New Use for a Mason Jar Lid!!

[SeanD]

Last night I had to bust down two beadlocks and tires (Mayhems and Panthers)

The first tire went on without a hitch - at 20 minutes. The second tire was a real PITA and no matter how hard I tried I could not get the whole bead to seat properly. After 2 hours (yes, 2 hours) I figured there had to be a better way. I needed to be able to hold down the entire bead while I put on the ring. But how? I tried using my hand but its really hard holding the entire bead in place with one hand while trying to fit the ring with the other.

FINALLY . . . here's what I did. (Note: it took no more than five minutes to mount the tire using this method )

I found a large Mason Jar cover in the cupboard - like this one. The lock ring fit inside the jar perfectly!!



I pressed the lid against the tire and pressed on it. It held the bead in place while I made sure that the entire bead was ready to be locked.



By keeping a constant pressure on the lid with one hand, I was able to place the ring in place and lock it down first with four bolts to hold it and the bead in place.



VOILA!!!


Sorry these are not very good pictures. I repeated the procedure tonight with my old Junfac and Rock Claws so that I could take pictures. Its hard to see what is going on but its really easy to do.

I know that I'll be using the Mason Jar Lid procedure from now on!!!

[Offroader5]

That is pretty trick

[genki]

Simple yet effective, great idea !

[Mad Scientist]

Now that's thinking

[robert97dodge]

Instead of holding on to the mason jar lid why couldnt you of just held onto the beadlock ring? That I what I do is just get the tire pretty close lined up and then push down on the ring. If there is not a spot that is seated all the way just let up on the ring a bit and push the tire in. Once the tire is in all the way around just push down on the ring and screw it in.

[SeanD]

Originally Posted by robert97dodge

Instead of holding on to the mason jar lid why couldnt you of just held onto the beadlock ring? That I what I do is just get the tire pretty close lined up and then push down on the ring. If there is not a spot that is seated all the way just let up on the ring a bit and push the tire in. Once the tire is in all the way around just push down on the ring and screw it in.

Because you can't see how the bead is seating when the ring is in the way. Believe me, I tried releasing the ring and pushing the bead back into place - over and over and over . It doesn't take much for the bead to out just a little bit and then the ring won't clamp it properly = bead pulling away from the rim at that spot.

By using the lid, you can see EXACTLY how the bead is fitting onto the rim, you can even push the bead into the slots on the rim with a screwdriver just to make sure all is well - and then hold it there while you bolt on the ring.

[Mayhem Eng.]

Slick idea.

[WVB]

Love it..!

[resetpunk]

yea i spent like 2 hours trying to put mine together when i first got them but no more 2 hours :P great idea!

[bigflex]

cool now when I break out the shine when working on the crawler I will have a use for the lid that I normally just knock off the desk!

[rckjeep]

half the people on this board don't even know what a mason jar is. Nice idea though it looks like it'd work perfectly

[dezfan]

Originally Posted by rckjeep

half the people on this board don't even know what a mason jar is. Nice idea though it looks like it'd work perfectly

Cool, I'm going to sell them my new $10.00 "custom" bead lock installation rings then!

[topdog909]

Great Idea! Thanks for sharing with everyone!

[JUSTGOINGSLOW]

Oh now you tell me, awesome idea.

[AreCee]

Good idea but lose that "L" allen key and get a decent hex driver. That in itself will make the job easier.

I just use the hold the ring down on the bead trick and it works just fine by starting one screw in, make sure that the bead is even, then start another screw 180* from the first. Now that the ring is partially secured and the tire bead is in place start placing the rest of the screw but do not tighten any of them until you go around a second time.

This works each and every time and only takes 5 to 10 minutes (10 screws per side for Pro-Line, Axials are faster since they only have 8 screws per side).

[SeanD]

Originally Posted by dezfan

Cool, I'm going to sell them my new $10.00 "custom" bead lock installation rings then!

Yeah, I think I'll drop by the housewares section of Walmart and pick up a box of lids. Paint them black (or leave them their nice gold colour) and put some kind of fancy decal on them. Get me a vendors star and laugh all the way to the bank By the way, Patent Pending!!

Otherwise, just have alook here and I'm sure all will suddenly recognize a Mason Jar:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason_jar

[FL Knifemaker]

Brilliant idea!!

Now we need some green anodized, billet aluminum Mason jar lids :-P

[SeanD]

Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker

Brilliant idea!!

Now we need some green anodized, billet aluminum Mason jar lids :-P

The green anodized will cost at least twice as much as the standard gold - you gotta pay if you want everthing to match - it's called the "price of fashion"

[CreepyCrawl]

Rockin'

[yotachump]

I've been using Small piece of 3" PVC