yep, it finally happened -> Ron changed the other 3 MT/R K's onto the bead lock wheels
It turned into quite a 'Ron project' aka 'it takes a lot longer than anticipated' (and I already anticipated it taking longer than usual
) ...
of course the recessed holes on the beadlock ring were filled with aluminum from the latest runs, from which the JV run over Thanksgiving is the main one, so a fair bit of scraping was involved for even being able to get to the bolts.
Then onto installing the new MT/R K's onto the beadlock wheel -> what a major PITA was that -> the lip is much thicker on the new style tires than the old ones + it's of course not as 'loose' on the new as on the old, so to get that lip to seat over the edge of the beadlock rim/edge took a fair bit of effort.
This resulted in the next hick up -> getting the bolts started took quite a bit of effort too, because of the thick outer lip (longer bolts and c-clamps came into play, so none of the threads on the wheel would get stripped out).
Because of the bead lock ring almost folding inwards because of the thicker lip, it also took a lot longer to get it evenly 'torqued' to specs ...
But eventually it all happened and now the Jeep's sitting on new tars
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