]

The only reason I have ever broke the bolts in my DWT's was when I got the bolt cross-threaded. I just tighten mine with a drill, with the clutch at about the half way mark.